The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Aug 28, 2024 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 4-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Bo Naylor went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Tanner Bibee pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Naylor | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Bibee | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 27, 2024: KC 6, CLE 1 · Next Aug 29, 2024: KC 3, HOU 6
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Aug 27, 2024: KC 6, CLE 1 · Next Aug 30, 2024: PIT 8, CLE 10