The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on May 6, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Chase DeLauter went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Joey Cantillo pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Cole Ragans pitched 3.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| David Fry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Petey Halpin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Cantillo | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elias Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Luinder Avila | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous May 5, 2026: CLE 3, KC 5 · Next May 7, 2026: CLE 8, KC 5
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 5, 2026: CLE 3, KC 5 · Next May 7, 2026: CLE 8, KC 5