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August 30, 2026 · AL Cent

Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

August 30, 2026Progressive FieldCloudy 78°F · 10 mph, L To R
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
62-76
1
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
69-68
11

Game Highlights

Published August 30, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Jac Caglianone scores. KC 1, CLE 0
B1 José Ramírez José Ramírez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Chase DeLauter scores. KC 1, CLE 1
B1 Nathaniel Lowe Nathaniel Lowe homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Jo Adell scores. KC 1, CLE 3
B3 Jo Adell Jo Adell doubles (22) on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. Steven Kwan scores. Chase DeLauter scores. José Ramírez to 3rd. KC 1, CLE 5
B3 Nathaniel Lowe Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. José Ramírez scores. KC 1, CLE 6
B4 Chase DeLauter Chase DeLauter doubles (24) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Steven Kwan scores. KC 1, CLE 7
B4 José Ramírez José Ramírez homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. Chase DeLauter scores. KC 1, CLE 9
B6 José Ramírez José Ramírez singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Steven Kwan scores. Petey Halpin to 2nd. KC 1, CLE 10
B6 Jo Adell Jo Adell singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Petey Halpin scores. José Ramírez to 2nd. KC 1, CLE 11

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 100000000 1
CLE 303302000 11

Pitching & bullpen

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

Royals AWAY 1

Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving trailing 1–9. Out of the bullpen, Connor Thomas took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Seth Lugo Starter 3.2 93 9 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 17 18% 1 3 5 6 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 17% 1 0 6 5 4
    Curveball 16 17% 0 4 6 2 4
    Slider 11 12% 2 2 0 6 1
    Sweeper 11 12% 0 1 1 9 0
    Sinker 10 11% 0 3 2 2 3
    Changeup 10 11% 0 0 4 3 3
    Slow Curve 2 2% 1 0 0 0 1
  • Connor Thomas Middle 2.1 34 2 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Jose Cuas Setup 1.0 19 0 2
  • Luke Maile Reliever 1.0 8 0 0
Guardians HOME 11

Parker Messick started for Guardians, leaving with a 9–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Parker Messick Starter 6.0 105 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Parker Messick threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 44% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 46 44% 3 8 10 16 9
    Sinker 19 18% 0 2 5 7 5
    Changeup 19 18% 5 0 2 9 3
    Slider 16 15% 1 3 2 9 1
    Curveball 5 5% 0 2 0 3 0
  • Tim Herrin Setup 1.0 16 0 1
  • Hunter Gaddis Setup 1.0 7 0 1
  • Cade Smith Closer 1.0 20 0 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 1st · off Lugo
  • Lowe HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 4 0 1 0 1 2 .221 .309 .409 .718
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 .223 .266 .372 .638
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 .335 .383 .718
Nick Loftin 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 .326 .385 .711 2B
John Rave RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .217 .286 .410 .696
Isaac Collins 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 .330 .353 .683
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .236 .286 .361 .647
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 .361 .452 .813
Jac Caglianone RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .284 .333 .499 .832 2B
Tyler Tolbert SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .307 .375 .430 .805
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
David Fry LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .308 .342 .650
Petey Halpin CF 1 1 0 0 0 1 .219 .258 .322 .580
José Ramírez DH 3 2 2 4 1 0 .243 .339 .393 .732 HR (11)
Jo Adell RF 4 1 3 3 1 0 .240 .296 .406 .702 2B
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 4 1 1 3 0 0 .259 .322 .463 .785 HR (15)
Travis Bazzana 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .329 .366 .695
Angel Genao 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257 .321 .338 .659
Austin Hedges C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 .322 .375 .697
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 .307 .363 .670
Steven Kwan CF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .275 .377 .336 .713 2B
Chase DeLauter RF 4 3 4 1 0 0 .293 .365 .454 .819 2 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Seth Lugo 3.2 9 9 9 2 2 2 93 5.03 L
Connor Thomas 2.1 3 2 2 1 1 0 34 12.08
Jose Cuas 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 19 1.80
Luke Maile 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Parker Messick 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 105 2.46 W
Tim Herrin 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.14
Hunter Gaddis 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.11
Cade Smith 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 2.36

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.5 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 3.2 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
3-7 L4 -11 run diff
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HOME · CLE
7-3 W5 +14 run diff
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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.

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