5-6, 2-3 Away

Final

7-5, 3-2 Home

Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	0-4	0	0	0	.310
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-3	0	0	0	.250
V. Pasquantino1B	0-3	0	0	0	.195
L. ThomasPR-RF	0-0	0	0	0	.118
S. PerezDH	0-3	0	0	0	.171
C. JensenC	1-3	1	1	1	.259
J. India2B	0-3	0	0	0	.226
J. CaglianoneRF-1B	0-4	0	0	0	.250
I. CollinsLF	0-3	0	0	0	.194
K. IsbelCF	0-1	0	0	0	.429

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
N. Cameron	5.2	6	1	1	5	97-61	1.69
D. Lynch IV	1.1	0	0	0	1	13-10	1.69
N. Mears	1.0	0	0	1	2	24-16	0.00
J. Schreiber	0.1	2	1	1	0	19-10	6.23

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Progressive Field

1:10 PM, April 7, 2026Coverage: ESPN Unlmtd/MLB.TV

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 10,328

Game Time:2:42

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ben May
First Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Second Base Umpire - James Jean
Third Base Umpire - Adam Beck

Rocchio's RBI single in the 9th gives Guardians 2-1 victory over the Royals

— Brayan Rocchio's single with one out in the ninth inning drove in CJ Kayfus to give the Cleveland Guardians a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Apr 7, 2026, 04:33 pm - AP


KC
CLE

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

C. Smith2-0

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

J. Schreiber0-1

0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	CLE
2nd	Jensen homered to right center (389 feet).	1	0
5th	Kwan singled to left, Hedges scored.	1	1
9th	Rocchio singled to right, Kayfus scored, Naylor to second.	1	2

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(5-6)

(5-6, 2-3 Away)

(5-6)

Noah Cameron

(9-8, 4.11)

-102

Cleveland GuardiansGuardiansCLE

(7-5)

(7-5, 3-2 Home)

(7-5)

Gavin Williams

(14-8, 3.76)

-120

Royals
4
Guardians
2

Game 1

4/6

Royals
1
Guardians
2

Game 2

4/7

Royals
2
Guardians
10

Game 3

4/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

Rocchio's RBI single in the 9th gives Guardians 2-1 victory over the Royals

C. Smith2-0

J. Schreiber0-1

Inning