Kansas City Royals

5thin AL Central · 69-93

YES!

Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians

85-77 2 – 3

69-93

Final · Sun, Sep 27

Game Details

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) · 22,827 fans · ESPN Unlimited, MLB.TV, Royals.TV, CLEGuardians.TV

Recap

Royals snap 3-game skid, beat AL Central champion Guardians 3-2 in regular-season finale

Vinnie Pasquantino homered twice and the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Recap via ESPN

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City

Line Score

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

Win Probability · Kansas City Royals

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Cleveland Guardians

Jo Adell · 2-3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Austin Peterson · 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Vinnie Pasquantino · 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Nate Pearson · 0.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 K (W, 3-4)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 8th

HR Pasquantino homered to right (378 feet).2–3

Top 6th

HR Adell homered to left center (440 feet).2–2

Bot 5th

HR Pasquantino homered to center (434 feet).1–2

Top 3rd

HR Schneemann homered to right (380 feet).1–1

Bot 1st

1B Perez singled to left, Garcia scored, Caglianone to third.0–1

Team Stats

Cleveland GuardiansKansas City Royals

Batting

9 Hits 9

2 Home Runs 2

1 Walks 3

5 Strikeouts 7

1 Stolen Bases 0

14 Left on Base 16

Pitching & Fielding

138 Pitches Thrown 120

0 Errors 2

3 Double Plays 3

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
A. MartinezLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.254	11	.290	.465
T. Bazzana2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	24	.335	.408
J. AdellRF	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	.240	14	.298	.401
N. Lowe1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.252	12	.317	.444
D. FryC	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.201	12	.313	.364
A. GenaoSS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.213	8	.281	.291
A. HedgesDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.247	8	.325	.377
P. BaileyDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.206	8	.272	.335
D. Schneemann3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.210	10	.276	.332
P. HalpinCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.225	13	.268	.326
Team	35	2	9	2	2	1	5		120

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P. Messick	3.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	64-42	2.56
A. Peterson(L, 0-1)	5.0	3	2	2	2	5	2	74-45	2.57
Team	8.0	9	3	3	3	7	2	138-87

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
M. Garcia3B	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	.268	18	.334	.381
B. Witt Jr.SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281	15	.359	.441
J. CaglianoneRF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.289	17	.340	.494
S. PerezDH	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.229	8	.274	.383
J. RojasDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.226	6	.265	.321
V. Pasquantino1B	4	2	2	2	2	0	1	.249	14	.333	.428
I. CollinsLF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.213	24	.320	.321
T. Tolbert2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.285	11	.347	.392
K. IsbelCF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.224	13	.268	.323
L. MaileC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	12	.229	.273
Team	32	3	9	3	2	3	7		138

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D. Lynch IV	5.1	7	2	2	0	2	2	76-53	4.08
N. Hoffman	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	3.60
C. Thomas	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-10	7.01
N. Pearson(W, 3-4)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9-5	4.11
L. Erceg(S, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-13	5.59
Team	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	2	120-86