Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays: preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

MLB action on Saturday, 17 October 2026 sees Cleveland Guardians take on Tampa Bay Rays, with the start at 00:00 UTC. The game is listed as "ALCS - Game 4" in MLB.

The match is scheduled to be played at Progressive Field in Cleveland. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the start time to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

The table shows Cleveland Guardians in 2nd place (85 wins and 77 defeats from 162 matches) and Tampa Bay Rays in 1st place (98 wins and 64 defeats from 162 matches).

Cleveland Guardians have scored 678 runs and conceded 667 runs in the league, a difference of +11. Tampa Bay Rays are top of the table. Tampa Bay Rays have scored 736 runs and conceded 650 runs in the league, a difference of +86.

Recent form

Cleveland Guardians: 4 wins and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches (W-W-W-L-W), scoring 22 runs and conceding 13 runs.

Tampa Bay Rays: 3 wins and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches (W-W-L-W-L), scoring 17 runs and conceding 16 runs.

Head-to-head

Across 5 meetings in our records, the tally is 4 wins for Cleveland Guardians and 1 win for Tampa Bay Rays. The most recent meeting came on Thursday, 15 October 2026: Cleveland Guardians 3-2 Tampa Bay Rays.

Across 5 meetings, the sides have produced 27 runs, an average of 5.4 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Cleveland Guardians averaged 4.4 runs scored and 2.6 conceded per game, while Tampa Bay Rays averaged 3.4 scored and 3.2 conceded.

Cleveland Guardians have the sharper recent attack, averaging 4.4 runs per game over their last 5 matches. Cleveland Guardians have been harder to score against, conceding 2.6 runs per game over the same spell.

How to watch

Broadcast listings stored for this match: TBS (United States) and truTV (United States).

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