Cleveland Guardians Defeat Los Angeles Angels 8-6 in 10 Innings, Improve to 67-66

Final result

Cleveland Guardians defeated Los Angeles Angels 8-6 in 10 innings.

MLB data listed Cleveland Guardians at 67-66 (.504).

MLB data listed Los Angeles Angels at 52-81 (.391).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 1st — Los Angeles Angels 2 runs; 2nd — Los Angeles Angels 3 runs; 4th — Cleveland Guardians 3 runs; 5th — Cleveland Guardians 2 runs, Los Angeles Angels 1 run; 8th — Cleveland Guardians 1 run; 10th — Cleveland Guardians 2 runs.

Vaughn Grissom (Los Angeles Angels): 2 hits, 3 RBI, 2 home runs, 2 runs. José Ramírez (Cleveland Guardians): 3 hits, 5 RBI, 0 runs. Steven Kwan (Cleveland Guardians): 5 hits, 1 RBI, 3 runs. Christian Moore (Los Angeles Angels): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Tayler Saucedo (Los Angeles Angels): 2.0 innings and 4 strikeouts, (H, 4). Brayan Rocchio (Cleveland Guardians): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 run.

Vaughn Grissom hit a home run for Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the 1st (2 RBI). Christian Moore hit a home run for Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the 2nd (1 RBI). Vaughn Grissom hit a home run for Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the 5th (1 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 2 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Cleveland Guardians were 67-66, 2nd in the division, 2.5 games back in the division, 3rd in the wild-card standings, wild-card leader, elimination number 28.

In the 2026 standings, the Los Angeles Angels were 52-81, 5th in the division, 14.5 games back in the division, 12th in the wild-card standings, 15.0 wild-card games back, elimination number 16, wild-card elimination number 15.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings