Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

CLE 2 — 3 KC

Final — 2026-09-27

MVP: Vinnie Pasquantino 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Guardians 3-2. Vinnie Pasquantino led the way with 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI. Nate Pearson earned the win and (gpid=sa:804926) took the loss. Lucas Erceg recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
KC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		3

WP Nate Pearson

LP (gpid=sa:804926)

SV Lucas Erceg

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Angel Martínez. Maikel Garcia scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. (0-1)

Top 3: Daniel Schneemann homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. (1-1)

Bot 5: Vinnie Pasquantino homers (16) on a fly ball to center field. (1-2)

Top 6: Jo Adell homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. (2-2)

Bot 8: Vinnie Pasquantino homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. (2-3)

CLE — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Genao	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.281	.291	.572
Hedges	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.325	.377	.702
Lowe	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.317	.444	.761
Bazzana	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.335	.408	.743
Schneemann	3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	.210	.276	.332	.608
Bailey	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.206	.272	.335	.607
Halpin	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.268	.326	.594
Adell	RF	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	.240	.298	.401	.699
Fry	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.201	.313	.364	.677
Martinez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.254	.290	.465	.755

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tolbert	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.285	.347	.392	.739
Rojas	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.265	.321	.586
Collins	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.213	.320	.321	.641
Perez	DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.274	.383	.657
Maile	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.229	.273	.502
Pasquantino	1B	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	.249	.333	.428	.761
Isbel	CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.224	.268	.323	.591
Garcia	3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.268	.334	.381	.715
Caglianone	RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.289	.340	.494	.834
Witt	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281	.359	.441	.800

CLE — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Messick	3.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	64-42	2.56	1.06
(gpid=sa:804926)	5.0	3	2	2	2	5	2	74-45	2.57	0.86	L

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Hoffman	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	3.60	1.53
Thomas	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-10	7.01	1.60
Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-13	5.59	1.80	S
Lynch	5.1	7	2	2	0	2	2	76-53	4.08	1.15
Pearson	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9-5	4.11	1.37	W

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

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