The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on May 31, 2022 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Andrew Benintendi went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Cal Quantrill pitched 6.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 earned runs 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 4.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Dylan Coleman | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Myles Straw | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Clement | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Quantrill | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan Shaw | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Hentges | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 30, 2022: KC 3, CLE 7 · Next Jun 1, 2022: KC 0, CLE 4
- Guardians · 2022 season · Previous May 30, 2022: KC 3, CLE 7 · Next Jun 1, 2022: KC 0, CLE 4