Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Apr 8, 2026

1:10 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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
Cleveland Guardians	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	-	10	16	2

Hits KC 5 · CLE 16

Errors KC 1 · CLE 2

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
3BMaikel Garcia	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.304
SSBobby Witt Jr. 2B	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.273
1BVinnie Pasquantino	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200
DHSalvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.156
CCarter Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.226
CFLane Thomas	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	.105
2BJonathan India	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	.206
RFStarling Marte 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.214
LFMichael Massey	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
LFIsaac Collins	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.188
Totals	32	2	5	1	3	14	15	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Cole Ragans (L, 0-3)	0.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	18-10	5.91
Luinder Avila	3.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	62-39	9.00
Alex Lange	2.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	37-24	4.76
Steven Cruz	1.1	4	5	5	2	3	1	41-24	14.40
Tyler Tolbert	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	0.00
Totals	8.0	16	10	10	4	9	1	—	—

Home Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFSteven Kwan	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	.245
LFAngel Martínez HR 2B	5	1	4	4	0	1	0	.310
3BJosé Ramírez 2B	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	.163
DHDavid Fry	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	.214
DHKyle Manzardo	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.086
RFChase DeLauter 2B	5	1	1	2	0	1	2	.275
1BRhys Hoskins 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.259
2BJuan Brito 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	.500
CAustin Hedges	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.400
SSBrayan Rocchio	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.216
Totals	37	10	16	10	4	9	11	—

Home Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P‑S	ERA
Joey Cantillo (W, 1-0)	5.2	3	2	1	2	9	88-54	2.45
Connor Brogdon (H, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	24-15	3.38
Erik Sabrowski (H, 5)	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	13-9	0.00
Matt Festa (S, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	21-13	6.00
Totals	9.0	5	2	1	3	14	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
B1	0–2	Chase DeLauter doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Lane Thomas. José Ramírez scores. David Fry scores.
B1	0–3	Rhys Hoskins doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Michael Massey. Chase DeLauter scores.
B2	0–4	José Ramírez doubles (3) on a line drive to right fielder Starling Marte. Steven Kwan scores. Angel Martínez to 3rd.
T4	1–4	Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Angel Martínez. Maikel Garcia scores.
T5	2–4	Starling Marte doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Lane Thomas scores. Fielding error by center fielder Steven Kwan.
B5	2–5	Juan Brito doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Starling Marte. Rhys Hoskins scores.
B8	2–6	Brayan Rocchio singles on a ground ball to right fielder Starling Marte. Juan Brito scores. Austin Hedges to 2nd.
B8	2–10	Angel Martínez hits a grand slam (1) to right center field. Austin Hedges scores. Brayan Rocchio scores. Steven Kwan scores.

Game Details

Progressive Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Cole Ragans LHP

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

3.60

WHIP

1.500

K/9

11.70

BB/9

4.50

10.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 6.30 WHIP —

Joey Cantillo

Cleveland Guardians Home

ERA

3.00

WHIP

1.444

K/9

11.00

BB/9

5.00

9.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.96 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	-129	-1.5 (+141)	O 7 (-101)
Cleveland Guardians	+119	+1.5 (-157)	U 7 (-111)

Closing line · Apr 8

Weather & Conditions

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Humidity25%

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