The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Sep 10, 2025 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Lucas Erceg pitched 2.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Jakob Junis pitched 1.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randal Grichuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Erceg | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Luinder Avila | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Junis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 9, 2025: KC 0, CLE 2 · Next Sep 11, 2025: KC 2, CLE 3
- Guardians · 2025 season · Previous Sep 9, 2025: KC 0, CLE 2 · Next Sep 11, 2025: KC 2, CLE 3