The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 10-2 on Sep 8, 2025 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Jac Caglianone went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 1.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Daniel Schneemann went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Slade Cecconi pitched 8.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Luke Maile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Naylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Angel Martinez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Cecconi | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Zak Kent | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 7, 2025: MIN 5, KC 1 · Next Sep 9, 2025: KC 0, CLE 2
- Guardians · 2025 season · Previous Sep 7, 2025: CLE 2, TB 1 · Next Sep 9, 2025: KC 0, CLE 2