The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Jun 4, 2024 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Josh Naylor went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Triston McKenzie pitched 5.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 5 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Freeman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| David Fry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Naylor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triston McKenzie | 5.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Cade Smith | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Jun 2, 2024: SD 3, KC 4 · Next Jun 5, 2024: KC at CLE
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Jun 2, 2024: WSH 5, CLE 2 · Next Jun 5, 2024: KC at CLE