Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Aug 29, 2026

4:10 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	0	2	4	0	2	0	8	12	2
Cleveland Guardians	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1

Hits KC 12 · CLE 5

Errors KC 2 · CLE 1

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
DHCarter Jensen	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.221
SSBobby Witt Jr.	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.287
RFJac Caglianone	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	.285
1BSalvador Perez 2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	.222
2BNick Loftin 2B	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	.237
CFTyler Tolbert	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	.306
CFJohn Rave	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	.225
LFIsaac Collins 2B	4	0	1	2	0	1	6	.233
LFMatthew Lugo	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333
3BJosh Rojas HR	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	.247
CLuke Maile	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.152
Totals	39	8	12	7	2	6	19	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	3.1	3	2	2	2	3	1	70-43	3.06
Anthony Gose (W, 1-0)	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18-14	0.00
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	4.05
John Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17-10	3.65
Nate Pearson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	2.34
Alex Lange	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	22-14	5.81
Totals	9.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	—	—

Home Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFSteven Kwan	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273
CFPetey Halpin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221
DHChase DeLauter	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.286
3BJosé Ramírez 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.240
RFJo Adell	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.236
LFAngel Martínez HR	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	.245
1BDavid Fry 2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.186
1BNathaniel Lowe	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.259
2BAngel Genao	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.268
CAustin Hedges	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.261
SSBrayan Rocchio	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.248
Totals	32	3	5	3	2	5	14	—

Home Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Foster Griffin	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	82-50	3.21
Colin Holderman (L, 6-4)	0.1	4	4	3	0	0	0	15-9	2.75
Erik Sabrowski	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6-2	2.97
Matt Festa	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	3.61
Logan Allen	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	26-22	3.77
Totals	9.0	12	8	7	2	6	1	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
B2	0–2	Angel Martínez homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. Jo Adell scores.
T5	2–2	Isaac Collins doubles (23) on a ground ball to left fielder Angel Martínez. Nick Loftin scores. Tyler Tolbert scores.
T6	3–2	Salvador Perez doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd.
T6	4–2	John Rave reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman José Ramírez. Jac Caglianone scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. Nick Loftin to 2nd. Fielding error by third baseman José Ramírez.
T6	6–2	Josh Rojas singles on a line drive to left fielder Angel Martínez. Nick Loftin scores. John Rave scores. Isaac Collins to 2nd.
T8	8–2	Josh Rojas homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. John Rave scores.
B9	8–3	Angel Martínez singles on a line drive to center fielder John Rave. José Ramírez scores.

Game Details

Progressive Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Daniel Lynch IV

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

6.57

WHIP

1.378

K/9

5.84

BB/9

3.65

12.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 2.88 WHIP —

Foster Griffin

Cleveland Guardians Home

ERA

3.19

WHIP

1.125

K/9

8.14

BB/9

2.29

149.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.21 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+147	+1.5 (-148)	O 8 (-106)
Cleveland Guardians	-160	-1.5 (+134)	U 8 (-106)

Closing line · Aug 29

Weather & Conditions

Temp78°F

Wind 11 mphNNW · in

Humidity57%

SkyPartially cloudy

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