The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Sep 20, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Myles Straw went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Lucas Giolito pitched 5.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Angel Zerpa pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kole Calhoun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ramon Laureano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Freeman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Tena | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Giolito | 5.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James Karinchak | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 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. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Zerpa | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Zack Greinke | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Sep 19, 2023: CLE 6, KC 7 · Next Sep 21, 2023: BAL 2, CLE 5
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 19, 2023: CLE 6, KC 7 · Next Sep 22, 2023: KC 7, HOU 5