The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Aug 26, 2024 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Josh Naylor went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Scott Barlow pitched 2.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kris Bubic | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Fry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Freeman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Barlow | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Cantillo | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 25, 2024: PHI 11, KC 3 · Next Aug 26, 2024: KC 9, CLE 4
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Aug 25, 2024: TEX 2, CLE 4 · Next Aug 26, 2024: KC 9, CLE 4