KC 13, CLE 12 | Mar 2, 2024 | The Best Box Score

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Saturday, March 2, 2024•Goodyear Ballpark•72°F, Sunny

Royals

CLE

Guardians

Final

WIN

Chandler Champlain

LOSS

Juan Zapata

SAVE

Evan Sisk

The Royals edged the Guardians 13-12 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Angel Martínez3 RBI

★Daniel Schneemann3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Lorenzo Cedrola homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Eric Rodriguez scores.

Weather: 72°F, SunnyWind: 12 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 3:11Att: 4,288Venue: Goodyear Ballpark

Win Probability

CLE WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	4	0	2	0	1	1	1	4	13	16	1
CLE	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	2

Game 748140 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Nate Eaton3B	3	3	2	2	0	0	.250/.250/.917
Devin Mann1B	1	0	1	0	1	0	.400/.455/.400
Tyler CropleyDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400/.455/.400
Diego HernandezCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300/.300/.300
Leonel ValeraSS	1	2	1	0	0	0	.200/.200/.400
Joe Gray Jr.LF	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500/.500/.500
Luca TreshC	2	1	1	0	0	0	.375/.333/.500
John RaveRF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.111/.200/.111
Peyton Wilson2B	2	2	1	1	0	0	.375/.375/.625
Bench
Maikel Garcia3B	1	1	1	2	2	0	.500/.583/.600
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	3	1	1	2	1	0	.154/.313/.231
Nelson Velázquez
Totals	41	13	16	12	6	4	-

HR:Eaton (9th off Zapata, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Frazier; Valera; Pasquantino; Garcia; Hampson; Wilson

3B:Eaton

TB:27

RBI:Frazier; Tolbert; Jr.; Brosseau; Pasquantino 2; Garcia 2; Eaton 2; Wilson; Velázquez

SB:Wilson

SF:Jr.

GIDP:Frazier

Team LOB:8

Cleveland Guardians

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
José TenaSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250/.417/.250
Connor KokxRF	1	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Seth Lugo	2.1	5	5	5	2	3	3	32-20	10.38
Jonah Dipoto	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5-1	4.50
Walter Pennington	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00
Will SmithH	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7-7	0.00
Dan AltavillaBS	1.0	4	5	5	1	1	1	16-11	18.00
Sam Long	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7-7	0.00
Will Klein	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	11-7	0.00
Chandler ChamplainW	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	12-7	9.00
Evan SiskS	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6-6	0.00
Totals	9.0	12	12	12	6	11	5	97-67	-

HBP:Florial (by Lugo)

Inherited runners-scored:Dipoto 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Lugo 32-20; Dipoto 5-1; Pennington 1-1; Smith 7-7; Altavilla 16-11; Long 7-7; Klein 11-7; Champlain 12-7; Sisk 6-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Lugo 0-4; Dipoto 1-0; Pennington 1-0; Smith 1-0; Altavilla 0-2; Long 1-0; Klein 1-0; Champlain 2-1; Sisk 1-1

Cleveland Guardians

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Shane Bieber	1.2	1	2	2	3	0	0	17-5	10.80
Bradley Hanner

Bot 1 • CLE

0-2

Tyler Freeman homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Brayan Rocchio scores.

0-3

Angel Martínez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Adam Frazier. Jhonkensy Noel scores. Kyle Manzardo to 2nd.

Top 2 • KC

4-3

Nelson Velázquez singles on a line drive to left fielder Jhonkensy Noel. Maikel Garcia scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 2nd.

3-3

Maikel Garcia doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Johnathan Rodriguez. Dairon Blanco scores. Tyler Tolbert scores.

1-3

Tyler Tolbert singles on a line drive to right fielder Johnathan Rodriguez. Sandy León scores. Dairon Blanco to 3rd.

Bot 3 • CLE

4-4

Angel Martínez homers (2) on a line drive to right field.

4-5

Dom Nuñez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Top 4 • KC

6-5

Adam Frazier doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Johnathan Rodriguez. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.

5-5

Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Jhonkensy Noel. Nate Eaton scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd.

Bot 5 • CLE

6-6

Kyle Manzardo doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Garrett Hampson. Lorenzo Cedrola scores.

6-7

Angel Martínez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Garrett Hampson. Kyle Manzardo scores.

6-10

Daniel Schneemann homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Johnathan Rodriguez scores. Dom Nuñez scores.

Top 6 • KC

7-10

Vinnie Pasquantino grounds out, second baseman Raynel Delgado to first baseman Joe Naranjo. Nate Eaton scores.

Top 7 • KC

8-10

Mike Brosseau grounds out, third baseman Christian Cairo to first baseman Joe Naranjo. Leonel Valera scores.

Top 8 • KC

9-10

Devin Mann walks.

Bot 8 • CLE

9-12

Lorenzo Cedrola homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Eric Rodriguez scores.

Top 9 • KC

13-12

Nate Eaton homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Peyton Wilson scores.

11-12

Peyton Wilson grounds into a force out, second baseman Raynel Delgado to shortstop José Tena. Luca Tresh scores. John Rave out at 2nd. Peyton Wilson to 1st.

10-12

Joe Gray Jr. out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Lorenzo Cedrola. Leonel Valera scores.

Bench
Brayan RocchioSS	2	1	0	0	1	0	.111/.200/.111
Tyler FreemanCF	4	1	1	2	0	1	.250/.308/.500
Estevan FlorialDH	4	0	1	0	0	2	.100/.308/.100
Jhonkensy NoelLF	3	1	2	0	0	1	.182/.182/.364
Kyle Manzardo1B	2	1	1	1	1	0	.571/.700/.714
Johnathan RodríguezRF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.250/.308/.250
Angel Martínez2B	2	1	2	3	0	0	.636/.615/1.273
Dom NuñezC	1	2	1	1	2	0	.100/.250/.400
Daniel Schneemann3B	3	1	1	3	0	0	.300/.300/.700
Shane BieberP							.000/.000/.000
Bradley HannerP							.000/.000/.000
Emmanuel ClaseP							.000/.000/.000
Ben LivelyP							.000/.000/.000
Tyler ThorntonP							.000/.000/.000
Eli MorganP							.000/.000/.000
Nick SandlinP							.000/.000/.000
Juan ZapataP							.000/.000/.000
Trenton DenholmP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Cleveland Guardians

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Cleveland Guardians

Game Notes