Athletics at Cleveland Guardians

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Athletics

61-93, 32-47 Away

Final
3 - 5

Cleveland Guardians

79-75, 39-40 Home

José Ramírez homers, reaches 1,000 RBIs as Guardians down A's 5-3, move into first alone in Central

Athletics vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

Ramírez connected in the sixth inning to give the Guardians a two-run cushion. His 12th homer was also the seven-time All-Star's 1,000th RBI, making him just the second Cleveland player to reach the plateau. Earl Averill drove in 1,084 runs.

Bazzana snapped a 3-3 tie in the fifth as the Guardians came back after falling behind 3-0 in the first.

Cleveland, 18-9 since Aug. 20, came in tied with Chicago for first in the division. The White Sox, who blew a six-run lead and were beaten 11-8 by the Detroit Tigers, hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Cantillo (10-9) allowed two hits in six innings after replacing opener Daniel Espino. Cantillo has not given up a run in 10 innings over his past two outings.

Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith finished off the combined three-hitter. Smith worked the ninth for his 38th save.

Zack Gelof hit a three-run homer for the A's, who are 0-4 on their final road trip of 2026.

Bazzana put Cleveland ahead 4-3 in the fifth with his 15th homer, a 411-foot leadoff drive to center off Scott Blewett (2-1).

The Guardians had squandered early scoring chances, loading the bases in the first two innings but failing to push a run across.

Cleveland finally strung some hits together in the fourth, scoring three times off starter Mason Barnett to tie it.

Rocchio, who leads all MLB No. 9 hitters in RBI with 50, delivered a two-run double and scored on Ramírez's two-out single.

Espino opened for Cleveland and started poorly.

The right-hander walked three in the first and allowed the three-run homer to Gelof, his 19th.

Up Next LHP Jacob Lopez (6-4, 5.02 ERA) starts Saturday for Oakland against Tanner Bibee (6-15, 4.16), who has gotten minimal support (3.05 runs per game) this season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McNeil grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Gelof struck out looking. Athletics challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Butler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	8th Inning	Ramírez popped out to second.
	8th Inning	Kwan grounded out to third.

Statistics

ATH		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
27	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	1
133	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	17
32	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
0.5	Runs Created	6.9
.111	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.222	Slugging Percentage	.531
.222	Secondary Average	.406
.250	On Base Percentage	.421
.472	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.952
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.7
18.0	Batter Rating	40.0
27.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.111	Isolated Power	.219
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
67.0	MLB Rating	90.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0