When the Guardians play next
The next Cleveland Guardians game is at the Chicago White Sox in the AL Division Series, on Wed, Oct 7 at 4:00 PM ET, on the road at Rate Field. For that game neither club has named a starting pitcher yet.
Over the 2026 regular season the Guardians finished 85-77, 1st in the American League Central and on top of the division. They are still alive in the AL Division Series, where the series stands CWS 2, CLE 0.
How to watch Guardians games
Coverage of the next Guardians game is listed on TBS / HBO MAX and TruTV. Postseason games are national broadcasts, so the Guardians game is on the same channel everywhere in the country and local networks do not carry it.
On radio, the Guardians call is on WTAM 1100 and WMMS 100.7. Radio is the one feed that is never blacked out in the Cleveland market.
Where the next 12 Guardians games air
| Network | Games | Type | First listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBS / HBO MAX | 3 | National | Wed, Oct 7 · 4:00 PM ET |
| TruTV | 3 | National | Wed, Oct 7 · 4:00 PM ET |
Every listed Guardians game right now is a national broadcast, so it airs on the same channel across the country and is not on the local network. Out-of-market fans can stream regular-season Guardians games on MLB.TV, but games shown on local TV in their own area and national exclusives are blacked out there.
Upcoming Guardians schedule
The 12 upcoming Guardians dates break down into 4 at Progressive Field and 8 on the road. The next home game is against the Chicago White Sox on Sat, Oct 10 at 5:00 PM ET. TV channels in the table are the ones MLB lists today, and empty slots fill in as networks announce their Guardians picks.
| Date (ET) | Opponent | Game | TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Oct 7 · 4:00 PM ET | @ Chicago White Sox | AL Division Series | TBS / HBO MAX, TruTV |
| Thu, Oct 8 · 5:00 PM ET | @ Chicago White Sox | AL Division Series | TBS / HBO MAX, TruTV |
| Sat, Oct 10 · 5:00 PM ET | vs Chicago White Sox | AL Division Series | TBS / HBO MAX, TruTV |
| Thu, Mar 25 · time TBA | @ Chicago Cubs | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sat, Mar 27 · time TBA | @ Chicago Cubs | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sun, Mar 28 · time TBA | @ Chicago Cubs | Regular season | To be announced |
| Mon, Mar 29 · time TBA | @ Detroit Tigers | Regular season | To be announced |
| Tue, Mar 30 · time TBA | @ Detroit Tigers | Regular season | To be announced |
| Wed, Mar 31 · time TBA | @ Detroit Tigers | Regular season | To be announced |
| Thu, Apr 1 · time TBA | vs New York Yankees | Regular season | To be announced |
| Fri, Apr 2 · time TBA | vs New York Yankees | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sat, Apr 3 · time TBA | vs New York Yankees | Regular season | To be announced |
The Guardians season in numbers
- Record
- 85-77
- Division
- 1 of 5
- Run diff.
- +11
- Expected wins
- 82
- Home
- 41-40
- Road
- 44-37
The Cleveland Guardians put 678 runs on the board and gave up 667, a run differential of +11. That works out to 4.19 runs scored and 4.12 allowed per game, against a league average of 4.48 for each side. Based on those runs, a typical team would have won about 82 games, so the Guardians finished 3 wins above that mark. That is close enough to say the Guardians record reflects how well they actually played.
Split by venue, the Guardians posted 41-40 at home and 44-37 on the road. Unusually, the Guardians won more games away from home than at Progressive Field. Against left-handed starters they were 33-26, against right-handers 52-51, and they closed the regular season 8-2 over the last ten games, losing the final game.
Recent form: the last 10 games
In their last 10 regular-season games the Guardians went 8-2, scoring 5.3 and allowing 3.2 runs per game. 4 of those 10 games finished above 9 total runs, 5 were decided by a single run, and the widest margin was 11-5 away at KC. The chart plots each of those Guardians games, runs scored above the line and runs allowed below it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | 1st inning runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | @ KC | L 2-3 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | @ KC | W 11-5 | 3 |
| Sep 25 | @ KC | W 12-9 | 3 |
| Sep 24 | @ BOS | W 1-0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | @ BOS | L 0-1 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | @ BOS | W 3-2 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs ATH | W 1-0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs ATH | W 12-6 | 7 |
| Sep 18 | vs ATH | W 5-3 | 3 |
| Sep 16 | vs CWS | W 6-3 | 0 |
The Guardians in the first inning
55.6% of Guardians games ended the first inning scoreless, compared with 49.4% across the league. The Guardians scored in the first inning 28.4% of the time and allowed a first-inning run in 25.3% of games. That makes them one of the quieter first-inning teams in baseball. The NRFI Lab puts the Guardians next to every other team and starter on the same split.
How to read the Guardians numbers
For anyone pricing a Guardians game: the run differential and expected wins say more about team quality than the raw record, the home and road split shows how much Progressive Field helps, and the last-ten totals show whether recent Guardians games have run high or low. With 5 one-run games in the last ten, the Guardians are a good example of why the run line at -1.5 or +1.5 can price very differently from the moneyline. None of these Guardians figures predicts a single game, and no bet is ever a sure thing.
Progressive Field, home of the Guardians
The Cleveland Guardians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH, at an elevation of 653 feet. Games there averaged 8.47 total runs, an index of 0.95 against the league average, close to neutral. At Progressive Field, wind direction and temperature change how far the ball carries, so the game-day forecast matters. The ballpark scoring page ranks all 30 parks.
Guardians injured list
No Guardians player is on the injured list at the moment, according to the club's 40-man roster.
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