The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Sep 9, 2025 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Jonathan India went 2-for-3 for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Joey Cantillo pitched 8.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randal Grichuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Cantillo | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 8, 2025: KC 2, CLE 10 · Next Sep 10, 2025: KC 4, CLE 3
- Guardians · 2025 season · Previous Sep 8, 2025: KC 2, CLE 10 · Next Sep 10, 2025: KC 4, CLE 3