Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | Salvador Perez | Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Brayan Rocchio to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. | KC 1, CLE 0 |
| T9 | Carter Jensen | Carter Jensen homers (19) on a fly ball to right center field. Tyler Tolbert scores. | KC 3, CLE 0 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Michael Wacha started for Royals, leaving with a 1–0 lead.
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Michael Wacha
Starter
8.0
103
0
10
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael Wacha threw
CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 61% 3.7 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 39 38% 2 7 14 12 4 Changeup 25 24% 5 5 3 7 5 Cutter 19 18% 3 3 3 5 5 Curveball 8 8% 1 4 0 3 0 Sinker 7 7% 0 2 1 1 3 Slider 5 5% 2 1 1 0 1 - Steven Cruz Middle 1.0 22 0 2 SV
Tanner Bibee started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Craig Yoho took the roughest line.
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Tanner Bibee
Starter
6.0
93
1
5
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Tanner Bibee threw
CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.4 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 30 32% 1 4 9 8 8 Cutter 19 20% 0 6 1 9 3 Changeup 15 16% 3 0 0 9 3 Curveball 11 12% 0 3 2 4 2 Sweeper 10 11% 0 2 2 4 2 Sinker 8 9% 1 2 2 2 1 - Tim Herrin Setup 1.0 9 0 1
- Craig Yoho Middle 2.0 25 2 3
Where the game turned
- Perez Groundout (1)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .223 | .309 | .415 | .724 | HR (19) |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 | .365 | .459 | .824 | 2B |
| Jac Caglianone RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .333 | .500 | .833 | |
| Salvador Perez DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .221 | .265 | .369 | .634 | |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 | .336 | .384 | .720 | |
| Nick Loftin 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 | .326 | .380 | .706 | |
| Josh Rojas 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .264 | .313 | .577 | 2B |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 | .282 | .361 | .643 | |
| Isaac Collins LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .331 | .352 | .683 | 2B |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .375 | .332 | .707 | |
| Chase DeLauter DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .289 | .362 | .449 | .811 | |
| José Ramírez 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .336 | .381 | .717 | |
| Jo Adell RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .292 | .403 | .695 | |
| Nathaniel Lowe 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .326 | .459 | .785 | |
| Travis Bazzana 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .332 | .370 | .702 | |
| Angel Genao PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .342 | .373 | .715 | |
| Petey Halpin CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .260 | .324 | .584 | |
| Brayan Rocchio SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .249 | .309 | .366 | .675 | |
| Patrick Bailey C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .199 | .268 | .316 | .584 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 103 | 3.32 | W |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4.35 | SV |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Bibee | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 3.88 | L |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3.21 | |
| Craig Yoho | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 4.60 |
Manager comparison
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Season series: 2-1 with KC listed first across 3 prior meetings.
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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.