The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 on Oct 3, 2022 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Steven Kwan went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Triston McKenzie pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nate Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Oct 2, 2022: KC 5, CLE 7 · Next Oct 4, 2022: KC 3, CLE 5
- Guardians · 2022 season · Previous Oct 2, 2022: KC 5, CLE 7 · Next Oct 4, 2022: KC 3, CLE 5