Messick pitches 7 shutout innings as Guardians beat Rays 3-0

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:11 PM CDT Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025

CLEVELAND (AP) — Parker Messick pitched seven shutout innings in his second big league start, and the Cleveland Guardians snapped a six-game losing streak and a 28-inning scoreless drought with a 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.

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Messick (1-0) allowed four hits, struck out six and didn’t issue a walk. He pitched 6 2/3 innings and left with a 2-1 lead in his debut against Arizona before the Diamondbacks rallied for a 3-2 win in 10 innings.

Hunter Gaddis pitched a scoreless eighth and Cade Smith closed it out for his eighth save.

Cleveland Guardians' Parker Messick pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Cleveland, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Steven Kwan led off the first with a single off Shane Baz (8-11).

C.J. Kayfus walked and Kyle Manzardo drove in Kwan with a single off the glove of first baseman Yandy Díaz. Bo Naylor added a sacrifice fly, and Brayan Rocchio drove in the third run with a two-out single.

Cleveland managed only Angel Martínez’s leadoff walk in the eighth after that.

Baz allowed three runs on three hits in six innings. He retired 16 straight after Rocchio’s single before leaving after striking out the side in the sixth. He is 0-8 in his last 10 starts. Griffin Jax and Mason Montgomery both pitched a scoreless inning.

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Merrick surrendered a leadoff double to Díaz in the seventh but left him stranded there.

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