The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on May 30, 2022 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Arodys Vizcaino pitched 1.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Jose Ramirez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Zach Plesac pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Benintendi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Santana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arodys Vizcaino | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Foster Griffin | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amed Rosario | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Plesac | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevor Stephan | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 29, 2022: KC 3, MIN 7 · Next May 31, 2022: KC 3, CLE 8
- Guardians · 2022 season · Previous May 29, 2022: CLE 1, DET 2 · Next May 31, 2022: KC 3, CLE 8