Kansas City Royals

5thin AL Central · 68-92

Ugh, no.

Kansas City Royals lost to the Cleveland Guardians

84-76 12 – 9

68-92

Final · Fri, Sep 25

Game Details

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

Recap

Guardians maintain 1-game AL Central lead, beat Royals 12-9 with help from 6 walks in 5-run 9th

José Ramírez, Chase DeLauter and Petey Halpin drew consecutive bases-loaded walks in a five-run ninth inning capped by Angel Martínez's two-run double, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 12-9 Friday night to maintain a one-game...

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Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	12	9	1
KC	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	9	14	1

Win Probability · Kansas City Royals

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Cleveland Guardians

Angel Martinez · 2-5, 4 RBIBatting
Hunter Gaddis · 1.0 IP, 2 ER, 0 K (W, 6-3, B, 6)Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Carter Jensen · 2-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 RBatting
Nate Pearson · 0.2 IP, 4 ER, 0 K (L, 2-4)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

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

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. KwanLF	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	.280	26	.379	.344
J. Ramirez3B	4	2	1	2	0	1	0	.235	18	.322	.371
C. DeLauterDH	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.290	25	.365	.456
J. AdellRF	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.240	18	.298	.399
P. HalpinCF	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.224	4	.265	.328
A. MartinezRF	5	0	2	4	0	1	0	.260	19	.296	.469
D. Fry1B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	.193	12	.311	.364
N. Lowe1B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.251	4	.319	.447
T. Bazzana2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.244	25	.336	.404
A. Genao2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	0	.276	.293
A. HedgesC	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	.249	11	.328	.380
P. BaileyC	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.207	4	.274	.320
B. RocchioSS	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.250	16	.312	.378
Team	35	12	9	12	2	13	3		182

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G. Williams	3.1	5	4	4	4	4	1	74-46	3.76
T. Herrin	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	18-12	3.02
S. Armstrong(H, 9)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-13	4.72
D. Espino(H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	4.40
E. Sabrowski(H, 27)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-11	2.66
H. Gaddis(W, 6-3, B, 6)	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	13-11	3.03
M. Festa	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	21-13	3.78
Team	9.0	14	9	9	5	6	3	176-115

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JensenC	4	2	2	5	2	0	1	.237	16	.321	.463
B. Witt Jr.SS	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	.282	19	.361	.442
J. CaglianoneRF	5	0	3	2	0	0	1	.286	19	.338	.488
M. Garcia3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.266	23	.329	.380
V. Pasquantino1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.246	19	.330	.413
S. PerezDH	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	.229	26	.273	.382
M. Massey2B	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	.274	27	.306	.432
J. RaveLF	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.232	14	.316	.435
K. IsbelCF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.221	13	.265	.321
Team	36	9	14	9	3	5	6		176

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N. Cameron	5.0	7	7	6	4	3	2	101-56	4.11
C. Thomas	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22-16	7.40
L. Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25-10	5.70
N. Pearson(L, 2-4)	0.2	0	4	4	4	0	0	23-5	4.17
N. Hoffman	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	11-3	3.77
Team	9.0	9	12	11	13	3	2	182-90