The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-1 on Aug 30, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 9 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 3.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Connor Thomas | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Bazzana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jo Adell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Genao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petey Halpin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 29, 2026: KC 8, CLE 3 · Next Sep 1, 2026: MIA 6, KC 3
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Aug 29, 2026: KC 8, CLE 3 · Next Sep 1, 2026: TOR 1, CLE 6