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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

2026-08-29 · Day game · Progressive Field · Att: 31509 · 81°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, L To R · 2:32

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Guardians 8–3. Cleveland Guardians opened the scoring in the 2nd — Angel Martínez homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. Jo Adell scores. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 6th — Salvador Perez doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Isaac Collins doubles (23) on a ground ball to left fielder Angel Martínez. Nick Loftin scores. Tyler Tolbert scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	8	12	2
CLE	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen DH	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Witt SS	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jac Caglianone RF	5	1	2	0	0	1
Salvador Perez 1B	5	0	2	1	0	1
Nick Loftin 2B	5	2	2	0	0	0
Tyler Tolbert CF	1	1	1	0	1	0
John Rave CF	2	2	1	0	0	0
Isaac Collins LF	4	0	1	2	0	1
Josh Rojas 3B	2	1	2	4	0	0
Matthew Lugo LF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Luke Maile C	4	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Petey Halpin CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Kwan CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chase DeLauter DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Ramirez 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jo Adell RF	3	1	0	0	1	0
Angel Martinez LF	4	1	2	3	0	1
Nathaniel Lowe 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
David Fry 1B	1	0	1	0	1	0
Angel Genao 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Hedges C	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brayan Rocchio SS	3	0	0	0	0	0