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MLB · October 12, 2026

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Final — October 12, 2026

Cleveland Guardians

84-77

Starting pitcher Foster Griffin Probable

FINAL

Tampa Bay Rays

98-64

Starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen Probable

Monday, October 12 · 8:00 PM ET

CLEStarting pitchersseason to dateTB

3.60

ERA

2.67

70th3.96

FIP

2.8211th

172.2

Innings

172.0

Starts

CLEOffense2026 regular season to dateTB

24th4.19

R/G

4.5412th

CLEDefenseTB

8th4.13

RA/G

4.016th

CLETeamTB

13th+0.06

Run diff/G

+0.536th

CLELast 10 gamesTB

Game by game

8-2

Last 10

5-5

+21

Net

Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)

Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel

CLERest & travelTB

950 mi1,529 km

Travel to the game

Home

CLEKey injuriesTB

None listed

Players out or limited

Shane McClanahan SPOut

About these numbers

Probable starters as listed by MLB, captured October 12, 6:15 a.m. ET. Season pitching line before game time; FIP rank among the 188 pitchers with at least 10 starts (1st = lowest).

2026 regular season to date, captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report and probable pitchers as of October 12, 7:50 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Guardians (84-77) visited the Rays (98-64) on Monday, October 12 at 8:00 PM ET.

The Guardians score 4.19 runs per game (24th of 30) and allow 4.13 (8th). The Rays score 4.54 runs per game (12th of 30) and allow 4.01 (6th).

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Cleveland Guardians 7, Tampa Bay Rays 3

Cleveland Guardians won by 4.

Market

Closing line and line movement

Run line

OpenRays -1.5 (+143)
Guardians +1.5 (-174)

Close—

Total

Open6.5 (o -121 / u -100)

Close—

Moneyline

OpenGuardians +138 40%
Rays -165 60%

Close—

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

Matchup

Head-to-head

The teams have met 26 times since 2023: the Guardians won 12 and the Rays 14.

Date	Score	Line	Total
Jul 26, 2026	Guardians 0, Rays 1 Rays won
Jul 25, 2026	Guardians 0, Rays 3 Rays won
Jul 24, 2026	Guardians 3, Rays 11 Rays won
Apr 29, 2026	Rays 1, Guardians 3 Guardians won
Apr 28, 2026	Rays 1, Guardians 0 Rays won

Meetings since 2023, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

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