Cleveland Guardians vs Los Angeles Angels — Guardians win 4-3, Aug 26, 2026

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Final

Bazzana's Ninth-Inning Sac Fly Lifts Guardians Past Angels

Guardians edged the Angels 4-3, riding a ninth-inning sacrifice fly from Bazzana that scored Rocchio and moved Kwan to third for the go-ahead run. Bazzana led the way at 2-for-3 with 2 RBI, and Cleveland leaned on a heavy edge in hits to get it done. Guardians improve to 68-66 while the Angels drop to 52-82. Cleveland heads home to host the Royals on Friday, while the Angels host the Phillies.

Cleveland out-hit the Angels 12-3 on the night, a gap that eventually caught up with Los Angeles.

The win keeps the season series in Cleveland's favor, the Guardians now 6-0 against the Angels this year.

The go-ahead sequence in the ninth was straightforward: Rocchio came around to score on Bazzana's fly ball, with Kwan advancing to third in the process.

The Guardians sit 2nd in the AL Central, 2½ games back, winners of 7 straight, 8-2 over their last 10. The Angels sit 5th in the AL West, 14½ games back, losers of 4 straight, 3-7 over their last 10.

The Guardians are up next home vs Royals (Aug 28-30). The Angels are up next home vs Phillies (Aug 28-30).

Win probabilityLAA win %

Kwan hit a ground rule double, Halpin scored, Rocchio to third.CLE +45%
Martínez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Lowe out at second.LAA +21%
d'Arnaud struck out swinging.CLE +17%

Highlights

We ranked every clip from this game by how much it swung the win probability, kept the biggest, and play them back in the order they happened. Pick any play to jump straight to it.

4 plays · 1m 17s

Who decided it

Ranked by win probability added: how far each player's plays moved this game's odds, not how their box-score line reads. A single with the bases loaded in the ninth outranks a home run in a blowout, because that is what actually decided it.

Steven Kwan
CLE · 2-5, 1 RBI
+41%win prob
Erik Sabrowski
CLE · 1.0 IP, 1 K
+28%win prob
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · 5.2 IP, 4 K, 1 ER
+20%win prob

How the calls held upOur call hit

Our call

Guardians to winHit

The market

CLE -1.5 · 56%Held

The total

8.5Under

We have the Guardians leaning 5-4, though it's close, with the line at CLE -135 and the total sitting at 8.5.

Cleveland has won five straight while the Angels have dropped three in a row, and the Guardians have already taken the first two games of this series. That kind of run gives Cleveland the look of a team playing with rhythm right now, while the Angels are searching for anything to break the skid.

The basepaths favor Cleveland clearly, with 128 stolen bases compared to the Angels' 73. That kind of gap lets the Guardians manufacture runs and pressure a defense in ways the Angels' attack isn't built to match.

Graded against the closing line across 6 books.

Guardians to win · Hit

Line score and box score

Runs by inning across the top, then every batter and pitcher underneath. The pills switch clubs; the totals column is each side’s own line, not a comparison.

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLECleveland Guardians	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	12	1
LAALos Angeles Angels	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Steven Kwan	2-5	5	0	2	1	0	1	25	.275	.378	.335
Travis Bazzana	2-3	3	1	2	2	0	1	13	.243	.333	.373
Jose Ramirez	2-4	4	0	2	0	1	2	18	.243	.339	.385
Jo Adell	0-4	4	0	0	0	1	0	16	.237	.292	.404
Patrick Bailey	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.263	.312
Nathaniel Lowe	2-3	3	0	2	1	1	1	14	.264	.330	.465
Angel Martinez	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	.242	.278	.420
Angel Genao	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.288	.347	.379
Austin Hedges	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	11	.266	.333	.390
Chase DeLauter	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.289	.363	.451
Petey Halpin	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.258	.324
Brayan Rocchio	2-4	4	2	2	0	0	1	11	.249	.309	.367

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Joey Cantillo	6.0	2	3	2	7	1	92-48	3.70	92
Tim Herrin	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	21-13	3.28	21
Hunter Gaddis	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	12-8	3.18	12
Erik Sabrowski	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	23-15	3.00	23

Play by play breakdown

Every plate appearance as it happened, newest first, with the scoring plays called out. Baseball Savant gamefeed.

Inn	Win probability	Swing
B9	CLE 100.0	14.8
B9	CLE 85.2	14.2
B9	CLE 78.6	12.5
B9	CLE 66.1	13.5
T9	CLE 79.6	4.3
T9	CLE 83.5	0.5
T9	CLE 83.0	11.3
T9	CLE 71.7	42.8

Win probability after each plate appearance, with the side in front named. Swing is how far that plate appearance moved it. Plays that scored a run are set in bold. Baseball Savant gamefeed.

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

AL East

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Tampa Bay Rays79-54.594W1

2New York Yankees75-57.568W1

3Boston Red Sox73-60.549L1

4Toronto Blue Jays65-69.485W1

5Baltimore Orioles65-69.485L1

AL Central

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Chicago White Sox70-63.526W2

2Cleveland Guardians68-66.507W7

3Minnesota Twins64-70.478L2

4Detroit Tigers62-71.466L1

5Kansas City Royals59-75.440L1

AL West

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Houston Astros66-67.496L1

2Texas Rangers66-68.493L2

3Seattle Mariners64-70.478L1

4Oakland Athletics53-81.396W2

5Los Angeles Angels52-82.388L4

NL East

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Atlanta Braves78-55.586W3

2Philadelphia Phillies74-60.552W1

3Miami Marlins68-66.507W1

4Washington Nationals63-73.463W1

5New York Mets60-73.451L1

NL Central

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Milwaukee Brewers82-51.617W1

2Chicago Cubs76-58.567L2

3St. Louis Cardinals67-68.496W1

4Pittsburgh Pirates65-70.481L1

5Cincinnati Reds63-71.470W1

NL West

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Los Angeles Dodgers80-53.602L2

2San Diego Padres72-62.537W1

3Arizona Diamondbacks71-63.530W2

4San Francisco Giants54-79.406L1

5Colorado Rockies52-82.388L1

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Final

Bazzana's Ninth-Inning Sac Fly Lifts Guardians Past Angels

Cleveland out-hit the Angels 12-3 on the night, a gap that eventually caught up with Los Angeles.

The win keeps the season series in Cleveland's favor, the Guardians now 6-0 against the Angels this year.

The go-ahead sequence in the ninth was straightforward: Rocchio came around to score on Bazzana's fly ball, with Kwan advancing to third in the process.

The Guardians are up next home vs Royals (Aug 28-30). The Angels are up next home vs Phillies (Aug 28-30).

Win probabilityLAA win %

Kwan hit a ground rule double, Halpin scored, Rocchio to third.CLE +45%
Martínez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Lowe out at second.LAA +21%
d'Arnaud struck out swinging.CLE +17%

Highlights

We ranked every clip from this game by how much it swung the win probability, kept the biggest, and play them back in the order they happened. Pick any play to jump straight to it.

4 plays · 1m 17s

Who decided it

Steven Kwan
CLE · 2-5, 1 RBI
+41%win prob
Erik Sabrowski
CLE · 1.0 IP, 1 K
+28%win prob
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · 5.2 IP, 4 K, 1 ER
+20%win prob

How the calls held upOur call hit

Our call

Guardians to winHit

The market

CLE -1.5 · 56%Held

The total

8.5Under

We have the Guardians leaning 5-4, though it's close, with the line at CLE -135 and the total sitting at 8.5.

Graded against the closing line across 6 books.

Guardians to win · Hit

Line score and box score

Runs by inning across the top, then every batter and pitcher underneath. The pills switch clubs; the totals column is each side’s own line, not a comparison.

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLECleveland Guardians	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	12	1
LAALos Angeles Angels	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Steven Kwan	2-5	5	0	2	1	0	1	25	.275	.378	.335
Travis Bazzana	2-3	3	1	2	2	0	1	13	.243	.333	.373
Jose Ramirez	2-4	4	0	2	0	1	2	18	.243	.339	.385
Jo Adell	0-4	4	0	0	0	1	0	16	.237	.292	.404
Patrick Bailey	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.263	.312
Nathaniel Lowe	2-3	3	0	2	1	1	1	14	.264	.330	.465
Angel Martinez	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	.242	.278	.420
Angel Genao	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.288	.347	.379
Austin Hedges	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	11	.266	.333	.390
Chase DeLauter	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.289	.363	.451
Petey Halpin	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.258	.324
Brayan Rocchio	2-4	4	2	2	0	0	1	11	.249	.309	.367

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Joey Cantillo	6.0	2	3	2	7	1	92-48	3.70	92
Tim Herrin	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	21-13	3.28	21
Hunter Gaddis	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	12-8	3.18	12
Erik Sabrowski	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	23-15	3.00	23

Play by play breakdown

Every plate appearance as it happened, newest first, with the scoring plays called out. Baseball Savant gamefeed.

Inn	Win probability	Swing
B9	CLE 100.0	14.8
B9	CLE 85.2	14.2
B9	CLE 78.6	12.5
B9	CLE 66.1	13.5
T9	CLE 79.6	4.3
T9	CLE 83.5	0.5
T9	CLE 83.0	11.3
T9	CLE 71.7	42.8

Win probability after each plate appearance, with the side in front named. Swing is how far that plate appearance moved it. Plays that scored a run are set in bold. Baseball Savant gamefeed.

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

AL East

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Tampa Bay Rays79-54.594W1

2New York Yankees75-57.568W1

3Boston Red Sox73-60.549L1

4Toronto Blue Jays65-69.485W1

5Baltimore Orioles65-69.485L1

AL Central

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Chicago White Sox70-63.526W2

2Cleveland Guardians68-66.507W7

3Minnesota Twins64-70.478L2

4Detroit Tigers62-71.466L1

5Kansas City Royals59-75.440L1

AL West

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Houston Astros66-67.496L1

2Texas Rangers66-68.493L2

3Seattle Mariners64-70.478L1

4Oakland Athletics53-81.396W2

5Los Angeles Angels52-82.388L4

NL East

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Atlanta Braves78-55.586W3

2Philadelphia Phillies74-60.552W1

3Miami Marlins68-66.507W1

4Washington Nationals63-73.463W1

5New York Mets60-73.451L1

NL Central

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Milwaukee Brewers82-51.617W1

2Chicago Cubs76-58.567L2

3St. Louis Cardinals67-68.496W1

4Pittsburgh Pirates65-70.481L1

5Cincinnati Reds63-71.470W1

NL West

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Los Angeles Dodgers80-53.602L2

2San Diego Padres72-62.537W1

3Arizona Diamondbacks71-63.530W2

4San Francisco Giants54-79.406L1

5Colorado Rockies52-82.388L1