MLB, round 23
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
 CLE | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3 on Saturday at Progressive Field.
The Royals came back from 2 down after the second inning. The big inning was the sixth, when the Royals scored 4.
The Royals improve to 62-75. The Guardians fall to 68-68.
Attendance: 31,509.
Full recap at ESPN: Josh Rojas powers Royals past Guardians 8-3 as Kansas City wins 12th in 13 gamesWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jensen C | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .221 | .308 | .411 |
| B. Witt Jr. SS | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .287 | .363 | .456 |
| J. Caglianone RF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .285 | .334 | .499 |
| S. Perez DH | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .222 | .267 | .373 |
| N. Loftin 3B | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .237 | .327 | .383 |
| T. Tolbert SS | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .306 | .376 | .432 |
| J. Rave RF | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .225 | .287 | .425 |
| I. Collins LF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .233 | .330 | .354 |
| M. Lugo LF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| J. Rojas 3B | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .247 | .281 | .365 |
| L. Maile C | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .152 | .176 | .273 |
| Team | 12-39 | 39 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 137 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Lynch IV RP | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 70-43 | 3.06 | 70 |
| A. Gose RP | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18-14 | 0.00 | 18 |
| C. Kimbrel RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-6 | 4.05 | 9 |
| J. Schreiber RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-10 | 3.65 | 17 |
| N. Pearson RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-8 | 2.34 | 13 |
| A. Lange RP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22-14 | 5.81 | 22 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 149-95 | 149 |
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Kwan LF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .273 | .374 | .331 |
| P. Halpin CF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .260 | .324 |
| C. DeLauter RF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .286 | .359 | .444 |
| J. Ramirez 3B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .240 | .336 | .383 |
| J. Adell RF | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .236 | .291 | .401 |
| A. Martinez LF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .245 | .281 | .431 |
| D. Fry RF | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .186 | .310 | .345 |
| N. Lowe 1B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .259 | .324 | .456 |
| A. Genao 2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .268 | .325 | .352 |
| A. Hedges C | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .261 | .328 | .383 |
| B. Rocchio SS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .248 | .307 | .364 |
| Team | 5-32 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 149 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Griffin SP | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 82-50 | 3.21 | 82 |
| C. Holderman RP | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-9 | 2.75 | 15 |
| E. Sabrowski RP | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-2 | 2.97 | 6 |
| M. Festa RP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-6 | 3.61 | 8 |
| L. Allen RP | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26-22 | 3.77 | 26 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 137-89 | 137 |
Martínez homered to left (381 feet), Adell scored.
Collins doubled to left, Loftin scored and Tolbert scored.
Perez doubled to center, Witt Jr. scored, Caglianone to third.
Rave grounded into fielder's choice to third, Caglianone scored on fielding error by third baseman Ramírez, Loftin to second, Perez to third.
Rojas singled to left, Loftin scored and Rave scored, Collins to second.
Rojas homered to right (360 feet), Rave scored.
Martínez singled to center, Ramírez scored.
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