The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Jul 9, 2023 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Kyle Isbel went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Ryan Yarbrough pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Andres Gimenez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Shane Bieber pitched 6.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Duffy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Yarbrough | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Amed Rosario | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Freeman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bieber | 6.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 8, 2023: KC 6, CLE 10 · Next Jul 14, 2023: TB at KC
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Jul 8, 2023: KC 6, CLE 10 · Next Jul 14, 2023: CLE 4, TEX 12