Cleveland Guardians Defeat Colorado Rockies 9-1, Improve to 63-66

Final result

Cleveland Guardians defeated Colorado Rockies 9-1 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Cleveland Guardians at 63-66 (.488).

MLB data listed Colorado Rockies at 50-78 (.391).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 1st — Colorado Rockies 1 run; 3rd — Cleveland Guardians 1 run; 4th — Cleveland Guardians 2 runs; 5th — Cleveland Guardians 1 run; 6th — Cleveland Guardians 1 run; 7th — Cleveland Guardians 3 runs; 9th — Cleveland Guardians 1 run.

Patrick Bailey (Cleveland Guardians): 2 hits, 3 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Travis Bazzana (Cleveland Guardians): 4 hits, 3 RBI, 2 runs. Petey Halpin (Cleveland Guardians): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Joey Cantillo (Cleveland Guardians): 4.2 innings and 5 strikeouts. Jo Adell (Cleveland Guardians): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Nathaniel Lowe (Cleveland Guardians): 2 hits, 0 RBI, 3 runs.

Petey Halpin hit a home run for Cleveland Guardians in the top of the 3rd (1 RBI). Patrick Bailey hit a home run for Cleveland Guardians in the top of the 7th (3 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 1 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Cleveland Guardians were 63-66, 3rd in the division, 4.5 games back in the division, 5th in the wild-card standings, 1.0 wild-card games back, elimination number 30, wild-card elimination number 33.

In the 2026 standings, the Colorado Rockies were 50-78, 5th in the division, 27.5 games back in the division, 12th in the wild-card standings, 18.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 7, wild-card elimination number 16.

Official game sources

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