Kansas City Royals

5thin AL Central · 68-93

Ugh, no.

Kansas City Royals lost to the Cleveland Guardians

85-76 11 – 5

68-93

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) · 24,656 fans · MLB.TV, Royals.TV, CLEGuardians.TV

Recap

Guardians clinch their 3rd straight AL Central crown with an 11-5 win over the Royals

Once again, the Cleveland Guardians are division champs.

Recap via ESPN

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	11	14	1
KC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	10	2

Win Probability · Kansas City Royals

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Cleveland Guardians

Brayan Rocchio · 3-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 RBatting
Tanner Bibee · 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 K (W, 7-15)Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Jac Caglianone · 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Michael Wacha · 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 K (L, 9-10)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

Top 9th

1B Lowe singled to left, Adell scored and Ramírez scored, Genao to second.11–5

Top 9th

HR Rocchio homered to right (373 feet).9–5

Top 9th

HR Bailey homered to right (380 feet).8–5

Bot 8th

1B Pasquantino singled to left, Caglianone scored.7–5

Bot 8th

2B Caglianone doubled to right, Witt Jr. scored.7–4

Top 7th

HR Rocchio homered to left (354 feet).7–3

Top 6th

SF Lowe hit sacrifice fly to center, Bazzana scored.6–3

Top 3rd

HR DeLauter homered to right center (400 feet).5–3

Top 2nd

3B Kwan tripled to left, Rocchio scored.4–3

Top 2nd

HR Bailey homered to right (342 feet), Bazzana scored. Umpire review: call on the field was upheld.3–3

Top 2nd

SF Lowe hit sacrifice fly to right, Adell scored, Bazzana to third.1–3

Bot 1st

1B Massey singled to right, Caglianone scored.0–3

Bot 1st

2B Caglianone doubled to right, Witt Jr. scored.0–2

Bot 1st

SB Jensen scored on throwing error by catcher Bailey, Witt Jr. stole third.0–1

Team Stats

Cleveland GuardiansKansas City Royals

Batting

14 Hits 10

5 Home Runs 0

4 Walks 1

4 Strikeouts 7

1 Stolen Bases 1

14 Left on Base 13

Pitching & Fielding

126 Pitches Thrown 173

1 Errors 2

4 Double Plays 6

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. KwanLF	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	.282	26	.382	.349
J. Ramirez3B	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	16	.320	.368
C. DeLauterRF	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	.287	14	.363	.457
J. AdellDH	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	.238	20	.296	.395
T. Bazzana2B	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	.247	18	.337	.411
A. Genao2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211	6	.281	.293
N. Lowe1B	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	.252	17	.318	.446
A. MartinezLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.257	13	.293	.470
P. HalpinCF	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224	4	.269	.328
P. BaileyC	5	2	2	3	2	0	2	.208	24	.274	.338
B. RocchioSS	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	.253	15	.313	.391
Team	38	11	14	11	5	4	4		173

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
T. Bibee(W, 7-15)	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	94-61	4.36
S. Armstrong	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	4.58
C. Yoho	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	10-7	4.93
C. Smith(H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	5-5	1.95
S. Cecconi	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	4.91
Team	9.0	10	5	5	1	7	126-83

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JensenC	4	1	2	0	1	0	.239	22	.323	.467
B. Witt Jr.SS	4	2	2	0	0	1	.283	14	.361	.444
J. CaglianoneRF	4	2	2	2	0	1	.287	13	.339	.492
S. PerezDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.229	13	.273	.383
V. Pasquantino1B	3	0	1	1	0	2	.247	15	.331	.412
M. Massey2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.272	8	.303	.428
J. RaveCF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.232	14	.314	.430
J. Rojas3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.229	11	.268	.324
I. CollinsLF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.212	16	.318	.321
Team	35	5	10	4	1	7		126

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M. Wacha(L, 9-10)	6.1	6	6	2	1	4	2	90-62	3.32
A. Gose	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	14-7	0.66
J. Cuas	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	2.31
A. Lange	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	2	29-16	6.75
S. Bivens	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	23-9	9.39
Team	9.0	14	11	7	4	4	5	173-106