The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Jul 26, 2023 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Nick Wittgren pitched 1.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Gavin Williams pitched 4.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wittgren | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Freeman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Williams | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 25, 2023: KC 1, CLE 5 · Next Jul 28, 2023: MIN 5, KC 8
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Jul 25, 2023: KC 1, CLE 5 · Next Jul 27, 2023: CLE 6, CHW 3