Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

54-53, 27-27 Away

Final
0 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

62-43, 38-15 Home

Rays hold Guardians to 1 hit, complete 3-game sweep with 1-0 victory

Rasmussen (9-5) allowed a leadoff double to Steven Kwan to start the game before retiring 21 of the final 23 batters he faced, including the last 12. Rasmussen struck out nine and walked one.

Tampa Bay blanked its opponent for the eighth time this season, earning its second 1-0 win against Cleveland in 2026. The other was on April 28.

The game finished in 1 hour, 58 minutes, the fourth game in the majors this season to be completed in under two hours.

Parker Messick (8-6) allowed six hits and struck out six, allowing one run in 7 2/3 innings for Cleveland, which has lost five consecutive games. The Guardians were limited to three runs total in the series as Tampa Bay finished the series with back-to-back shutouts. Garrett Cleavinger pitched a scoreless eighth before Bryan Baker converted his 17th consecutive save and 28th overall after striking out Brayan Rocchio with the tying run on first to end the game.

The AL East-leading Rays improved to 38-15 at home this season.

Tampa Bay scored the only run of the game after Chandler Simpson led off the fifth with a single to left, advanced to second on a wild pitch, moved to third when Ben Williamson grounded to second then came home on Mullins' bunt single.

Up next Cleveland opens a series at Cincinnati on Monday with RHP Slade Cecconi (4-7, 4.60 ERA) scheduled for the Guardians against RHP Chase Burns (12-1, 2.42 ERA).

Tampa Bay hosts Texas starting Tuesday with the pitching matchup TBA for both teams.

How can I watch Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays?

TV Channel: Guardians at Rays 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on Peacock.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rocchio struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	DeLauter walked.
	9th Inning	Ramírez lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Kwan grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Cleavinger
	8th Inning	Caminero grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

CLE		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
1	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
28	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	98
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
2	Total Bases	7
31	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
-0.9	Runs Created	1.0
.036	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.071	Slugging Percentage	.233
.143	Secondary Average	.033
.129	On Base Percentage	.200
.200	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.433
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
4.0	Batter Rating	12.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.27
.036	Isolated Power	.033
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.065	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.107	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.167
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
53.5	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0