Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

1stin AL Central · 84-76
YES!
Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Guardians84-76 12 – 9 Kansas City Royals68-92
Final · Fri, Sep 25

Game Details

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) · 26,034 fans · MLB.TV, Royals.TV, CLEGuardians.TV
Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City

Line Score

123456789RHE
CLE 210130005 12 91
KC 120200022 9 141

Win Probability · Cleveland Guardians

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Cleveland Guardians
Kansas City Royals

2026 American League Central Standings
TeamWLPCTGBStrk
Cleveland 8577.525-L1
Chicago 8478.5191W1
Minnesota 7785.4758W1
Detroit 7686.4699L1
Kansas City 6993.42616W1

Scoring

Bot 9th HR Perez homered to left (434 feet), Garcia scored.12–9
Top 9th 2B Martínez doubled to left, Ramírez scored and DeLauter scored, Halpin thrown out at home.12–7
Top 9th B Halpin walked, Kwan scored, DeLauter to second, Ramírez to third.10–7
Top 9th B DeLauter walked, Rocchio scored, Ramírez to second, Kwan to third.9–7
Top 9th B Ramírez walked, Bailey scored, Kwan to second, Rocchio to third.8–7
Bot 8th HR Jensen homered to right center (418 feet), Isbel scored.7–7
Top 5th GRO Rocchio grounded out to shortstop, Bazzana scored, Hedges to third.7–5
Top 5th HR Fry homered to left (422 feet), Adell scored.6–5
Bot 4th 1B Caglianone singled to right, Witt Jr. scored.4–5
Bot 4th SF Jensen hit sacrifice fly to center, Rave scored.4–4
Top 4th SF Ramírez hit sacrifice fly to right, Hedges scored, Rocchio to third.4–3
Bot 2nd HR Jensen homered to right (389 feet), Rave scored.3–3
Top 2nd HR Hedges homered to left center (389 feet).3–1
Bot 1st 2B Caglianone doubled to left, Witt Jr. scored.2–1
Top 1st 1B Martínez singled to left, Kwan scored and Ramírez scored, Adell to second.2–0

Team Stats

Cleveland GuardiansKansas City Royals
Batting
9 Hits 14
2 Home Runs 3
13 Walks 5
3 Strikeouts 6
0 Stolen Bases 2
28 Left on Base 9
Pitching & Fielding
176 Pitches Thrown 182
1 Errors 1
0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Cleveland Guardians ▾
Batting
PlayerABRHRBIHRBBKAVG#POBPSLG
S. KwanLF3200020.28026.379.344
J. Ramirez3B4212010.23518.322.371
C. DeLauterDH4111021.29025.365.456
J. AdellRF3110020.24018.298.399
P. HalpinCF0001010.2244.265.328
A. MartinezRF5024010.26019.296.469
D. Fry1B4112100.19312.311.364
N. Lowe1B0000010.2514.319.447
T. Bazzana2B5110001.24425.336.404
A. Genao2B0000000.2110.276.293
A. HedgesC3211110.24911.328.380
P. BaileyC0100010.2074.274.320
B. RocchioSS4111011.25016.312.378
Team35129122133182
Pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERA
G. Williams3.154444174-463.76
T. Herrin0.231100018-123.02
S. Armstrong(H, 9)1.010000019-134.72
D. Espino(H, 1)1.000001013-94.40
E. Sabrowski(H, 27)1.010001018-112.66
H. Gaddis(W, 6-3, B, 6)1.032200113-113.03
M. Festa1.012210121-133.78
Team9.01499563176-115
Kansas City Royals ▾
Batting
PlayerABRHRBIHRBBKAVG#POBPSLG
C. JensenC4225201.23716.321.463
B. Witt Jr.SS4210011.28219.361.442
J. CaglianoneRF5032001.28619.338.488
M. Garcia3B4120010.26623.329.380
V. Pasquantino1B4010011.24619.330.413
S. PerezDH4112110.22926.273.382
M. Massey2B5020002.27427.306.432
J. RaveLF3210010.23214.316.435
K. IsbelCF3110000.22113.265.321
Team369149356176
Pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERA
N. Cameron5.0776432101-564.11
C. Thomas2.010000022-167.40
L. Erceg1.000030025-105.70
N. Pearson(L, 2-4)0.204440023-54.17
N. Hoffman0.111120011-33.77
Team9.0912111332182-90

Injury Report

Kansas City Royals
  • Mitch Spence RPDay-To-Day
  • Steven Cruz RPOut
  • Tony Gonsolin SP15-Day-IL
  • Nick Loftin 3Bpaternity
  • Connor Seabold RP60-Day-IL
Cleveland Guardians
  • Rhys Hoskins 1B10-Day-IL
  • Colin Holderman RP15-Day-IL
  • Andrew Walters RPOut

Starting Lineups

Kansas City Royals

  1. #22 Carter JensenC
  2. #7 Bobby Witt Jr.SS
  3. #14 Jac CaglianoneRF
  4. #11 Maikel Garcia3B
  5. #9 Vinnie Pasquantino1B
  6. #13 Salvador PerezDH
  7. #19 Michael Massey2B
  8. JR #16 John RaveLF
  9. #28 Kyle IsbelCF

Cleveland Guardians

  1. #38 Steven KwanLF
  2. #11 Jose Ramirez3B
  3. #24 Chase DeLauterDH
  4. #7 Jo AdellRF
  5. #1 Angel MartinezRF
  6. #6 David Fry1B
  7. #37 Travis Bazzana2B
  8. #27 Austin HedgesC
  9. #4 Brayan RocchioSS
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