The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Sep 11, 2025 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 6.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Gavin Williams pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Maile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Matt Festa | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 10, 2025: KC 4, CLE 3 · Next Sep 12, 2025: KC 2, PHI 8
- Guardians · 2025 season · Previous Sep 10, 2025: KC 4, CLE 3 · Next Sep 12, 2025: CHW 0, CLE 4