The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3 on Aug 29, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Josh Rojas went 2-for-2 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 3.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Angel Martinez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Foster Griffin pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Maile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Lugo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Rave | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Anthony Gose | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Genao | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo Adell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Griffin | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 28, 2026: KC 3, CLE 0 · Next Aug 30, 2026: KC 1, CLE 11
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Aug 28, 2026: KC 3, CLE 0 · Next Aug 30, 2026: KC 1, CLE 11