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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

2026-05-05 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 13102 · 53°F, Cloudy · Wind 0 mph, Calm · 2:06

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Guardians 5–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Cleveland Guardians took the lead in the 4th — Rhys Hoskins homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. José Ramírez scores. Kyle Manzardo scores. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 4th — Michael Massey homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Isaac Collins scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Rhys Hoskins homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. José Ramírez scores. Kyle Manzardo scores — worth 28% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Steven Kwan CF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chase DeLauter RF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Ramirez 3B	4	1	0	0	0	1
Kyle Manzardo 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rhys Hoskins DH	3	1	1	3	1	0
Daniel Schneemann SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Travis Bazzana 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Martinez LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bo Naylor C	2	0	0	0	0	1
David Fry C	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maikel Garcia 3B	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bobby Witt SS	4	1	2	0	0	1
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez DH	4	0	1	2	0	2
Carter Jensen C	4	0	0	0	0	4
Jac Caglianone RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Isaac Collins LF	3	2	3	1	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	3	1	2	2	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	2	0	0	0	1	0