Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians: game summary

Summary

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City RoyalsKC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	6	12	1
Cleveland GuardiansCLE	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	3	-	10	18	1

Decisions

• WinnerGavin Williams
• LoserBrady Singer

Scoring plays

1. Bot 1Josh Naylor singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Jose Ramirez scores.0-1
2. Bot 2Myles Straw out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Drew Waters. Josh Bell scores. Will Brennan to 3rd.0-2
3. Bot 2Bo Naylor singles on a line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Will Brennan scores.0-3
4. Bot 4Steven Kwan singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Myles Straw scores. Bo Naylor to 3rd.0-4
5. Bot 4Amed Rosario reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Maikel Garcia. Bo Naylor scores. Steven Kwan to 2nd. Fielding error by third baseman Maikel Garcia.0-5
6. Top 5Bobby Witt Jr. triples (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Will Brennan. Nicky Lopez scores.1-5
7. Bot 5Bo Naylor doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Myles Straw scores.1-6
8. Top 6Kyle Isbel doubles (10) on a fly ball to center fielder Myles Straw. MJ Melendez scores. Freddy Fermin to 3rd.2-6
9. Top 6Drew Waters out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Will Brennan. Freddy Fermin scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd.3-6
10. Bot 6Andres Gimenez grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Nicky Lopez. Amed Rosario scores. Josh Naylor out at 2nd. Andres Gimenez to 1st.3-7
11. Top 7Bobby Witt Jr. homers (14) on a line drive to left center field.4-7
12. Top 8Nicky Lopez singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Kyle Isbel scores. Matt Duffy to 2nd.5-7
13. Top 8Royals challenged (home-plate collision), call on the field was upheld: Royals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Maikel Garcia doubles (11) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Myles Straw. Matt Duffy scores. Nicky Lopez out at home on the throw, center fielder Myles Straw to second baseman Andres Gimenez to catcher Bo Naylor.6-7
14. Bot 8Josh Naylor doubles (19) on a line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Amed Rosario scores. Jose Ramirez to 3rd.6-8
15. Bot 8Josh Bell singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jose Ramirez scores. Tyler Freeman scores.6-10

Box score

Game info

Ballpark

Progressive Field

Attendance

30,864

Duration

2 h 54

Weather

72 °F, Cloudy · wind 8 mph, L To R

Umpires

Derek Thomas (Home plate) · Randy Rosenberg (First base) · Jordan Baker (Second base) · Brennan Miller (Third base)