Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

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Kansas City Royals

5-6, 2-3 Away

Final
1 - 2

Cleveland Guardians

7-5, 3-2 Home

Rocchio's RBI single in the 9th gives Guardians 2-1 victory over the Royals

Kayfus singled off John Schreiber (0-1) and advanced to second when Bo Naylor walked. Rocchio's single just eluded Kansas City second baseman Jonathan India to go into right field. Kayfus slid into home and beat the throw of right fielder Lane Thomas for the winning run.

Cleveland second baseman Juan Brito went 2 for 4 in his major-league debut and Steven Kwan had an RBI single in the fifth inning.

Kansas City rookie Carter Jensen homered for the second straight game for the Royals' only hit. Jensen connected on a cutter in the second inning off Cleveland starter Gavin Williams and drove it over the wall in right-center for his third home run of the season.

Cade Smith (2-0), the fifth Guardians pitcher, got the win after retiring the Royals in order in the ninth. It was the Guardians' first one-hitter since Aug. 6 last season at the New York Mets. The previous Guardians one-hitter at home was on May 7, 2023, against Minnesota.

Cleveland tied the game in the fifth. Austin Hedges singled with one out, advanced to second on a ground out and scored when Kwan lined a single to left field.

The game was moved up five hours because of an evening forecast with temperatures below freezing. However, it was 33 degrees at first pitch, making it the coldest game at Progressive Field since April 9, 2018, against Detroit, which was also 33 degrees.

Up next It will be a matchup of left-handers in Wednesday's series finale. Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.60 ERA) goes for Kansas City while Joey Cantillo (0-0, 3.00 ERA) takes the hill for Cleveland.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rocchio singled to right, Kayfus scored, Naylor to second.
	9th Inning	Naylor walked, Kayfus to second.
	9th Inning	Naylor hit for Hedges
	9th Inning	Kayfus singled to right.
	9th Inning	Brito grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Schreiber relieved Mears

Statistics

KC		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	12
14	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
1	Hits	8
4	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
27	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
8	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
4	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.9	Runs Created	2.6
.037	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.148	Slugging Percentage	.273
.556	Secondary Average	.121
.257	On Base Percentage	.306
.405	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.578
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
12.0	Batter Rating	18.0
27.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.66	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.25
.111	Isolated Power	.030
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.229	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.519	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.0	Balls In Play Average	0.3
59.0	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Progressive Field

Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 10,328 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	5	.615	-	W2
Minnesota	6	6	.500	1.5	W3
Kansas City	5	7	.417	2.5	L2
Detroit	4	8	.333	3.5	L4
Chicago	4	8	.333	3.5	L3

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