Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| TEX | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | 10 | 16 | 0 |
The Story
The Texas Rangers routed the Cleveland Guardians 10-0 at Globe Life Field on June 7, 2026, in a game that was effectively decided by the third inning. The DiamondIQ model entered with a nearly even split, estimating a 48 percent home win probability for Texas, but that figure climbed steadily toward its final reading of 100 percent as the Rangers stacked runs against Guardians starter Joey Cantillo. Cleveland was held to six hits and committed no errors, but the offense could not generate a single run against a Texas pitching staff that was anchored by a dominant Jacob deGrom.
The decisive stretch came in the bottom of the third, where two plays combined to shift the game's outcome by more than 16 percentage points in Texas's favor. Josh Jung's home run off Cantillo added 8.3 percent to the Rangers' win probability, and Ezequiel Duran followed with a double that added another 8.1 percent, capping a four-run inning that put the game out of reach early. Cleveland had missed key opportunities of its own, most notably in the top of the second when Angel Martínez lined out against deGrom in a situation worth a 7.0 percent swing against the Guardians, and in the third when José Ramírez grounded out with a 6.2 percent negative impact on Cleveland's chances.
Duran was the offensive standout for Texas, finishing with a cumulative WPA of plus-13.2 percent and an RE24 of plus-2.7, the highest on the club. Jung added plus-8.8 percent WPA and plus-1.3 RE24, while Justin Foscue contributed plus-5.0 percent WPA with a matching plus-1.3 RE24. On the mound, deGrom was the story, posting a WPA of plus-18.0 percent and rendering the Guardians' lineup largely irrelevant throughout his outing. The final 16-hit, 10-run performance left no statistical ambiguity about which team controlled the afternoon.