|| April 12 || Tigers || 6-2 || Schrom (2-0) || Morris (1-1) || Camacho (2) || 17,426 || 2-3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 13 || Tigers || 8-2 || Bailes (1-1) || Tanana (0-1) || || 10,463 || 3-3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 15 || Yankees || 6-2 || Niekro (1-0) || Candiotti (0-1) || Fisher (1) || 3,223 || 3-4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | — || April 16 || Yankees || colspan=6| Postponed |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 17 || Yankees || 6-4 || Niekro (1-1) || Tewksbury (1-1) || Bailes (1) || 5,602 || 4-4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 18 || @ Tigers || 6-1 || Tanana (1-1) || Schrom (2-1) || || 20,703 || 4-5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 19 || @ Tigers || 8-6 || Bailes (2-1) || Petry (1-2) || Camacho (3) || 19,216 || 5-5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | — || April 20 || @ Tigers || colspan=6| Postponed |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 21 || Orioles || 7-0 || Candiotti (1-1) || Flanagan (1-2) || || 3,012 || 6-5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 22 || Orioles || 5-2 || Dixon (2-0) || Niekro (1-2) || Aase (4) || 3,004 || 6-6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 23 || Orioles || 5-1 || Schrom (3-1) || McGregor (1-2) || Bailes (2) || 3,788 || 7-6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 24 || @ Yankees || 2-1 || Guidry (3-0) || Heaton (0-1) || || 17,299 || 7-7 |- Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo Notes References 1986 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference 1986 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Indians