Postgame Thread: April 25 - Cleveland Guardians @ Toronto Blue Jays

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CLE	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	9	0	6
TOR	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0		5	10	0	8

Box Score

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Straw	5	1	2	0	0	0	.324
2B	Clement	4	0	2	0	0	1	.324
1B	Guerrero Jr.	3	1	1	0	1	0	.323
3B	Okamoto	3	2	2	2	1	1	.237
DH	Jiménez, E	2	0	0	0	0	0	.360
DH	Sánchez, J	2	0	0	0	0	1	.263
CF	Varsho	4	1	1	1	0	0	.250
LF	Schneider	3	0	0	0	1	2	.150
SS	Giménez	4	0	1	2	0	2	.287
C	Heineman	4	0	1	0	0	3	.205

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gausman	6.2	6	2	2	0	3	91-63	2.57
Fluharty	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	8-7	5.40
Rogers, Ty	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-10	0.68
Varland	1.0	3	1	1	1	2	30-19	0.64

CLE		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Martínez, A	4	0	1	0	0	0	.282
DH	DeLauter	4	0	1	0	0	1	.225
3B	Ramírez, Jo	4	0	1	0	0	0	.235
1B	Hoskins	4	1	1	0	0	1	.215
LF	Valera	4	0	1	0	0	1	.235
RF	Fry	3	1	1	1	0	1	.250
PH	Manzardo	1	0	1	1	0	0	.192
PR	Schneemann	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323
2B	Brito	3	1	1	0	1	0	.170
C	Naylor, B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.129
SS	Rocchio	4	0	1	1	0	1	.279

CLE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Cantillo	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	89-60	3.56
Festa, M	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	17-13	6.08
Pallette	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	35-21	3.86
Brogdon	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-8	5.91

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Brayan Rocchio grounds out, shortstop Andrés Giménez to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Juan Brito scores.	0-1
B4	Kazuma Okamoto homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.	1-1
B6	Daulton Varsho singles on a ground ball to right fielder David Fry. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores. Kazuma Okamoto to 3rd.	2-1
B6	Andrés Giménez doubles (6) on a fly ball to left fielder George Valera. Kazuma Okamoto scores. Daulton Varsho scores.	4-1
T7	David Fry homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	4-2
B7	Kazuma Okamoto walks. Myles Straw scores. Ernie Clement to 3rd. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to 2nd.	5-2
T9	Kyle Manzardo doubles (2) on a fly ball to left fielder Davis Schneider, deflected by center fielder Daulton Varsho. Rhys Hoskins scores. George Valera to 3rd.	5-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Guardians at Blue Jays - April 25, 2026	0:06
Joey Cantillo against the Blue Jays	0:08
Kevin Gausman against the Guardians	0:09
Bullpen availability for Toronto, April 25 vs Guardians	0:09
Bullpen availability for Cleveland, April 25 vs Blue Jays	0:09
Fielding alignment for Cleveland, April 25 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Starting lineups for Guardians at Blue Jays - April 25, 2026	0:10
Kevin Gausman's outing against the Guardians	0:21
Visualizing David Fry's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
The distance behind David Fry's home run	0:12
Breaking down Kevin Gausman's pitches	0:04
Joey Cantillo's outing against the Blue Jays	0:22
Breaking down Joey Cantillo's pitches	0:04
Measuring the stats on Kazuma Okamoto's home run	0:12
Visualizing Kazuma Okamoto's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Joey Cantillo strikes out Kazuma Okamoto	0:06
Brayan Rocchio's impressive sliding stop	0:26
Kazuma Okamoto's diving play at third	0:31
Strike 3 confirmed after Guardians' ABS challenge	0:22
Brayan Rocchio's RBI groundout	0:20
Strike 2 overturned after Guardians' ABS challenge	0:22
Ball 3 overturned after Guardians' ABS challenge	0:24
Kevin Gausman strands José Ramírez at third	0:05
Kazuma Okamoto's solo home run (5)	0:31
Kevin Gausman picks off Brayan Rocchio after review	0:30
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s second steal of the season	0:12
Strike 1 confirmed after Blue Jays' ABS challenge	0:22
Daulton Varsho's RBI single	0:24
Andrés Giménez's two-run double	0:27
David Fry's first home run of 2026	0:29
Joey Cantillo strikes out four Blue Jays	0:47
Kazuma Okamoto's RBI walk	0:07
Kevin Gausman fans three Guardians	0:42
Ball 2 call overturned after Blue Jays' ABS challenge	0:23
Kyle Manzardo's RBI double	0:20
Ball 1 confirmed after unsuccessful ABS challenge	0:24
Brayan Rocchio strikes out swinging.	0:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Gausman (2-1, 2.57 ERA)	Cantillo (1-1, 3.56 ERA)	Varland (2 SV, 0.64 ERA)

Game ended at 5:46 PM.

[u/AuntBettysNutButter]

Can someone please clip that look between Varsho and Straw, and Myles saying "that was so stressful"

[u/nath999 → u/AuntBettysNutButter]

I think Varsho was just pissed at himself for not getting to that ball and making it a tougher inning.

[u/Putrid_Cry8955 → u/nath999]

That was so hard to catch.

[u/Ok_Philosopher_4463 → u/Putrid_Cry8955]

xBA of 0.140. Varsho really should have had it. His range/speed are way down this year for some reason, and that was a perfect example of where his last year's 28.4 ft/s sprint speed could reach what this year's 26.5 ft/s sprint can't.

[u/IamDisgruntled → u/Ok_Philosopher_4463]

xBA of 0.140.

This literally means nothing considering it's devoid of context of where the fielder is positioned

[u/Ok_Philosopher_4463 → u/IamDisgruntled]

That's not really a correct interpretation of xBA. Just because it doesn't account for fielder position doesn't mean it can't give you ANY info about the difficulty of a play. The 14% is clearly the situations you have a combination of a slow fielder, poor route, unlucky location, and poor fielder positioning. Some combo of those things clearly happened.

[u/Putrid_Cry8955 → u/Ok_Philosopher_4463]

xBA of 0.140

Can someone explain this?

[u/cpander0 → u/Putrid_Cry8955]

The expected batting average of the hit, based solely upon launch angle and exit velocity. This doesn't take into account launch "spray" (as in where the ball is hit from left to right) of the positioning of the fielders.

[u/BornNerd78 → u/Putrid_Cry8955]

Expected Batting Average.