Guardians’ Cooper Ingle error costs team victory against Rangers

Cleveland Guardians left fielder Cooper Ingle suffered some brain fog Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers and put together a moment he’ll want to brush off and move on from.

The Guardians and Rangers were tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh. The Rangers had a runner on second with one out—key phrase “one out.” Texas batter Alejandro Osuna popped a single to left field, where Ingle made a routine catch for the second out of the inning.

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Ingle seemed to have thought it was third out and the inning was over. He took the ball and threw it into the stands at Progressive Field. The lapse in judgment allowed Rangers shortstop Ezequiel Duran to run home and give the Rangers the go-ahead run.

Texas won the game 4-2. Ingle was 0-for-4 at the plate with three strikeouts.

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Texas Rangers’ Ezequiel Duran runs toward home plate to score on an error by Cleveland Guardians left fielder Cooper Ingle in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

The 24-year-old first made his major league debut on Friday against the Seattle Mariners. He entered the 2026 season ranked No. 99 on MLB’s list of the top 100 prospects in baseball and No. 65 on Baseball Prospectus’ list. He was also No. 3 among the Guardians’ prospects.

He took responsibility for the mistake and promised it would not happen again.

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Cleveland Guardians left fielder Cooper Ingle, left, runs from the outfield with center fielder Steven Kwan, right, after the first half of the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Cleveland, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

“Of course you feel terrible,” he told reporters, via MLB.com. “It’s a pretty embarrassing feeling.”

With Tuesday’s result, each team is now 44-42 on the year.