Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Aug 30, 2026

1:40 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Kansas City Royals

Cleveland Guardians

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Cleveland Guardians	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	-	11	13	0

Hits KC 7 · CLE 13

Errors KC 1 · CLE 0

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CCarter Jensen	4	0	1	0	1	2	3	.221
SSBobby Witt Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.285
LFMatthew Lugo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
RFJac Caglianone 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.284
SSJosh Rojas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247
DHSalvador Perez	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.223
1BVinnie Pasquantino	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.246
3BNick Loftin 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.237
RFJohn Rave	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.217
SSTyler Tolbert	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.307
2BIsaac Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232
CFKyle Isbel	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.236
Totals	34	1	7	1	3	9	16	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Seth Lugo (L, 6-8)	3.2	9	9	9	2	2	2	93-60	5.03
Connor Thomas	2.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	34-21	12.08
Jose Cuas	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	19-11	1.80
Luke Maile	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	0.00
Totals	8.0	13	11	11	4	5	2	—	—

Home Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFSteven Kwan 2B	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	.275
LFDavid Fry	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.185
RFChase DeLauter 2B	4	3	4	1	0	0	0	.293
CFPetey Halpin	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.219
DHJosé Ramírez HR	3	2	2	4	1	0	0	.243
RFJo Adell 2B	4	1	3	3	1	0	0	.240
1BNathaniel Lowe HR	4	1	1	3	0	0	3	.259
2BTravis Bazzana	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.238
3BAngel Genao	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.257
CAustin Hedges	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.255
SSBrayan Rocchio	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.248
Totals	35	11	13	11	4	5	12	—

Home Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P‑S	ERA
Parker Messick (W, 11-8)	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	105-61	2.46
Tim Herrin	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	16-11	3.14
Hunter Gaddis	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	7-6	3.11
Cade Smith	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	20-11	2.36
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	3	9	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	Salvador Perez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Jac Caglianone scores.
B1	1–1	José Ramírez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Chase DeLauter scores.
B1	1–3	Nathaniel Lowe homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Jo Adell scores.
B3	1–5	Jo Adell doubles (22) on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. Steven Kwan scores. Chase DeLauter scores. José Ramírez to 3rd.
B3	1–6	Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. José Ramírez scores.
B4	1–7	Chase DeLauter doubles (24) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Steven Kwan scores.
B4	1–9	José Ramírez homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. Chase DeLauter scores.
B6	1–10	José Ramírez singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Steven Kwan scores. Petey Halpin to 2nd.
B6	1–11	Jo Adell singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Petey Halpin scores. José Ramírez to 2nd.

Game Details

Progressive Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Seth Lugo

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

4.61

WHIP

1.384

K/9

6.94

BB/9

2.81

150.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 4.64 WHIP —

Parker Messick

Cleveland Guardians Home

ERA

2.50

WHIP

1.013

K/9

9.06

BB/9

2.38

155.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 2.54 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+168	+1.5 (-132)	O 7.5 (-101)
Cleveland Guardians	-184	-1.5 (+119)	U 7.5 (-112)

Latest pre-game line · Aug 30

Weather & Conditions

Temp73°F

Wind 9 mphWSW · crossR

Gusts11 mph

Humidity80%

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