Game Recap
Final
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
CLE
Cleveland Guardians
19-20 · W2
3
Final
KC
Kansas City Royals
16-22 · L2
1
Cleveland Guardians beat Kansas City Royals 3-1 at Kauffman Stadium. Joey Cantillo earned the win; Luinder Avila took the loss. Cade Smith recorded the save.
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
▼ 3rd
Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder David Fry. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.
0-1
▲ 5th
Chase DeLauter singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. Austin Hedges scores. Petey Halpin scores.
2-1
▲ 8th
David Fry grounds out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. José Ramírez scores.
3-1
Key Performers
Chase DeLauter
CLE
2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI
David Fry
CLE
0-4, 1 RBI
Salvador Perez
KC
0-2, 1 RBI
Maikel Garcia
KC
2-3
Batting
| CLE | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase DeLauter DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Austin Hedges C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Daniel Schneemann 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Brayan Rocchio SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Petey Halpin CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| David Fry RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| José Ramírez 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Angel Martínez LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Kyle Manzardo 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Rhys Hoskins 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| KC | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Collins LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Salvador Perez DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Nick Loftin 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Starling Marte RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Elias Díaz C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Maikel Garcia 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Lane Thomas RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Jac Caglianone RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Pitching
| CLE | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantillo (W, 2-1) | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 70-43 | 3.43 |
| Festa, M (H, 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13-11 | 4.50 |
| Sabrowski (H, 13) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20-13 | 2.25 |
| Gaddis (H, 3) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-4 | 8.53 |
| Smith, C (S, 9) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16-12 | 3.31 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| KC | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragans | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 58-34 | 4.84 |
| Avila (L, 0-2) | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 49-29 | 7.36 |
| Schreiber | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30-17 | 3.86 |
| Lange | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23-13 | 6.19 |
| Cerantola | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19-10 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Research Not included in official record
First 5: F5 model leaned home at 53%