Guardians survive Rays 3-2.

Final · MLB · Thu Oct 15, 12:00 PM CDT · ALCS Game 3

Series: CLE leads 2-1
Probable pitchers: Griffin Jax (TB) vs Gavin Williams (CLE)
TV: TBS/HBO MAX, TruTV
Where: Progressive Field

Guardians survive Rays 3-2. Guardians took the lead for good in the 5th.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
CLE	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	3	6	0

Win: Gavin Williams. Loss: Griffin Jax. Save: Cade Smith. Home runs: Halpin (CLE).

By the numbers: Hits TB 3, CLE 6; Errors TB 0, CLE 0; Left on base TB 5, CLE 5.

Team stats

	TB	CLE
Hits	3	6
Errors	0	0
Left on base	5	5
Home runs	0	1
Walks	1	2
Strikeouts	13	8

Box score

Tampa Bay Rays

Batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Díaz, Y DH	4	1	1	0	0	1
Aranda 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Caminero 3B	4	0	0	0	0	4
Mesa Jr. RF	3	1	0	0	1	1
Simpson LF	3	0	1	2	0	0
Hicks, L C	3	0	0	0	0	2
DeLuca CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Palacios, R 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mateo 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walls SS	3	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	30	2	3	2	1	13

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP
Jax (L)	4.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	67
Wells, T	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	26
Matz	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25
Totals	8.0	6	3	3	2	8	1	118

Cleveland Guardians

Batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR
Kwan LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ramírez, Jo 3B	3	0	2	0	1	0	0
DeLauter RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Adell DH	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
Lowe, N 1B	3	0	1	1	0	2	0
Bazzana 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Genao 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bailey C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
Halpin CF	3	1	1	2	0	1	1
Rocchio SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	3	6	3	2	8	1

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP
Williams, G (W)	5.0	2	2	2	1	9	70
Espino	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12
Sabrowski	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10
Gaddis	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	9
Smith, C (S)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	18
Totals	9.0	3	2	2	1	13	119

Play-by-play

Top 1st 3

1 out TB Yandy Díaz pops out to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe in foul territory.
2 out TB Jonathan Aranda strikes out swinging.
3 out TB Junior Caminero strikes out swinging.

Bottom 1st 3

1 out CLE Steven Kwan called out on strikes.
1 out CLE José Ramírez walks.
3 out CLE Chase DeLauter grounds out, second baseman Richie Palacios to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

Top 2nd 3

1 out TB Victor Mesa Jr. lines out to left fielder Steven Kwan.
2 out TB Chandler Simpson grounds out, second baseman Travis Bazzana to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.
3 out TB Liam Hicks strikes out swinging.

Bottom 2nd 5

0 out CLE Liam Hicks challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Jo Adell walks.
0 out CLE Nathaniel Lowe doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Jo Adell scores. TB 0, CLE 1
1 out CLE Travis Bazzana grounds out to first baseman Jonathan Aranda. Nathaniel Lowe to 3rd.
2 out CLE Patrick Bailey grounds out, second baseman Richie Palacios to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.
3 out CLE Petey Halpin flies out to left fielder Chandler Simpson.

Top 3rd 3

1 out TB Jonny DeLuca grounds out, shortstop Brayan Rocchio to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.
2 out TB Richie Palacios strikes out swinging.
3 out TB Taylor Walls called out on strikes.

Bottom 3rd 4

1 out CLE Brayan Rocchio flies out to center fielder Jonny DeLuca.
2 out CLE Steven Kwan grounds out, second baseman Richie Palacios to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.
2 out CLE José Ramírez singles on a fly ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson.
3 out CLE Chase DeLauter grounds out, second baseman Richie Palacios to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

Top 4th 6

0 out TB Yandy Díaz doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan.
1 out TB Jonathan Aranda strikes out swinging.
2 out TB Junior Caminero strikes out swinging.
2 out TB Victor Mesa Jr. walks.
2 out TB Chandler Simpson triples (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Yandy Díaz scores. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. TB 2, CLE 1
3 out TB Liam Hicks strikes out swinging.

Bottom 4th 3

1 out CLE Jo Adell flies out sharply to center fielder Jonny DeLuca.
2 out CLE Nathaniel Lowe strikes out swinging.
3 out CLE Travis Bazzana pops out to second baseman Richie Palacios.

Top 5th 3

1 out TB Jonny DeLuca grounds out, third baseman José Ramírez to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.
2 out TB Richie Palacios grounds out to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.
3 out TB Taylor Walls strikes out swinging.

Bottom 5th 6

0 out CLE Patrick Bailey singles on a ground ball to shortstop Taylor Walls, deflected by pitcher Griffin Jax.
0 out CLE Petey Halpin homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Patrick Bailey scores. TB 2, CLE 3
0 out CLE Brayan Rocchio singles on a ground ball to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr.
2 out CLE Steven Kwan pops out to third baseman Junior Caminero.
2 out CLE José Ramírez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr.
3 out CLE Chase DeLauter strikes out swinging.

Top 6th 3

1 out TB Yandy Díaz flies out to right fielder Chase DeLauter.
2 out TB Jonathan Aranda pops out to third baseman José Ramírez.
3 out TB Junior Caminero strikes out swinging.

Bottom 6th 3

1 out CLE Jo Adell strikes out swinging.
2 out CLE Liam Hicks challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Nathaniel Lowe called out on strikes.
3 out CLE Travis Bazzana strikes out on a foul tip.

Top 7th 3

1 out TB Victor Mesa Jr. strikes out on a foul tip.
2 out TB Chandler Simpson flies out to center fielder Petey Halpin.
3 out TB Liam Hicks pops out to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.

Bottom 7th 3

1 out CLE Patrick Bailey grounds out, shortstop Taylor Walls to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.
2 out CLE Petey Halpin strikes out swinging.
3 out CLE Brayan Rocchio lines out to shortstop Taylor Walls.

Top 8th 4

1 out TB Jonny DeLuca pops out to shortstop Brayan Rocchio.
1 out TB Richie Palacios doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter.
2 out TB Taylor Walls grounds out, first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to pitcher Hunter Gaddis. Jorge Mateo to 3rd.
3 out TB Yandy Díaz strikes out swinging.

Bottom 8th 3

1 out CLE Steven Kwan grounds out, shortstop Taylor Walls to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.
2 out CLE José Ramírez grounds out, second baseman Jorge Mateo to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.
3 out CLE Chase DeLauter strikes out on a foul tip.

Top 9th 3

1 out TB Jonathan Aranda flies out to center fielder Petey Halpin.
2 out TB Junior Caminero strikes out swinging.
3 out TB Victor Mesa Jr. flies out to left fielder Steven Kwan in foul territory.