Game Thread: September 1 - Toronto Blue Jays (68-70) @ Cleveland Guardians (69-68) - 6:40 PM

[u/BlueJaysBaseball]

Blue Jays (68-70) @ Guardians (69-68)

First Pitch: 6:40 PM at Progressive Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Blue Jays	Spencer Miles (5-2, 2.92 ERA)
Guardians	Gavin Williams (12-7, 3.98 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	Discord	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Discord	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Bases empty, 0 Outs, Bottom of the 7th

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

Box Score

CLE		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Kwan	3	0	0	0	0	0	.273
DH	DeLauter	3	0	0	0	0	1	.291
3B	Ramírez, Jo	3	0	1	0	0	0	.244
RF	Adell	3	0	1	0	0	0	.241
1B	Lowe, N	2	0	0	0	1	1	.258
LF	Martínez, A	2	2	1	0	1	0	.247
2B	Bazzana	1	0	0	0	1	0	.237
PH	Genao	1	1	1	2	0	0	.267
C	Bailey	2	1	1	2	0	0	.202
SS	Rocchio	2	0	0	0	0	0	.247

CLE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Williams, G	7.0	2	1	0	1	13	97-64	3.81

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Bateman	3	0	0	0	0	2	.321
C	Kirk	3	0	1	0	0	2	.278
1B	Guerrero Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	.256
DH	Springer	3	0	0	0	0	2	.252
RF	Lukes	3	0	0	0	0	2	.262
3B	Okamoto	3	1	1	0	0	2	.229
SS	Giménez	2	0	0	0	0	2	.240
2B	Clement	1	0	0	0	1	0	.276
LF	Straw	2	0	0	0	0	1	.227

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Miles	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	16-12	2.88
Tiedemann	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	21-10	3.38
Arrighetti	3.2	2	2	2	1	2	62-40	4.82
Mantiply	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	9-6	3.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T5	Brett Bateman grounds out, pitcher Gavin Williams to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.	0-1
B5	Patrick Bailey homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Angel Martínez scores.	2-1
B7	Angel Genao homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Angel Martínez scores.	4-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Gavin Williams against the Blue Jays	0:09
Probable pitchers for Blue Jays at Guardians - September 1, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Cleveland, September 1 vs Blue Jays	0:09
Bullpen availability for Toronto, September 1 vs Guardians	0:09
Fielding alignment for Cleveland, September 1 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Bench availability for Cleveland, September 1 vs Blue Jays	0:08
Fielding alignment for Toronto, September 1 vs Guardians	0:11
Bench availability for Toronto, September 1 vs Guardians	0:08
Starting lineups for Blue Jays at Guardians - September 1, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Spencer Arrighetti's pitches	0:04
Analyzing Patrick Bailey's home run through bat tracking	0:11
The distance behind Patrick Bailey's home run	0:13
Gavin Williams strikes out Brett Bateman	0:08
Ball 1 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:23
Angel Martínez's sprawling catch	0:30
Ricky Tiedemann ends the 2nd inning	0:20
Myles Straw's sliding catch	0:31
José Ramírez nabs Nathan Lukes at first	0:17
Kazuma Okamoto scores on a wild pitch	0:16
Patrick Bailey's two-run home run (8)	0:29
Chase DeLauter loses footing on ground out	0:18

Updated at 8:36 PM.

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[u/brownmagician]

From now until the end of the season for every series we win or sweep, I will be donating a token amount to a local children's hospital in the opposing team's city. So that's Cleveland, Kansas City, Oakland, Baltimore, Detroit, Dallas and Cincinnati.

I think there are children's hospitals in all of those places and I hope to donate to all of them (Baltimore twice).

Posting here if anyone else wants to partake

[u/Key_Caterpillar1220]

Good luck spaghetti from London, England

[u/hellarios852]

Arguably the fate of our season in a series right here

[u/MarlKarx777]

Do Americans even like baseball? Feels like every road game is a library

[u/Routine-Strain7060]

Did Oak just run 3 bases with no one actually hitting lmao

[u/Unusual_Moment_5993]

I bought myself a Louis Varland shirt 🙌

[u/ThQp]

Caleb getting real poetic

[u/Sam7sung]

Dan saying "the Rockies are the Rockies" is the biggest slander I've ever heard from him lmao

[u/TheRealPandaa]

I WANT IT ALL, I WANT IT NOW

[u/3luejays]

I like all the moves we made today. Sucks to see Daz go though. We'll always remember the bomb he dropped on the Trop

[u/anon7631]

Every time Jamie does the Bet365 ad read, he finds a way to put even more emphasis on the disclaimer. No difficulty guessing what he thinks about the gambling plague.

[u/kingwoodballs]

Winning 2 of 3 is an absolute must. A sweep would be fantastic.
Go get em boys!

[u/MarlKarx777]

I don’t mean to be dramatic, but my happiness depends on the outcome of this series

[u/lametron]

🚨 Kirk is on first! Steal threat 🚨

[u/Veneretio]

Now that’s some hustle, Vlady. Credit where credit is due. Well done

[u/avanavana]

Jamie always finishes the betting advertisement with a warning and a little disgust lol

[u/TerradacFRO]

"The Rockies who are the Rockies" 💀💀 God damn, lmao.

[u/OGWettyFap]

"Playing the Rockies... who are the Rockies..."

[u/HEROnymous-Bot]

The Rockies…who are the Rockies

[u/FoundiPhoneNepean]

"Arrighetti Bazzana" sounds like something an angry Italian nonna says while she chases her mischievous grandsons away from the stoop

[u/HEROnymous-Bot]

Joe Mantiply is an incredible baseball name.

[u/Matthias343]

Pete Walker on 590 asked about Trey, says Trey doing really well, won't say he's ahead of schedule but thinks Trey will be able to contribute here at the end.

Also, pretty open about the (his) disappointment with pitchers inability to hold runners. Called it "eye opening" this year. They've been working on it. No doubt it will be major point of emphasis in the spring.

[u/Videogamer69420 → u/Matthias343]

It’s not only just being unable to hold runners too, it’s not even giving Kirk/Val a chance to gun the ones that do take off down more often than not.

[u/Pippy61]

love the hustle by Vlad there!

[u/OGWettyFap]

So far, so good

[u/BobBelcher2021]

Love Dan’s shoutout for the Skydome hat

[u/s2kd]

I think it's time to call the pen

[u/DenimVenom4054]

Does tonight suck? Absolutely Are everybody going to overreact? Absolutely Is the season over? Absolutely not

[u/Such-Fee6176]

Please let’s all manifest the Orioles losing to the Rockies

[u/TheIsotope]

Kirk so good at framing he convinces himself too

[u/JKirbs14]

Gimi’s body is a baseball magnet

[u/pincurlsandcutegirls]

HBP BY THESE HOES

[u/CherryChapstick1997]

Fuck this guy and his fantastic pitching

[u/National_Aspect_6974]

Vladdy ran that the fuck out!

[u/Icy-Mall3091]

Dan absolutely crucifying the Rockies lmfao. Last time he did that with the Red Sox we know what happened tho

[u/DenimVenom4054]

Sean Keys go ahead pinch hit homer in the 9th is going to hit different

[u/Fun-Series-4091]

Arrighetti has signs that he could be good but he's not there yet. Needs an offseason to settle in here

[u/Such-Fee6176]

Fuck it, Jays win 4-3

[u/PerformanceCute3437]

Welcome back Joe! Go forth and Mantiply

[u/ldnk]

I think a lot of people need to remember that Arrighetti is not meant to be a front of the rotation starter. He's a 4th/5th starter who will be able to eat innings and has some ability to move up the rotation.

[u/windtunnel1]

i don't know about you guys, but i ONLY use mantiply toilet paper

[u/jjtewas]

We talk about the Jays lacking slug but holyyy the Guardians are truly a poor offensive team. Last in the league in slug. The difference is they can steal—Kirk better put his speed cleats on again!

[u/HurricaneGold_]

This series is gonna be do or die for us.

[u/CherryChapstick1997]

Kirk needs his challenge privileges taken away 😭

[u/EasternError6377]

Im just gonna pretend we traded a challenge for a double play :)

[u/LostMyBackupCodes]

When steal?

[u/mala_star]

LOVE to see that hustle Vladdy

[u/Kriztof_09]

Respect that he hustled the fuck out of the box to avoid the DP at least.

[u/-Carbon-]

This pitcher is on fire. Nasty stuff man. Gotta weather the storm however and manufacture something

[u/Fluuf_tail]

Listening to the Cleveland broadcast crew (MLB feed). Props to them, they're really fun to listen to and they've said some really nice things about the Jays players.

[u/mala_star]

LMAO let me ease your mind babe.

[u/Diehard129]

[u/TheThatNeverWas]

Runaway okamotive.

[u/COV3RTSM]

Glad the Mariners saved all that for Boston

[u/johnboyjimmy]

[u/p_excellent]

Alright, Kirk get on base, Vladdy slap a double, and then George just hit one out for a 3 run HR. Cant be hard to execute that eh

[u/chirpsqueak]

Offense needs to help out here

[u/lillithfair98]

middle middle at 100 is still hard to hit y’all

[u/rejus_crust]

You don’t want to have to tip your cap but sometimes you must…Williams has been nasty. The last Kirk strikeout says it all, you rarely ever see such a discombobulated swing from him.

Having said all of that, Vlad has had a couple of pitches that he absolutely should have gotten a good swing on, and many moons ago he would have. He is just awful to watch.

[u/instantnoodleparty]

Is Mantiply the hero we need?

[u/alphacheese]

Career high in strikeouts lol glad we could help!

[u/femmebot14]

Oh okay so I’m now feeling what Mariners fans felt with Mad Max.

[u/NeedleGunMonkey]

There’s no reason to pile on Arrighetti - again it needs to be repeated. He’s coming off injury having pitched fewer than 20 innings since July. He’s out there competing because we have injuries the org doesn’t have better options at this time and place.

If you’re constantly shitting on every Jay just because they’re not good enough to be an ace or all star - maybe pick another sport because your concept of normal mlb fan exp is unrealistic.

[u/These-Cattle-1938]

September baseball is some scary baseball.

[u/Zestyclose_Help1187]

Clement has been pretty much the worst player in baseball from June on.

ОВР: .285 (last)
xWOBA: .254 (2nd last) wRC+: 75 (3rd last)
WAR: 0.1 (last)
FRV: -3 (3rd last)
WPA: -1.42 (last)
Av EV: 83.1 (last)

[u/sir-pounce-of-alot → u/Zestyclose_Help1187]

Uh-oh you’ve done it now

[u/PerformanceCute3437 → u/Zestyclose_Help1187]

That's our all-star

[u/Chemical_Desk_5314 → u/Zestyclose_Help1187]

Baseball is so weird. How do you go from smashing records in the playoffs for hits to being one of the worst. Same thing with Vladdy

[u/CherryChapstick1997]

I’m nervous, this series will be very telling 😟

[u/cacofonie]

Guys I’m scared.

These are not the same guardians we faced earlier in the year.

[u/femmebot14]

Anyone else got butterflies? SOS

[u/Asharak006]

Half a game out of the wild card spot, here we come!

[u/TheEverbless]

This is it y'all

We ride at 6:40 EST

[u/Rebuilt_in_Silence]

What John Schneider sees when he looks at Myles Straw at the plate:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3rgXBNwde4u9tBsr6g

[u/vibemecha]

get your lucky underoos, rally caps, and favorite snacks for tonight

[u/Timothegoat]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3P0oEX5oTmrkY

[u/Ok_Conflict_6260]

DELUSIONAL GANG RISE UP

[u/TallSilky]

"That's not a base stealing body." ref Kirk's second stolen base earlier in the week. Cleavland announcers keeping it classy.

Hosers.

[u/where_thefuck_i_am]

Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose in purgatory watching how mlb puts giant gambling ads on ballpark's backstops:

[u/Difficult-Sun-6770]

Spencer at 98-100 today?  Goddamn

[u/100PercentPruneJuice]

Kirk better make up for that with another homer :(

[u/OrneryJacket]

I don’t believe Cleveland deserves to win because they barely have any fans show up

[u/Such-Fee6176]

This ump just gonna say we went no matter what huh

[u/Ladymistery]

Oh

I just heard that it's Diaz behind the plate. oy.

[u/CherryChapstick1997]

NICE CATCH IN LF OR WHATEVER. 🤬

[u/Paprikahh]

Why can’t someone from Cleveland pull a Sanchez pretty please

[u/spacepunz]

He can't do that forever, it's gonna be a battle today, we just need to weather the storm

[u/ThQp]

JOHN THE GENIUS FOR STARTING STRAW

[u/OGWettyFap]

Wow they are chasing that sweeper man smh

[u/krazyski]

George... Just a bit outside

[u/northernfires529]

DP partner 😏

[u/HEROnymous-Bot]

Arrighetti soooo much better tonight. Looking good!

[u/3luejays]

Much better outing from Spencer this time out. A lot more strikes

[u/sigoshi]

Awww congrats erndawg!

[u/EdwardBliss]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE'LL TAKE THAT.

[u/pincurlsandcutegirls]

Oak watching that ball skip past him while on his way to second felt so comedic hahaha

[u/patts19]

Dan LOL savage as fuck

[u/-Carbon-]

Command is slipping

[u/Lunaristics]

Take him out 

[u/Suplewich]

This guy sucks and I’m tired of pretending otherwise.

[u/windtunnel1]

[u/hellarios852]

Arrighetti and meatballs

[u/Paprikahh]

Comeback mode

[u/emograndparent]

bro is just mowing us down

[u/The_Penguin22]

96 pitches, he's gotta be done soon.

[u/aa13cool]

Holy shit he fried us

[u/aweirdthought]

This offence is trash but honestly tip of the cap to Williams he was absolutely dealing. Most teams would have struggled tonight. 

[u/WhoJustShat]

this is the first game of the playoffs

[u/p_excellent]

IF we were to lose one game from this series, this is the most likely. So lets not overreact incase the unlikely happens :D

[u/Baby_Sparrow]

Love the Keys call up and great to see Smith back. Let's go, boys!

[u/cclips96]

For the past 30 years my goal every season is: important September baseball. We’re here now!

[u/OGWettyFap]

Sending good vibes to Spaghetti... give us as many solid innings as you can!

[u/felicityrorys]

https://giphy.com/gifs/QCgybAuPINMKWBzXqB

Let’s go Spence

[u/rvasko3]

It feels nice to look at Steven Kwan, whom I always wanted in a Blue Jays uniform, and think, "We don't need you, Kwan. We've got our own Kwan at home now."

[u/Ok_Independent_6599]

100 “MILES” PER HOUR

[u/Suplewich]

love Lukes but this was one of the worst ab of the year oh my god

[u/Regular-Celery6230]

I swear he's getting worse on those

[u/Chemical_Desk_5314]

That genuinely changes the challenging system for the team for the rest of the game. I hate watching that

[u/Federal-Part41]

Why wasn’t Spencer allowed to go another inning?

[u/SpaceballsTheCheese]

So happy I tuned in for the Laz show

[u/Did_i_worded_good]

He will not appeal, you can't check your swing.

[u/JKirbs14]

The only explanation for Myles Straw starting tonight must be that we’re trying to flex all the former Guardians players we have at our disposal

[u/Entire-Protection-77]

Christie Pits has more of a fan turnout than whatever this is lol!

[u/ZestySteep]

God I just tuned in with a side profile shot of Arighetti on the screen and I thought it was Gausman 😭

[u/lametron]

Jesus Sanchez is like how you do that Myles

[u/Diehard129]

Common Straw W.

[u/RBLAOS]

Does anyone remember when Straw wanted to fight yankee fans after they heckled an injured Steven Kwan?

[u/lametron]

Guerrero REFUSED to GIDP

[u/lillithfair98]

man if vladdy every wakes up this would be so much more fun to watch down the stretch

[u/lametron]

That sweeper is straight fuckin up the BJs today. Excuse my Quebecois

[u/bryanliu78]

Well I can see why this guy is 2nd in strikeouts

[u/HEROnymous-Bot]

If all these teams can play with seven people in the stands every night, can we at least get the Expos back?

[u/h8omb]

DP partners, you say...?

[u/ahjphotos]

Caleb using hockey lingo to appeal to Canadians is always funny

[u/Nick480]

Nice 2 innings for spaghet

[u/ahjphotos]

I was never a spaghetti doubter (this is a lie)

[u/Icy-Mall3091]

Hell yeah get it Spaghetti

[u/yupyaboi2020]

Kazmanian devil

[u/DenimVenom4054]

Maybe we can just like, not swing

[u/shoeyricciardo]

Hazel Mae saying hi!

[u/northernfires529]

Not Oak trying for his second steal and ending up… at 3rd

[u/3luejays]

I take it back. Sending Oak fucked with their infielders minds lmao

[u/Financial-Sandwich17]

That throw was kinda pathetic lmao

[u/HEROnymous-Bot]

Kaz is WINDED

[u/PerfectStorm209]

This AL wild card race is absolutely disgusting to watch and I love every second of it

[u/Beejeroy]

Well earned run without a hit! Love it

[u/TheThatNeverWas]

Not the manliest of runs but they all count.

[u/pincurlsandcutegirls]

Arrighetti looks like the love child of Gausman and Cease

[u/-Carbon-]

Can the O’s just not

[u/windtunnel1]

Spaghetti aiming for those meatballs

[u/CherryChapstick1997]

Dan hates Colorado 

[u/JumpingJimFarmer]

Come on throw a strike

[u/mala_star]

Ok i've seen enough of Spaghetti. Lets move along now please

[u/PerfectStorm209]

Spaghetti just threw an absolute meatball

[u/Cheeky_Little_Lunge]

Hate to say it but you could see that coming 😔  struggling to throw strikes, 3-1 count, "get me over" mozzarella ball... 

Still winnable!! 💪 🐦 

[u/tbclandot92]

When you have an entire starting rotation of pitchers on the IL you are kind of stuck with not many great options.

[u/hollowbastion36]

Not a problem, let’s just score more runs! 🫡

[u/hellarios852]

Meh, could have been worse

[u/Jensen2075]

Why isn't Spencer Miles the long man instead of this guy.

[u/-Carbon-]

I’m not even mad at Vlad at this point. It’s just kinda getting into sad territory. I don’t think he recovers this season from his offensive woes.

[u/xartan123]

I know the Jays make a lot of pitchers look like aces...but that's not what's happening tonight. This stuff is nasty

[u/Such-Fee6176]

Got “Somebody toucha my spaghet” stuck in my head

[u/Beejeroy]

More like Joe Caniply...or something. Maybe that's a reach.

[u/teasizzle]

Great to see Mantiply back on the mound

[u/Paprikahh]

[u/ThQp]

Jesus Christ. This is pitiful.

[u/JunkePlayerlol]

I dont even think Arrighetti is doing that bad - only 1 hit but the unfortunate part is our offense is getting ragdolled by Gavin

[u/where_thefuck_i_am]

This is, literally, a win or bust series. My brain tells me that it'll be tough battle, my heart tells me L.F.G

Oh, and also congratulations to Angels fans with Arte Moreno selling the team

[u/Capercris]

Deep breaths everyone 😮‍💨 we got this!

[u/Specialist_Owl_6612]

Let’s get it boys. Very important series

[u/Cheeky_Little_Lunge]

MUST WIN SERIES 💪 🐦 

[u/Digi_awesome]

100? Since when?

[u/MarlKarx777]

If the radar gun is correct, that’s the fastest pitch of his career (previous was 99.2)

[u/Jensen2075]

We don't need to see sphagetti for 4-5 innings. He should be a reliever.

[u/SaddamJose]

Go birds!

[u/ariou29]

Dress like a seat night in Cleveland today

[u/No_Thanks_1626]

Who the hell is screaming

[u/setec404]

this guy is nasty

[u/hughmann_13]

Aight. This dude has game.

Not holding my breath for an explosive offence in the first 5 innings, but they've gotta run that pitch count up and not let him get too deep into the game.

[u/skysone]

Both teams are going to treat this like it's the Wild Card series. Don't think for a second that any game won't be a dogfight to the end.

[u/hughmann_13]

Goddamn it kirk

[u/Ok_Independent_6599]

Not again Kirk

[u/Such-Fee6176]

KIRK COME ON

[u/Comment_Reader_Acct]

Not a leverage moment cap'n

[u/COV3RTSM]

To the guy in the Cubs hat, you’re not fooling anyone

[u/COV3RTSM]

If it hit him twice he should get second base

[u/Such-Fee6176]

God damn Laz

[u/DrWideEyes]

It's Laz's world and we're all just living in it

[u/PerformanceCute3437]

Damn, perfectly right in the gap but just hung up

[u/CherryChapstick1997]

Can he stop pitching angry? Someone go tickle this man

[u/PerformanceCute3437]

Holy fuck how you lay off that curveball

[u/Dimtar_]

new "subscription" that I have has the jays feed and this during the commercial breaks. thank god. couldn't handle any more of those stupid gambling and GLP1 ads.....

[u/Grouchy_Ad7150]

That is why you want Straw in the outfield.

[u/ReindeerCalm7913]

Sanchez could never

[u/-Carbon-]

Straw🗣️🗣️🗣️

[u/COV3RTSM]

Sanchez would have got that on a bounce and thrown it to the moon

[u/JimothyC]

holy shit, 0.980 xBA lol

[u/Last-Incident-4546]

The stands are SO empty. Is that normal for Cleveland games

[u/ThQp]

🍝🍝🍝