Major League Baseball

FINAL Friday, September 25, 2026
Cleveland Guardians 12
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Kansas City Royals 9
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Match Report

Guardians maintain 1-game AL Central lead, beat Royals 12-9 with help from 6 walks in 5-run 9th

— José Ramírez, Chase DeLauter and Petey Halpin drew consecutive bases-loaded walks in a five-run ninth inning capped by Angel Martínez's two-run double, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 12-9 Friday night to maintain a one-game...

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Top Performers

CLE

  • Steven Kwan · ·
  • Jose Ramirez · ·
  • Chase DeLauter · ·
  • Jo Adell · ·

KC

  • Carter Jensen · ·
  • Bobby Witt Jr. · ·
  • Jac Caglianone · ·
  • Maikel Garcia · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Massey grounded out to first.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Matt Festa pitches to Michael Massey
  6. · 9th Inning
  7. · 9th Inning Perez homered to left (434 feet), Garcia scored.
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 7 : Ball In Play

Head to Head

CLE wins series 2-1

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Day-To-Day
  • Steven Cruz Out
  • Carlos Estevez 60-Day-IL
  • Jonathan India 60-Day-IL
  • Nick Mears 60-Day-IL

Cleveland Guardians

  • Kahlil Watson Out
  • Colin Holderman 15-Day-IL
  • Andrew Walters Out

Lineups

KC

  1. 22Carter JensenC
  2. 7Bobby Witt Jr.SS
  3. 14Jac CaglianoneRF
  4. 11Maikel Garcia3B
  5. 9Vinnie Pasquantino1B
  6. 13Salvador PerezDH
  7. 19Michael Massey2B
  8. 16John RaveLF
  9. 28Kyle IsbelCF

CLE

  1. 38Steven KwanLF
  2. 11Jose Ramirez3B
  3. 24Chase DeLauterDH
  4. 7Jo AdellRF
  5. 1Angel MartinezRF
  6. 6David Fry1B
  7. 37Travis Bazzana2B
  8. 27Austin HedgesC
  9. 4Brayan RocchioSS

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