Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

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Kansas City Royals

62-75, 26-45 Away

Final
8 - 3

Cleveland Guardians

68-68, 31-36 Home

Josh Rojas powers Royals past Guardians 8-3 as Kansas City wins 12th in 13 games

Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

Rojas came into the game as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning. He lined a two-run single to left to extend Kansas City’s lead to 6-2 and added a two-run homer in the eighth. Rojas’ other game with four RBI was with Arizona in 2022.

Cleveland's Angel Martínez had two hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three runs. The Guardians have dropped their last two after a seven-game winning streak.

Anthony Gose (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings as five Royals relievers combined to allow one run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Kansas City broke it open with a four-run sixth as its first five batters reached base. Perez's double to left-center off Colin Holderman (6-4) drove in Bobby Witt Jr. with the go-ahead run.

After Jo Adell led off the second with a walk, Martínez drove a low changeup into the bleachers in left field off Royals starter Daniel Lynch IV.

Kansas City tied it in the fifth when the first three batters reached base. Nick Loftin hit a leadoff double and Tyler Tolbert got aboard on an infield single before Collins' double down the left field line tied it at 2.

Lynch, making his fifth start since being moved from the bullpen to Kansas City's rotation, allowed two runs in 3 1/3 innings.

Foster Griffin allowed two runs in five innings in his fifth start for Cleveland since being acquired from Washington at the trade deadline.

Up next Kansas City sends RHP Seth Lugo (6-7, 4.61 ERA) to the mound for the series finale. Lefty Parker Messick (10-8, 2.50 ERA) goes for Cleveland.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Genao grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Martínez to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Martínez singled to center, Ramírez scored.
	9th Inning	Adell grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Ramírez doubled to right.

Statistics

KC		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	5
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	10
41	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
6.1	Runs Created	1.2
.308	Batting Average	.156
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.487	Slugging Percentage	.313
.231	Secondary Average	.219
.341	On Base Percentage	.206
.829	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.518
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
53.0	Batter Rating	24.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.38
.179	Isolated Power	.156
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.077	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
15.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
97.3	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 31,509 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	-	75	W5	0.5192308	81
Chicago	1	76	W2	0.51282054	80
Detroit	7.5	83	W1	0.4713376	74
Minnesota	8.5	84	L1	0.46496814	73
Kansas City	14	89	L4	0.42948717	67

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