Do the Guardians score in the first inning often?

The Guardians have scored in the first inning in 28% of their 158 games this season (44 of 158), 24th in MLB.

Are the Guardians a good NRFI or YRFI team?

Guardians bats score in the 1st 28% of the time, and their pitching allows a first-inning run 25% of the time — so their games tend to sit near a coin flip.

How do the Guardians score in the first inning at home vs on the road?

32% of the time at home and 23% on the road this season.

Guardians

First-inning scoring · #24 in MLB

The Guardians have scored in the first inning 28% of the time this 2026 season — 24th in MLB. That's 32% at home and 23% on the road. Over their last 10, they've put a run on the board in the 1st 2 times. On the other side, Guardians pitching allows a first-inning run 25% of the time (0.41 runs allowed per game).

Split	G	Score rate	Runs/1st
Overall	158	28%	0.58
Home	81	32%	0.69
Away	77	23%	0.46
Last 10	10	20%	0.70
Allowed (1st)	158	25%	0.41

vs Handedness

Informational splits — not model inputs.

vs	G	Score rate	Runs/1st
vs LHP	57	26%	0.60
vs RHP	97	27%	0.52

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