61-75, 25-45 Away

Final

68-67, 31-35 Home

Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
C. JensenC	1-5	1	1	2	.223
B. Witt Jr.SS	1-5	1	0	0	.288
J. CaglianoneRF	2-4	0	0	0	.283
S. PerezDH	1-4	0	0	1	.221
V. Pasquantino1B	1-2	0	0	0	.246
N. Loftin2B	0-4	0	0	0	.234
I. CollinsLF	2-3	0	0	0	.232
T. TolbertPR-LF	0-0	1	0	0	.300
J. Rojas3B	1-3	0	0	0	.229
K. IsbelCF	0-4	0	0	0	.235

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
M. Wacha	8.0	4	0	0	10	103-75	3.32
S. Cruz	1.0	2	0	0	2	22-16	4.35

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Progressive Field

7:10 PM, August 28, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 31,941

Game Time:2:21

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Dexter Kelley
First Base Umpire - Quinn Wolcott
Second Base Umpire - Paul Clemons
Third Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson

Michael Wacha dominates for 8 innings as Royals blank Guardians 3-0 for their 11th win in 12 games

— Michael Wacha dominated Cleveland's lineup by allowing just four singles over eight innings as the Kansas City Royals stayed scorching hot with a 3-0 win on Friday night to end the Guardians' winning streak at seven games.

Aug 28, 2026, 09:42 pm - AP


KC
CLE

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				KC	CLE
		5th	Perez grounded out to shortstop, Witt Jr. scored.	1	0
		9th	Jensen homered to right center (367 feet), Tolbert scored.	3	0

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(61-75)

(61-75, 25-45 Away)

(61-75)

Michael Wacha

(9-10, 3.32)

-105

Cleveland GuardiansGuardiansCLE

(68-67)

(68-67, 31-35 Home)

(68-67)

Tanner Bibee

(7-15, 4.36)

-138

Royals
3
Guardians
0

Game 1

8/28

Royals
8
Guardians
3

Game 2

8/29

Royals
1
Guardians
11

Game 3

8/30

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

Michael Wacha dominates for 8 innings as Royals blank Guardians 3-0 for their 11th win in 12 games

M. Wacha8-8

T. Bibee5-14

S. Cruz6

Inning