Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
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Guardians maintain 1-game AL Central lead, beat Royals 12-9 with help from 6 walks in 5-run 9th
Cleveland (84-76) and Chicago (83-77) are both assured at least wild card berths. Each team has two games left, and the White Sox hold the division tiebreaker.
Rookie Carter Jensen, who had a career-high five RBI, tied the score 7-7 in the eighth with his second homer of the game, a two-run shot off Hunter Gaddis (6-3). Jensen has 27 homers this season.
Nate Pearson (2-4) walked Nathaniel Lowe on four pitches starting the ninth and, after Travis Bazzana flied out, issued consecutive four-pitch walks to pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio.
Steven Kwan grounded to third baseman Maikel Garcia, who threw home for a forceout, and Ramírez forced in the go-ahead run with a five-pitch walk.
Nolan Hoffman relieved and walked DeLauter on five pitches and Halpin on four. Martínez’s double drove in two runs for a 12-7 lead, and Halpin was thrown out at the plate.
Salvador Perez hit his 21st homer in the bottom half, a two-run drive against Matt Festa.
Austin Hedges and David Fry homered for Cleveland.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Massey grounded out to first. |
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9th Inning | Perez homered to left (434 feet), Garcia scored. |
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9th Inning | Garcia to second on fielder's indifference. |
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9th Inning | Pasquantino flied out to third. |
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9th Inning | Garcia walked. |
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9th Inning | Caglianone lined out to first. |
Statistics
 CLE |
 KC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 0 | Ground Balls | 0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 12 | Runs Batted In | 9 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 9 | Hits | 14 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
| 13 | Walks | 5 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 12 | Runs | 9 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 35 | At Bats | 36 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 28 | Runners Left On Base | 9 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 4 | Doubles | 1 |
| 0 | Fly Balls | 0 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 182 | Pitches | 176 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 19 | Total Bases | 24 |
| 50 | Plate Appearances | 43 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
| 6 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 9.7 | Runs Created | 10.7 |
| .257 | Batting Average | .389 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .543 | Slugging Percentage | .667 |
| .657 | Secondary Average | .472 |
| .449 | On Base Percentage | .452 |
| .992 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.119 |
| 0.0 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.0 |
| 9.4 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 12.0 |
| 71.0 | Batter Rating | 63.0 |
| 17.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 12.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 3.64 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.09 |
| .286 | Isolated Power | .278 |
| 4.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.83 |
| .260 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .116 |
| .400 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .083 |
| 24.0 | Runs Produced | 18.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.7 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 107.5 | MLB Rating | 110.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 26,034 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland |
- | 77 | L1 | 0.52469134 | 85 |
 Chicago |
1 | 78 | W1 | 0.5185185 | 84 |
 Minnesota |
8 | 85 | W1 | 0.47530866 | 77 |
 Detroit |
9 | 86 | L1 | 0.4691358 | 76 |
| Kansas City |
16 | 93 | W1 | 0.42592594 | 69 |