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Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians · MLB

Kansas City Royals

68-92

9 – 12

Final

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Cleveland Guardians

84-76

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City · Missouri

Summary

Only three split them as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 12-9 at Kauffman Stadium in front of 26,034. The 9th decided it, with five runs for the Guardians. The Guardians are now 84-76 and the Royals 68-92.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:40 PM UTC · Sep 25
Event: MLB USA
Ground: Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City · Missouri
Crowd: 26,034
Match officials: Tom Hanahan (Home Plate Umpire), John Libka (First Base Umpire), Ron Kulpa (Second Base Umpire), Scott Barry (Third Base Umpire)

On TV

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USMLB.TVStreaming · National
USRoyals.TVStreaming · Home
USCLEGuardians.TVStreaming · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Royals	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	9
Guardians	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	12

Player stats

Kansas City Royals

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Carter Jensen C	2-4	4	2	2	5	2	0	1	16	.237	.321	.463
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	1-4	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	19	.282	.361	.442
Jac Caglianone RF	3-5	5	0	3	2	0	0	1	19	.286	.338	.488
Maikel Garcia 3B	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	23	.266	.329	.380
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	19	.246	.330	.413
Salvador Perez DH	1-4	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	26	.229	.273	.382
Michael Massey 2B	2-5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	27	.274	.306	.432
John Rave RF	1-3	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	14	.232	.316	.435
Kyle Isbel CF	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	13	.221	.265	.321
Team	14-36	36	9	14	9	3	5	6	176

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Noah Cameron SP	5.0	7	7	6	4	3	2	101-56	4.11	101
Connor Thomas RP	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22-16	7.40	22
Lucas Erceg RP	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25-10	5.70	25
Nate Pearson RP	0.2	0	4	4	4	0	0	23-5	4.17	23
Nolan Hoffman RP	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	11-3	3.77	11
Team	9.0	9	12	11	13	3	2	182-90		182

Cleveland Guardians

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Steven Kwan LF	0-3	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	26	.280	.379	.344
Jose Ramirez 3B	1-4	4	2	1	2	0	1	0	18	.235	.322	.371
Chase DeLauter RF	1-4	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	25	.290	.365	.456
Jo Adell RF	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	18	.240	.298	.399
Petey Halpin CF	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	.224	.265	.328
Angel Martinez LF	2-5	5	0	2	4	0	1	0	19	.260	.296	.469
David Fry RF	1-4	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	12	.193	.311	.364
Nathaniel Lowe 1B	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.251	.319	.447
Travis Bazzana 2B	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	25	.244	.336	.404
Angel Genao 2B	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.276	.293
Austin Hedges C	1-3	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	11	.249	.328	.380
Patrick Bailey C	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.207	.274	.320
Brayan Rocchio SS	1-4	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	16	.250	.312	.378
Team	9-35	35	12	9	12	2	13	3	182

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Gavin Williams SP	3.1	5	4	4	4	4	1	74-46	3.76	74
Tim Herrin RP	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	18-12	3.02	18
Shawn Armstrong RP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-13	4.72	19
Daniel Espino RP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	4.40	13
Erik Sabrowski RP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-11	2.66	18
Hunter Gaddis RP	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	13-11	3.03	13
Matt Festa RP	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	21-13	3.78	21
Team	9.0	14	9	9	5	6	3	176-115		176

2026 American League Central Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Cleveland	85	77	.525
2	Chicago	84	78	.519
3	Minnesota	77	85	.475
4	Detroit	76	86	.469
5	Kansas City	69	93	.426

MLB table

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Rays	98	64	.605
2	Guardians	85	77	.525
3	Astros	81	81	.500
4	Yankees	93	68	.578
5	Red Sox	87	75	.537
6	White Sox	84	78	.519
7	Rangers	80	82	.494
8	Orioles	79	82	.491
9	Blue Jays	79	83	.488
···
13	Royals	69	93	.426

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