The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-4 on Sep 18, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Gabriel Arias went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Cal Quantrill pitched 5.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kole Calhoun | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Quantrill | 5.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Sam Hentges | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Stephan | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Sep 17, 2023: TEX 2, CLE 9 · Next Sep 19, 2023: CLE 6, KC 7
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 17, 2023: HOU 7, KC 1 · Next Sep 19, 2023: CLE 6, KC 7