The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Apr 7, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Brayan Rocchio went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Gavin Williams pitched 5.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 8 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
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 | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Brito | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Angel Martinez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Williams | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 6, 2026: KC 4, CLE 2 · Next Apr 8, 2026: KC 2, CLE 10
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 6, 2026: KC 4, CLE 2 · Next Apr 8, 2026: KC 2, CLE 10