Cleveland Guardians vs St. Louis Cardinals

MLB

Guardians

90-65

5-1

Final

Cardinals

77-77

Busch Stadium

TV: MLB.TV

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CLE	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
STL	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Who won: Guardians 5-1

The Cleveland Guardians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Friday, September 20, 2024 at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals win the series 2-1. Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians. Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.

Recap · Sep 20

José Ramírez homers and drives in a pair, Ben Lively goes 5 innings, and Guardians top Cardinals 5-1

José Ramírez had three hits including his 36th home run, drove in two and stole his 40th base as the Cleveland Guardians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Friday night to move closer to the AL Central crown.

What it means

Season series: STL wins series 2-1.
Guardians 42-37 on the road; Cardinals 42-37 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 9h ago

White Sox beat Guardians in Game 2, move within 1 win of ALCS

Recap · 11h ago

White Sox surge past Guardians 4-3 to take 2-0 lead in ALDS and move within 1 win of ALCS

Preview · 1d ago

White Sox bring 1-0 lead into ALDS Game 2 against Guardians

ESPN · 3d ago

White Sox hold Guardians to three hits in ALDS Game 1 win

Recap · 3d ago

White Sox beat Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of ALDS behind Murakami homer, 3-hitter

Preview · 3d ago

Guardians and White Sox meet to begin ALDS

ESPN · 4d ago

White Sox to start reliever Hagen Smith vs. Guardians in ALDS

Recap · Sep 27

Misiorowski continues Cy Young Award push and Turang gets 100th RBI as Brewers beat Cardinals 6-4

Injuries and inactives

Guardians1st in AL Cent

Andrew Walters RP
Elbow, Surgery, right
Out
Colin Holderman RP
Wrist, Surgery, right
15-Day-IL
Rhys Hoskins 1B
Back, Inflammation
10-Day-IL

Cardinals4th in NL Cent

Masyn Winn SS
Thumb, Soreness, left
Out
Richard Fitts SP
Lat, Surgery, right
Day-To-Day
Blaze Jordan 3B
Ankle, Sprain, left
10-Day-IL
Everson Pereira RF
Hand, Bruise, left
10-Day-IL
Joshua Baez LF
Oblique, Strain, left
10-Day-IL

Probable starters

Guardians1st in AL Cent

Ben Lively SP

Probable starter · 13-10, 3.81 ERA, 118 K, 1.25 WHIP

Lineup

1Angel MartinezLF
2Kyle ManzardoDH
3Jose Ramirez3B
4Josh Naylor1B
5Lane ThomasRF
6Andres Gimenez2B
7Will BrennanRF
8Bo NaylorC
9Daniel SchneemannSS

Cardinals4th in NL Cent

Kyle Gibson SP

Probable starter · 8-8, 4.24 ERA, 151 K, 1.35 WHIP

Lineup

1Masyn WinnSS
2Alec BurlesonLF
3Paul Goldschmidt1B
4Nolan ArenadoDH
5Brendan Donovan2B
6Lars NootbaarCF
7Jordan WalkerRF
8Thomas Saggese3B
9Pedro PagesC

The series

STL wins series 2-1

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Game info

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri · Attendance 33,967
Officials: Shane Livensparger (Home Plate Umpire), Brian O'Nora (First Base Umpire), Brennan Miller (Second Base Umpire), Chris Conroy (Third Base Umpire)