Guardians Blanked by Rays
Tampa Bay Rays best Cleveland Guardians 1-0.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 28: Travis Bazzana #37 of the Cleveland Guardians warms up prior to a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Progressive Field on April 28, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) | Getty Images Coming off of a loss, dropping game one of the series against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Guardians announced that they would be calling up top prospect Travis Bazzana for today’s game. Bazzana’s family flew in from Australia to see him start at second base, hitting seventh in the line up.
Your browser does not support the video tag. Tanner Bibee had another uninspiring, but solid start while his Tampa Bay counterpart had an excellent night. Bibee went 5.
0 innings with 4H/1R/3BB/6Ks. He really struggled to keep the pitch count low during at bats while Nick Martinez was lights out against the Guards. Going into the 5th inning, Bibee’s pitch count was at 76 while Martinez was at 38.
Thankfully Bibee held the Rays 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, but lacked run support from the Cleveland offense. Going into tonight’s game, Bibee had no run support in 4 of his 6 starts this season – the second lowest in the league. In the top of the first, Bo Naylor gave Bibee a nice defensive assist, getting an out in a rundown.