The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Jul 7, 2023 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-3 for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Josh Bell went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Aaron Civale pitched 7.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 9 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Civale | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Stephan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 6, 2023: KC 1, CLE 6 · Next Jul 8, 2023: KC 6, CLE 10
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Jul 6, 2023: KC 1, CLE 6 · Next Jul 8, 2023: KC 6, CLE 10