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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cleveland Guardians

2026-07-18 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 27989 · 89°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 14 mph, Out To RF · 2:22

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cleveland Guardians 7–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jacob Gonzalez homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Tyler Callihan scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Esmerlyn Valdez homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. Bryan Reynolds scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	7	11
CLE	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jake Mangum RF	5	0	0	0	1
Brandon Lowe 2B	4	1	2	0	2
Bryan Reynolds LF	4	2	2	0	2
Esmerlyn Valdez RF	4	1	1	2	2
Billy Cook CF	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan O'Hearn DH	3	0	0	1	2
Nick Gonzales 3B	4	1	2	1	1
Tyler Callihan 1B	4	1	1	0	2
Jacob Gonzalez SS	4	1	2	2	0
Henry Davis C	4	0	1	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Travis Bazzana 2B	4	0	1	1	0	2
Brayan Rocchio SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chase DeLauter RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kyle Manzardo 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3
Rhys Hoskins DH	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kahlil Watson CF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Gabriel Arias 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3
Patrick Bailey C	3	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Kwan LF	2	1	2	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jared Jones	5.0	3	1	1	1	9
Isaac Mattson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
Carmen Mlodzinski	3.0	2	0	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching