Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Salvador Perez | Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Angel Martínez. Maikel Garcia scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. | CLE 0, KC 1 |
| T3 | Daniel Schneemann | Daniel Schneemann homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. | CLE 1, KC 1 |
| B5 | Vinnie Pasquantino | Vinnie Pasquantino homers (16) on a fly ball to center field. | CLE 1, KC 2 |
| T6 | Jo Adell | Jo Adell homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. | CLE 2, KC 2 |
| B8 | Vinnie Pasquantino | Vinnie Pasquantino homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. | CLE 2, KC 3 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Parker Messick started for Guardians, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Austin Peterson took the roughest line.
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Parker Messick
Starter
3.0
64
1
2
Pitch-by-pitch: what Parker Messick threw
CSW 20% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.0 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 30 47% 0 4 8 13 5 Changeup 18 28% 4 1 4 4 5 Sinker 9 14% 2 0 3 1 3 Slider 7 11% 0 2 1 4 0 - Austin Peterson Middle 5.0 74 2 5 L
Daniel Lynch IV started for Royals, leaving with the game tied 2–2.
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Daniel Lynch IV
Starter
5.1
76
2
2
Pitch-by-pitch: what Daniel Lynch IV threw
CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.3 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sinker 42 55% 3 8 10 12 9 Slider 17 22% 3 2 1 6 5 Changeup 13 17% 0 3 3 3 4 Knuckle Curve 3 4% 0 0 0 1 2 Four-Seam Fastball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0 - Nolan Hoffman Setup 0.2 7 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Connor Thomas Middle 1.1 11 0 1
- Nate Pearson Middle 0.2 9 0 0 W
- Lucas Erceg Closer 1.0 17 0 1 SV
Where the game turned
- Pasquantino HR (1)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Martínez LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .290 | .465 | .755 | |
| Travis Bazzana 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .335 | .408 | .743 | |
| Jo Adell RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .240 | .298 | .401 | .699 | HR (23) |
| Nathaniel Lowe 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .317 | .444 | .761 | |
| David Fry C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .201 | .313 | .364 | .677 | |
| Angel Genao SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .281 | .291 | .572 | |
| Patrick Bailey DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .206 | .272 | .335 | .607 | |
| Daniel Schneemann 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .276 | .332 | .608 | HR (7), SB |
| Petey Halpin CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .268 | .326 | .594 | |
| Austin Hedges DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 | .325 | .377 | .702 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .268 | .334 | .381 | .715 | |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .359 | .441 | .800 | |
| Jac Caglianone RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .340 | .494 | .834 | 2B |
| Josh Rojas DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .265 | .321 | .586 | |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .249 | .333 | .428 | .761 | 2 HR (16, 17) |
| Isaac Collins LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .213 | .320 | .321 | .641 | |
| Tyler Tolbert 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .285 | .347 | .392 | .739 | |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .268 | .323 | .591 | |
| Luke Maile C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .229 | .273 | .502 | |
| Salvador Perez DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .274 | .383 | .657 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 3.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 2.56 | |
| Austin Peterson | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 74 | 2.57 | L |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 4.08 | |
| Nolan Hoffman | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3.60 | |
| Connor Thomas | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7.01 | |
| Nate Pearson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.11 | W |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5.59 | SV |
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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.