MLB

Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
62-76, 26-46 Away
Final
1 - 11
Cleveland Guardians
69-68, 32-36 Home

José Ramírez hits home run and 1,000th career single to help Guardians route Royals 11-1

Salvador Perez hits an RBI single

Cleveland (69-68) holds the third American League wild card.

Ramírez's RBI single in the sixth inning plated Jac Caglianone, helping him become the 11th player in Cleveland history to achieve the feat. His two-run home run in the fourth inning extended the Guardians' lead to 9-1 and was his first at Progressive Field since May 17.

After a 30-minute weather delay, Ramírez opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly that tied the game at 1 before Nathaniel Lowe sent his 15th homer of the season over the left-center field wall for a 3-1 Cleveland lead.

Jo Adell hit a two-run double in the third, and Lowe added an RBI sacrifice fly.

Chase DeLauter finished 4 for 4, his third career four-hit game, which included an RBI double in the fourth inning, and Adell capped the scoring with a one-run single in the sixth to help the Guardians avoid a series sweep.

Messick (11-8) allowed five hits. Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith combined for two hits to close out the game.

Salvador Perez plated the Royals' run with an RBI single in the first. Kansas City had won 12 of its previous 13 games before Sunday's loss.

Seth Lugo (6-8) gave up nine runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings for Kansas City.

Up next Royals: RHP Randy Dobnak (2-2, 1.92 ERA) starts the series opener against the Marlins on Tuesday.

Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (12-7, 3.98) opens game one over the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Jensen struck out swinging.
9th Inning Isbel walked.
9th Inning Collins grounded out to first.
9th Inning Rave struck out swinging.
9th Inning Smith relieved Gaddis
8th Inning Lowe flied out to center.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 12
9 Strikeouts 5
1 Runs Batted In 11
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 13
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 11
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 2
34 At Bats 35
0 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
16 Runners Left On Base 12
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 4
14 Fly Balls 20
0 Caught Stealing 0
148 Pitches 154
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
9 Total Bases 23
37 Plate Appearances 41
0.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 6
2.5 Runs Created 9.4
.206 Batting Average .371
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.265 Slugging Percentage .657
.147 Secondary Average .400
.270 On Base Percentage .415
.535 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.072
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
2.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 10.5
15.0 Batter Rating 71.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 17.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.00 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.76
.059 Isolated Power .286
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.80
.081 Walks Per Plate Appearance .098
-.059 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .029
2.0 Runs Produced 22.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
68.8 MLB Rating 111.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Progressive Field

Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 28,448 | 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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