Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

25-64, 12-33 Away

Final

44-44, 23-21 Home


KC
CLE

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Ground Out
  Cutter 90
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 1st
- D. Lynch IV pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- J. Naylor to second on a balk, Ramírez to third on a balk.
  0
  1
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 2nd
- D. Lynch IV pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 3rd
- D. Lynch IV pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 4th
- D. Lynch IV pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- Melendez to third on wild pitch by Civale.
  0
  3
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 5th
- D. Lynch IV pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 6th
- D. Lynch IV pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- A. Civale pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 7th
- C. Hernandez pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- Duffy at first base.
  0
  3
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- T. Stephan pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
GuardiansBottom 8th
- J. Heasley pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- E. Clase pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Ground Out	Cutter	90

Royals
1
Guardians
6

Game 1

7/7

Royals
0
Guardians
3

Game 2

8/7

Royals
6
Guardians
10

Game 3

8/7

Royals
4
Guardians
1

Game 4

9/7

Progressive Field

12:10 AM, 8 July 2023

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 29,990

Game Time:1:51

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Brennan Miller
First Base Umpire - Derek Thomas
Second Base Umpire - Randy Rosenberg
Third Base Umpire - Jordan Baker

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

A. Civale3-2

D. Lynch IV2-4

E. Clase25

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