The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Apr 6, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Jonathan India went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Tanner Bibee pitched 4.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 37 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
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 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gabriel Arias | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Bibee | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Peyton Pallette | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 5, 2026: MIL 8, KC 5 · Next Apr 7, 2026: KC 1, CLE 2
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 5, 2026: CHC 5, CLE 6 · Next Apr 7, 2026: KC 1, CLE 2