New York Mets at Cleveland Guardians: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
The Story
The New York Mets handed the Cleveland Guardians a 13-6 defeat at Progressive Field on August 6, 2026, overwhelming the home side with a steady accumulation of damage across multiple innings. The DiamondIQ model had entered the game assigning Cleveland a 60% win probability, but by the final out that figure had collapsed to zero, reflecting just how thoroughly New York seized control of this contest. The Mets finished with 18 hits and committed no errors, while Cleveland managed 10 hits but could not overcome a series of damaging innings that stripped any prospect of a comeback.
The two most consequential plays of the game came in opposite halves and defined the contest's decisive stretch. In the bottom of the fifth, Nathaniel Lowe launched a home run off Nolan McLean that represented a swing of plus-26.4% in win probability, pulling the Guardians back into contention after the Mets had built their early lead. That momentum proved short-lived. Two innings later, with Cleveland still within range, Francisco Lindor answered emphatically with a home run off Craig Yoho in the top of the seventh, the single largest win-probability swing of the game at plus-27.9%, effectively closing the door. The Mets tacked on four more runs in the eighth to turn the final margin into a rout. Earlier, Carson Benge's triple off Foster Griffin in the third, good for plus-13.8% in win probability, helped New York establish the foundation of their lead, and Luis Torrens contributed an early home run off Griffin in the second and added a single off Yoho in the seventh to further salt the game away.
By the WPA leaderboard, Lindor finished as the game's most impactful player at plus-29.2%, while Lowe's plus-24.0% ranked second despite appearing on the losing side. Benge added plus-16.1% to anchor the Mets' supporting cast offensively. On the pitching side, Nate Lavender led New York's relief corps with plus-7.9% in win probability added, followed by Colin Holderman at plus-6.0% and starter Kodai Senga at plus-3.6%, a collective effort that kept Cleveland's lineup largely in check after the fifth inning.