Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

16-31, 8-16 Away

Final

20-24, 9-8 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. MerrifieldCF	1-5	1	0	1	.216
A. BenintendiLF	2-5	0	0	1	.329
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Benintendi flied out to center. 3rd: Benintendi grounded out to pitcher. 6th: Benintendi singled to right center. 8th: Benintendi doubled to deep left center, Merrifield scored. 9th: Benintendi struck out swinging.
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-3	0	0	0	.236
S. PerezC	0-4	0	0	0	.196
M. MelendezDH	2-3	0	0	0	.260
H. DozierRF	0-3	0	0	0	.276
C. Santana1B	0-4	0	0	0	.150
E. Rivera3B	1-4	1	1	1	.230
N. Lopez2B	3-4	1	0	0	.229

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Heasley	6.0	6	3	3	3	89-52	4.66
A. Vizcaino	1.0	0	0	0	1	8-7	0.00
C. Snider	0.1	2	3	1	0	22-11	6.38
F. Griffin	0.2	0	0	1	0	13-6	13.50

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

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Total Bases

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Progressive Field

11:10 PM, 30 May 2022

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 15,271

Game Time:2:49

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Bill Welke
First Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Second Base Umpire - Gabe Morales
Third Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher

Giménez homers, Guardians overcome rookie's gaffe to beat KC

— Oscar Gonzalez bounced off the padded wall and the rookie outfielder casually flipped the ball into the stands, thinking the inning was over.

May 31, 2022, 03:35 am - AP


KC
CLE

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

N. Sandlin4-2

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 3 BB

C. Snider3-2

0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	CLE
1st	Ramírez singled to right center, Straw scored.	0	1
3rd	Rivera homered to left (420 feet).	1	1
5th	Ramírez homered to right (343 feet), Straw scored.	1	3
8th	Merrifield doubled to left, Lopez scored.	2	3
8th	Benintendi doubled to deep left center, Merrifield scored.	3	3
8th	Giménez homered to center (405 feet), Clement scored and Gonzalez scored.	3	6
8th	Straw grounded into fielder's choice to second, Kwan scored on throwing error by shortstop Witt Jr., Hedges out at second.	3	7

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
3
Guardians
7

Game 1

30/5

Royals
3
Guardians
8

Game 2

31/5

Royals
0
Guardians
4

Game 3

1/6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

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