Cleveland Guardians at Athletics: Final Score & Recap

The Cleveland Guardians rolled to a 14-6 victory over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park on May 2, 2026, turning what the DiamondIQ model opened as a 53 percent home win probability into a complete runaway, ultimately reaching zero percent for Oakland by game's end. Cleveland finished with 14 hits and no errors while matching that same 14-hit total for Oakland, the difference coming entirely in how those hits clustered and the damage they produced.

The game turned decisively in the fifth inning. José Ramírez delivered a double off Jacob Lopez that swung win probability 19.9 percent in Cleveland's favor, anchoring a four-run top half that broke open what had been a tight early contest. Oakland briefly answered in the bottom half when Shea Langeliers launched a home run off Slade Cecconi, a swing worth plus 12.4 percent for the Athletics and briefly the most impactful single play on their side of the ledger. But Cleveland refused to cede momentum, pushing three more runs across in the seventh, with Travis Bazzana's single off Hogan Harris adding 14.3 percent and David Fry's walk adding another 13.6 percent to the Guardians' win probability in that same frame. Jacob Wilson's double in the bottom of the sixth off Cecconi, worth plus 15.0 percent, represented Oakland's last meaningful push.

Among individual contributors, David Fry led all batters with a plus 20.8 percent WPA alongside a RE24 of plus 1.6, while Shea Langeliers posted the game's top RE24 at plus 2.2 to go with a plus 17.0 percent WPA, providing the lone sustained bright spot for Oakland's offense. Jacob Wilson added plus 15.4 percent WPA for the Athletics. On the mound, Matt Festa led Cleveland's relievers with a plus 4.2 percent WPA, followed by Tim Herrin at plus 3.6 percent and Scott Barlow at plus 3.1 percent as the Guardians' bullpen held the game firmly in hand through the final frames.