Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians H2H Record

American League
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Guardians
Red Sox lead Guardians97to77since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.

2026 season series: Red Sox lead 2-1

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At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians insights

Current-feed record
+20wins for Red Sox
56% Red Sox · 44% Guardians

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 11-11 since 2023.

Recent form
10-10last 20
Red Sox on a 2-game streak

Red Sox won 9-4 on May 31, 2026

Where it matters
10Postseason games

10 postseason games across 2 postseasons since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Red Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 86 of 152 decided meetings (57%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 11-11, or 50% to Red Sox.

Red Sox vs Guardians postseason head-to-head record

Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians have a verified postseason subset inside the current-feed record. The playoff games are included in the overall total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Guardians 6-4
10 postseason games since 2002
Playoff share
5.7%
Share of recorded meetings in this feed
Regular season
164
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
97W
77W
BOS
CLE
56%44%
Boston Red SoxCleveland Guardians

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
May 31
CLE 4-9 BOS
BOS
May 30
CLE 1-9 BOS
BOS
May 29
CLE 4-3 BOS
CLE
Sep 3
BOS 1-8 CLE
CLE
Sep 2
BOS 11-7 CLE
BOS
Sep 1
BOS 6-4 CLE
BOS
Apr 27
CLE 3-13 BOS
BOS
Apr 26
CLE 5-4 BOS
CLE
Apr 26
CLE 3-7 BOS
BOS
Apr 25
CLE 6-4 BOS
CLE
Last Meeting
May 31, 2026Final
CLE
4
HOME
BOS
9
AWAY
Red Soxwon by5runs
Red Sox' 2nd straight in this series·Game 174 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Boston Red Sox: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.7 runs on average
3.7runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
BOS-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200255.7%
CLE-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200244.3%
Last 10 Results
BOS / CLE

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season164 games
93
71
Postseason10 games
4
6
Boston Red Sox Biggest Win
14–1+13 runs
Aug 12, 2012
Cleveland Guardians Biggest Win
15–3+12 runs
Apr 27, 2006
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓BOS ↕CLE ↕Games ↕
2026213
2025426
2024257
2023336
2022527
2021426
2019336
2018347
2017437
2016459
2015246
2014257
2013617
2012538
20114610
2010448
2009729
2008516
20079514
2006347
2005426
2004347
2003426
2002549

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
52-38BOS HOME39-45CLE HOME
AWAY
45-39
BOS
AWAY
38-52
CLE

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
25.9%

Share of the 174 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
74.1%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.7.

Average total
9.9runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
52.3%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.511955
68.4%
8.510272
58.6%
9.5Closest to even8490
48.3%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Boston Red Sox
97 W · 55.7%1.79
Cleveland Guardians
77 W · 44.3%2.26

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
20%vs 25.9% full archive
-5.9% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
80%vs 74.1% full archive
+5.9% in the last 20
Average total
9.8 runsvs 9.9 runs full archive
-0.1 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2023 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Red Sox and Guardians in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

What is the Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 10 games: Boston Red Sox have 4 wins and Cleveland Guardians have 6 wins. Those games are already included in the current-feed record since 2002.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API

Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians have met 174 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.