The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Jun 27, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ben Lively pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyler Freeman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lively | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Garrett Hampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Jun 26, 2024: CLE 2, BAL 4 · Next Jun 28, 2024: CLE 3, KC 10
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Jun 26, 2024: MIA 1, KC 5 · Next Jun 28, 2024: CLE 3, KC 10