Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

64-95, 25-53 Away

Final

90-69, 44-34 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. MelendezC	3-5	0	0	1	.224
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-4	0	0	0	.254
V. Pasquantino1B	3-4	1	0	1	.291
K. IsbelPR-RF	0-0	0	0	0	.211
E. OlivaresDH	2-5	1	0	0	.293
R. O'HearnRF-1B	2-5	0	0	1	.241
M. TaylorCF	0-5	1	0	0	.255
D. WatersLF	1-4	1	0	1	.250
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Waters struck out swinging. 4th: Waters singled to left center, Taylor scored. 6th: Waters struck out swinging. 8th: Waters walked. 9th: Waters struck out looking.
N. Eaton3B	1-3	1	0	0	.263
N. Lopez2B	0-4	0	0	0	.226

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
M. Castillo	5.0	8	7	2	5	95-59	5.95
L. Weaver	2.0	1	0	0	2	18-14	6.55
S. Barlow	1.0	1	0	2	2	30-17	2.21

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Progressive Field

6:40 PM, 2 October 2022

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 20,622

Game Time:3:00

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ryan Wills
First Base Umpire - Brian O'Nora
Second Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild
Third Base Umpire - Tripp Gibson

Bieber tunes up for playoffs, Guardians top Royals 7-5

— Shane Bieber allowed two runs over five innings in his final start before the postseason, Josh Naylor and rookie Will Brennan hit three-run homers and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Sunday.

Oct 2, 2022, 11:11 pm - AP


KC
CLE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	12	0
1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	7	10	1

Scoring Summary

		KC	CLE
1st	Rosario hit sacrifice fly to right, Brennan scored.	0	1
2nd	Brennan homered to right center (389 feet), González scored and Arias scored.	0	4
2nd	J. Naylor homered to right (377 feet), Rosario scored and Ramírez scored.	0	7
4th	Taylor grounded into fielder's choice to third, Olivares scored on throwing error by second baseman Arias, O'Hearn out at second, Taylor to third.	1	7
4th	Waters singled to left center, Taylor scored.	2	7
7th	O'Hearn singled to left, Pasquantino scored, Olivares to second.	3	7
8th	Melendez singled to deep right, Waters scored, Eaton to third.	4	7
8th	Pasquantino singled to shallow right, Eaton scored, Melendez to third.	5	7

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
3
Guardians
6

Game 1

1/10

Royals
7
Guardians
1

Game 2

1/10

Royals
5
Guardians
7

Game 3

2/10

Royals
5
Guardians
2

Game 4

3/10

Royals
3
Guardians
5

Game 5

4/10

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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Game Information

Bieber tunes up for playoffs, Guardians top Royals 7-5

S. Bieber13-8

M. Castillo0-2

E. Clase41

Scoring Summary

Inning

2025 American League Central Standings

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