Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

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Cleveland Guardians

39-41, 19-22 Away

Final
3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

23-58, 11-30 Home

José Ramírez homers twice, drives in three to lead Guardians past Royals 8-3

Ramírez has 22 multi-homer games in his career, including two this season. He homered into the right field seats in the first and cleared the wall in center in the fourth for his 16th of the season.

Ramírez was 3 for 4 with a check-swing infield hit in the sixth and a walk in the second followed by a stolen base, and he scored three runs. He was finally retired on a groundout in the eighth.

David Fry hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Steven Kwan had two RBI. Cleveland moved to 51-51 and trails Minnesota by two games in the AL Central.

Cleveland starter Gavin Williams pitched four scoreless innings but was pulled after throwing 85 pitches. It was his first start since developing a blister on his middle finger Friday against Philadelphia. The rookie right-hander threw 31 pitches and worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first.

Nick Sandlin (5-3) allowed a run in the fifth.

Kansas City starter Alec Marsh (0-5) allowed four runs in 2 2/3 innings. The rookie right-hander has lost each of his five major league starts. Marsh has allowed nine home runs in 23 innings.

MJ Melendez hit a solo homer in the ninth for Kansas City. Maikel Garcia had an RBI single in the fifth and Dairon Blanco drove in a run with an eighth-inning single. Kansas City loaded the bases with one out in the sixth but failed to score.

Cleveland has won three straight series for the first time since ending the 2022 season with five straight series wins.

Ramírez’s first-inning homer followed a walk to Andrés Giménez. Kwan had an RBI single in the second and drew a bases-loaded walk in the third.

Williams dodged trouble in the first. Center fielder Myles Straw made a leaping catch at the wall on a drive hit by Bobby Witt Jr. for the second out. Two singles and a walk followed. The inning ended when Freddy Fermin popped out to Giménez at second base.

Williams struck out five and allowed three hits. The Guardians are closely monitoring the workloads of Williams and rookies Tanner Bibee and Logan Allen. Shane Bieber, Triston McKenzie and Cal Quantrill are on Cleveland’s injured list.

NEW PITCHER

The Guardians signed veteran left-hander Amir Garrett to a minor league contract. Garrett, 31, was released by Kansas City earlier this month after going 0-1 with a 3.33 ERA in 27 games. He pitched 24 1/3 innings, striking out 28 and walking 20.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RHP Brad Keller (shoulder impingement) is nearing the conclusion of a 30-day minor league rehab assignment that began June 28. He hasn’t pitched for Kansas City since May 15.

Royals: RHP Brady Singer (6-8, 5.55 ERA) is the scheduled starter Friday night at home against Minnesota.

Guardians: RHP Tanner Bibee (6-2, 3.04 ERA) will start Thursday night in the opener of a four-game road series against the Chicago White Sox.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Fermin doubled to left, Isbel scored and Lopez scored.
	10th Inning	Fermin hit for Chapman
	10th Inning	Waters struck out looking.
	10th Inning	Lopez reached on infield single to first, Isbel to third.
	10th Inning	Clase relieved Hentges
	10th Inning	Giménez struck out swinging.

Statistics

CLE		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
16	Ground Balls	10
4	Strikeouts	11
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
39	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
20	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
148	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	9
42	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
5.9	Runs Created	2.2
.333	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.385	Slugging Percentage	.281
.128	Secondary Average	.156
.357	On Base Percentage	.250
.742	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.531
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.1
28.0	Batter Rating	29.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.52	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.051	Isolated Power	.094
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.048	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.205	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
5.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
85.5	MLB Rating	73.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0