The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on May 7, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Bo Naylor went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Slade Cecconi pitched 5.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Naylor | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Petey Halpin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 36 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Cecconi | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: CLE 3, KC 1 · Next May 8, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 6
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: CLE 3, KC 1 · Next May 8, 2026: DET 3, KC 4