The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-1 on Aug 27, 2024 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- James McArthur pitched 2.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Lane Thomas went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Gavin Williams pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McArthur | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Williams | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Anthony Gose | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pedro Avila | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 26, 2024: KC 9, CLE 4 · Next Aug 28, 2024: KC 5, CLE 7
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Aug 26, 2024: KC 9, CLE 4 · Next Aug 28, 2024: KC 5, CLE 7