Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams has performed well this postseason. The Guardians currently hold a 2-1 lead in the American League Championship Series over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Unless someone was a diehard Cleveland Guardians fan, they likely had no idea who Petey Halpin was before Thursday afternoon. However, the beauty of the playoffs is that someone can become a household name with one swing.
The Cleveland Guardians will play Game 4 in a cold, wet, and windy Progressive Field. They lead the ALCS over the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 and are turning to an unfamiliar arm to start Game 5 and take a commanding series’ lead.
It’s Friday and we have a big time ballgame tonight! And fortunately for me, I get to write ~before~ the game tonight instead of after! Through 3 games
MLB has been awarding the National League Championship Series MVP Award since the 1977 season. How many of the winners can you name in six minutes?
The Cleveland Guardians have gone with traditional starting pitcher games through the first three contests of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The 2026 MLB season was full of great performances, breakout stars, and incredible feats. These are the 25 things we learned along the way.
The Guardians and Rays will, apparently, play tonight at 8PM ET, and Shawn Armstrong will open. I would guess it will be Armstrong for an inning, maybe plus a batter or two, then Joey Cantillo.
When Cade Smith is on, he's on. And throughout the 2026 MLB postseason, Smith has been one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball. Across seven games, two saves and 9.0 innings of work on the mound, he has a 1.00 ERA and a 0.69 WHIP, all while allowing just two hits and posting 13 strikeouts.
When the Guardians win a tight and low-scoring game, it often gets described as “Guardsball” by announcers and others. Part of the equation for the Guardians involves pitching, and they headed into this year’s tournament with a 3.77 ERA, which ranked eighth in the majors during the 162-game marathon.
The Cleveland Guardians aren't going to let the Tampa Bay Rays sneak on by them. On Thursday, Oct. 15, the Guardians took down the Rays with a big-time rally, coming back from down a run to win 3-2.
The Cleveland Guardians are 2-1 up on the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series, and they have an unlikely hero in Petey Halpin to thank.
The Cleveland Guardians have regained the lead in the 2026 American League Championship Series. The Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 3 of the ALCS.
The 2026 MLB season was historic in many ways. These 25 records were broken during the season.
30,101 fans packed Progressive Field at 1 p.m. on Thursday, offering a stark rebuke to Tampa Bay’s empty Tropicana Field. The Cleveland Guardians just delivered the answer to what happens when a playoff game starts hours earlier than expected, yet thousands of fans refuse to let the stands go empty.
Whether the Brewers end up playing the Cleveland Guardians or Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series, somebody is going to experience something new.
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Guardians have wrested home-field advantage from the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series and taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup.
CLEVELAND -- Petey Halpin hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth inning off Griffin Jax, and Gavin Williams and four relievers combined on a three-hitter as the Cleveland Guardians edged the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Thursday afternoon.
Cleveland Guardians center fielder Petey Halpin unleashed the bat flip of the postseason on Thursday during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
Cleveland Guardians ace Gavin Williams made postseason history in his team's 3-2 Game 3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.
Ramirez's pair of brutal mistakes in the bottom of the fourth inning led to the Rays scoring three runs.
Peralta pounded his chest as he exited the mound in his final inning. Consider that an emotional release from a pitcher who was once considered one of Major League Baseball's most underwhelming players.
Jose Ramirez went full Bill Buckner in Game 2 of the ALCS. The Cleveland Guardians star Ramirez made a very costly error against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.
A member of the Cleveland Guardians has a chance to make franchise history on Tuesday.
DeLauter discussed his star teammate.
Less than a week ago, the Cleveland Guardians were down 2-0 in the ALDS and on the brink of a disappointing postseason exit.
The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays took very different paths to get to the American League Championship Series. Now, with the ALCS opening up on Monday night at Tropicana Field, we will soon see which path to this round provides an advantage.
The Chicago White Sox will start ace Sean Burke on Saturday against the Cleveland Guardians in a decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series.
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