The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 on Aug 28, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 8.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
- Patrick Bailey went 2-for-3 for the Guardians.
- Tanner Bibee pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Adell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Petey Halpin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Bazzana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Angel Genao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Yoho | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 27, 2026: KC 13, TOR 2 · Next Aug 29, 2026: KC 8, CLE 3
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Aug 26, 2026: CLE 4, LAA 3 · Next Aug 29, 2026: KC 8, CLE 3