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May 5, 2026 · AL Cent

Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals

May 5, 2026Kauffman StadiumCloudy 53°F · 0 mph, Calm
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
18-19
3
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
17-19
5

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. CLE 0, KC 2
T4 Rhys Hoskins Rhys Hoskins homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. José Ramírez scores. Kyle Manzardo scores. CLE 3, KC 2
B4 Michael Massey Michael Massey homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Isaac Collins scores. CLE 3, KC 4
B6 Isaac Collins Isaac Collins homers (3) on a line drive to right center field. CLE 3, KC 5

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 000300000 3
KC 200201000 5

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Guardians AWAY 3

Gavin Williams started for Guardians, leaving trailing 3–5.

workload · innings pitched
  • Gavin Williams Starter 6.0 97 5 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Gavin Williams threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 29% 2 6 6 7 7
    Sweeper 26 27% 3 6 6 7 4
    Curveball 26 27% 5 3 5 9 4
    Sinker 15 15% 0 6 1 5 3
    Cutter 2 2% 0 1 0 1 0
  • Colin Holderman Setup 2.0 26 0 3
Royals HOME 5

Stephen Kolek started for Royals, leaving with a 4–3 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Stephen Kolek Starter 6.0 83 3 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Stephen Kolek threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 28% 0 9 7 6 1
    Sinker 20 24% 0 5 2 3 10
    Changeup 16 19% 2 1 2 8 3
    Cutter 11 13% 0 1 2 5 3
    Sweeper 8 10% 0 3 1 4 0
    Slider 5 6% 0 1 1 1 2
  • Nick Mears Reliever 1.0 8 0 1 HLD
  • Daniel Lynch IV Setup 1.0 14 0 0 HLD
  • Lucas Erceg Closer 1.0 15 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 4th · off Williams
  • Massey HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .303 .271 .574
Chase DeLauter RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .302 .388 .543 .931
José Ramírez 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 .212 .329 .401 .730
Kyle Manzardo 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .202 .279 .283 .562
Rhys Hoskins DH 3 1 1 3 1 0 .207 .353 .390 .743 HR (3)
Daniel Schneemann SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 .347 .489 .836
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .174 .345 .174 .519
Angel Martínez LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 .307 .477 .784
David Fry C 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262 .404 .500 .904
Bo Naylor C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .127 .188 .190 .378
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Maikel Garcia 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 .256 .322 .406 .728
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 .287 .358 .434 .792 2B
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .192 .281 .352 .633
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 1 2 0 2 .209 .245 .353 .598
Carter Jensen C 4 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .309 .407 .716
Jac Caglianone RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248 .331 .429 .760
Isaac Collins LF 3 2 3 1 0 0 .255 .366 .394 .760 HR (3), 2B, SB
Michael Massey 2B 3 1 2 2 0 0 .215 .243 .385 .628 HR (2)
Kyle Isbel CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .282 .351 .435 .786

Pitching lines

AWAY · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Gavin Williams 6.0 8 5 5 2 7 2 97 3.28 L
Colin Holderman 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 1.50
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Stephen Kolek 6.0 4 3 3 0 3 1 83 4.50 W
Nick Mears 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.13 HLD
Daniel Lynch IV 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1.84 HLD
Lucas Erceg 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 3.52 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · KC
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 1.6 R IBBs 1.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
4-5 L2 -2 run diff
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HOME · KC
5-5 W1 +7 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.