MLB

Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball
Cleveland Guardians
18-18, 9-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
2 - 6
Kansas City Royals
16-19, 10-7 Home

Michael Wacha throws just 79 pitches in 7 innings and the surging Royals beat the Guardians 6-2

Bobby Witt Jr. hits home run

Jac Caglianone also went deep for the surging Royals, who have won four in a row and eight of 10. Nick Loftin delivered a two-run single with two outs in the fourth to give Kansas City a 4-2 lead.

Five different Royals had an RBI, including Witt's fourth homer and Caglianone's solo shot in the sixth on his bobblehead night.

Wacha (3-2) allowed four hits and two runs while striking out three. He has given up just three runs over 14 innings in two starts against the Guardians this season.

David Fry hit a two-run homer for Cleveland in the second, but Wacha retired 16 of his next 17 batters. Wacha, Matt Strahm and Alex Lange combined to throw a total of 95 pitches for the Royals.

Witt's 422-foot drive put the Royals on the board in the fourth. He went the first 27 games of the season without a home run before hitting three over the past eight games.

Salvador Perez tied it at 2 with an RBI single that went through the legs of pitcher Tanner Bibee. Kansas City then loaded the bases, setting up Loftin's key hit.

Bibee (0-5) was tagged for four runs and five hits in four innings. He entered with only one run of support across his last six starts, all Guardians losses.

Up next Kansas City LHP Noah Cameron (2-2, 5.40 ERA) makes his seventh start of the season Tuesday against Cleveland RHP Gavin Williams (5-1, 2.70).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Bazzana grounded out to pitcher.
9th Inning Hoskins grounded into double play, third to second to first, Ramírez out at second.
9th Inning Ramírez singled to right.
9th Inning Lange relieved Strahm
8th Inning Loftin fouled out to catcher.
8th Inning Collins walked.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 7
3 Strikeouts 7
2 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 2
1 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 6
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 32
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
5 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
17 Fly Balls 18
0 Caught Stealing 0
95 Pitches 150
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
9 Total Bases 14
32 Plate Appearances 36
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
1.1 Runs Created 4.9
.161 Batting Average .219
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.290 Slugging Percentage .438
.161 Secondary Average .406
.188 On Base Percentage .306
.478 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .743
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
1.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.3
18.0 Batter Rating 41.0
31.0 At Bats Per Home Run 16.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
2.97 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.17
.129 Isolated Power .219
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.57
.031 Walks Per Plate Appearance .111
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .188
4.0 Runs Produced 12.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.2
70.0 MLB Rating 85.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 16,434 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland 30 22 .577 - W6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago 25 24 .510 3.5 L1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota 23 27 .460 6 W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City 20 30 .400 9 L3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit 20 31 .392 9.5 L6
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