{"id":681166,"date":"2026-04-22T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/681166\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:38:03","slug":"guardians-lineup-live-score-updates-today-vs-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/681166\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians lineup, live score updates today vs. Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND \u2014 The reigning American League Central Division champion\u00a0Cleveland Guardians<\/a>\u00a0will conclude their three-game series with the\u00a0Houston Astros<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, April 22.<\/p>\n

The Guardians won 8-5 on Tuesday, April 21<\/a> to even the series after the Astros won 9-2 on Monday, April 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Guardians<\/a>\u00a0(14-11) remain in first place in the American League Central Division<\/a> and the Astros<\/a>\u00a0(9-16) are at the bottom of the AL West standings.<\/p>\n

Follow our live updates throughout the game tonight. Here’s what to know before the first pitch:<\/p>\n

1 \/ 5<\/p>\n

Cleveland Guardians home series vs. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

Apr 20, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Slade Cecconi (44) throws a pitch against the Houston Astros during the first inning at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Guardians home series vs. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

Apr 20, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Slade Cecconi (44) throws a pitch against the Houston Astros during the first inning at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Guardians home series vs. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

Apr 20, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker (8) rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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3 \/ 5<\/p>\n

Cleveland Guardians home series vs. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

Apr 20, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Houston Astros starting pitcher Spencer Arrighetti (41) throws a pitch against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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4 \/ 5<\/p>\n

Cleveland Guardians home series vs. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

Apr 20, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians first baseman Kyle Manzardo (9) hits a single during the first inning against the Houston Astros at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Apr 20, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) celebrates after scoring against the Houston Astros during the first inning at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

When do the Guardians play today?<\/p>\n

First pitch is 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, April 22.<\/p>\n

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Guardians designated hitter Chase DeLauter hits an RBI triple during the eighth inning against the Houston Astros, April 21, 2026, in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

More MLB coverage: Chase DeLauter snaps his skid, wins game for Guardians vs Astros<\/a><\/p>\n

Where to watch Guardians game today?<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Guardians<\/a>\u00a0vs. Houston Astros<\/a> game is available on TV via\u00a0Guardians.TV<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Space City Home Network<\/a>. Streaming is available on\u00a0MLB.TV<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Fubo<\/a>, which offers a free trial.<\/p>\n

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Guardians lineup today vs. Astros\"Apr<\/p>\n

Apr 21, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians left fielder Angel Martinez (1) celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning against the Houston Astros at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Astros lineup today vs. Guardians\"Guardians<\/p>\n

Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee throws a first-inning pitch against the Baltimore Orioles, April 17, 2026, in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Guardians vs. Astros starting pitchers<\/p>\n

The Guardians<\/a> will send right-hander Tanner Bibee<\/a>\u00a0(0-2, 4.81 ERA) to the mound and the Astros will counter with right-hander Peter Lambert<\/a> (0-1, 7.20 ERA).<\/p>\n

More MLB coverage: Former Akron Zips pitcher Chris Bassitt keeps showing he’s a competitor for the Baltimore Orioles<\/a><\/p>\n

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Steven Kwan, left, and Angel Martinez, middle, and Brayan Rocchio celebrate after scoring on a triple by Guardians DH Chase DeLauter (not pictured) during the eighth inning against the Houston Astros, April 21, 2026, in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

American League Central Division standings<\/p>\n

More MLB coverage: Guardians display strength up the middle of diamond against Orioles<\/a><\/p>\n

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Apr 21, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians right fielder George Valera (7) hits an RBI single during the first inning against the Houston Astros at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Guardians vs. Blue Jays pitching probables<\/p>\n

Akron Beacon Journal sports writer Michael Beaven can be reached by email at mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Cleveland Guardians lineup today, score, live updates vs. Astros<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 The reigning American League Central Division champion\u00a0Cleveland Guardians\u00a0will conclude their three-game series with the\u00a0Houston Astros\u00a0on Wednesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[80348,47,5,867,6199,9027,451,3225,22912,82,1250,100,135,51,2565,2076,2078,42301,538,54,893,817,865,1389,4,10195,2081,777,86173,3627,148,396,2264],"class_list":{"0":"post-681166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-guardians","8":"tag-akron-zips","9":"tag-baltimore-orioles","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-bo-naylor","12":"tag-brayan-rocchio","13":"tag-brice-matthews","14":"tag-cam-smith","15":"tag-carlos-correa","16":"tag-chase-delauter","17":"tag-chris-bassitt","18":"tag-christian-vazquez","19":"tag-christian-walker","20":"tag-cleveland","21":"tag-cleveland-guardians","22":"tag-clevelandguardians","23":"tag-daniel-schneemann","24":"tag-gavin-williams","25":"tag-george-valera","26":"tag-guardians","27":"tag-houston-astros","28":"tag-isaac-paredes","29":"tag-jose-altuve","30":"tag-jose-ramirez","31":"tag-kyle-manzardo","32":"tag-mlb","33":"tag-peter-lambert","34":"tag-steven-kwan","35":"tag-tanner-bibee","36":"tag-the-american-league-central-division","37":"tag-the-guardians","38":"tag-twins","39":"tag-white-sox","40":"tag-yordan-alvarez"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}