The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 10-2 on Apr 8, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 3.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Angel Martinez went 4-for-5 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Guardians.
- Joey Cantillo pitched 5.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 9 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 3.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Cole Ragans | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase DeLauter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Martinez | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Juan Brito | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Fry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
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 | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 7, 2026: KC 1, CLE 2 · Next Apr 9, 2026: CHW 2, KC 0
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 7, 2026: KC 1, CLE 2 · Next Apr 10, 2026: CLE 5, ATL 11