Cleveland Guardians at Colorado Rockies: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| COL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
The Story
The Cleveland Guardians handed the Colorado Rockies a 7-2 defeat at Coors Field on August 23, 2026, putting the game away early with a five-run first two innings that the Rockies never recovered from. The DiamondIQ model's estimate opened with Colorado holding a 43% chance of winning at home, but that figure collapsed quickly as Cleveland's offense struck in the first and second innings, and it fell to 0% by the final out. Cleveland finished with 12 hits and committed no errors, while Colorado managed only 7 hits against a Guardians pitching staff that kept them off the board through most of the contest.
The most consequential single moment of the game came in the bottom of the second, where Cole Carrigg's pop out swung win probability 11.0 percentage points against the Rockies, representing the largest WPA play of the night and arriving at a moment when Colorado might have trimmed into the deficit. On the other side, Brett Sullivan's double in that same frame had generated a 6.2% swing in Colorado's favor, giving the Rockies a brief window that Carrigg's out immediately closed. Foster Griffin was the dominant force for Cleveland on the mound, accumulating a plus-17.8% WPA over his outing, with the Rockies unable to generate consistent pressure against him across the middle innings. Tim Herrin and Craig Yoho added 4.1% and 3.7% WPA respectively in support.
Among position players, Chase DeLauter led Cleveland's contributors with a plus-6.1% WPA and 2.1 RE24, while Angel Martinez added 6.0% WPA and 1.5 RE24. Angel Genao, whose second-inning strikeout of Rockies hitter Tomoyuki Sugano produced a 6.7% WPA swing — the largest positive batting-team play of the game — finished with a plus-5.5% WPA despite a negative RE24 of minus-1.3, reflecting the high-leverage nature of his contributions. Nathaniel Lowe's fourth-inning single off Mark Manfredi also registered at plus-6.3% WPA, helping Cleveland extend its cushion at a point where Colorado's path back into the game was already narrowing.