The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 on Sep 19, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Bo Naylor went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- James Karinchak pitched 1.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- MJ Melendez went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Steven Cruz pitched 1.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ramon Laureano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Naylor | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Andres Gimenez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
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. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Cruz | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Sep 18, 2023: CLE 4, KC 6 · Next Sep 20, 2023: CLE 2, KC 6
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 18, 2023: CLE 4, KC 6 · Next Sep 20, 2023: CLE 2, KC 6