The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sep 2, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Josh Naylor went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Gavin Williams pitched 7.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
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 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Pham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Kris Bubic | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Sep 1, 2024: PIT 1, CLE 6 · Next Sep 3, 2024: CLE 7, KC 1
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Sep 1, 2024: KC 2, HOU 7 · Next Sep 3, 2024: CLE 7, KC 1