CLE 11, KC 5 | Sep 26, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 26, 2026•Kauffman Stadium•74°F, Partly Cloudy

CLE

Guardians

Royals

Final

WIN

Tanner Bibee

LOSS

Michael Wacha

The Guardians cruised past the Royals 11-5 in a dominant performance.

★Nathaniel Lowe4 RBI

★Travis Bazzana3-for-4, 0 RBI

★Patrick Bailey2 HR, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Patrick Bailey homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 74°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 2:41Att: 24,656Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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96.1%A

6 missed calls

+21.3% CLE

+0.12 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	11	14	1
KC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Game 824057 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Steven KwanLF	4	0	3	1	1	0	.282/.382/.349	95.8	.299	.299
José Ramírez3B	5	1	0	0	0	0	.235/.320/.368	104	.294	.277
Chase DeLauterRF	4	1	1	1	1	0	.287/.363/.457	107.9	.319	.434
Jo AdellDH	5	2	1	0	0	0	.238/.296/.395	104.9	.379	.460
Angel Genao2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211/.281/.293	-	-	-
Nathaniel Lowe1B	3	0	1	4	0	0	.252/.318/.446	106.5	.365	.350
Petey HalpinCF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224/.269/.328	-	-	-
Patrick BaileyC	5	2	2	3	0	2	.208/.274/.338	109.2	.435	.803
Brayan RocchioSS	4	3	3	2	0	0	.253/.313/.391	101.1	.205	.336
Bench
Travis Bazzana2B	4	2	3	0	0	1	.247/.337/.411	103.1	.692	.925
Angel MartínezLF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.257/.293/.470
Totals	38	11	14	11	4	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Bailey (2nd off Wacha, 1 on, 2 out); DeLauter (3rd off Wacha, 0 on, 0 out); Rocchio (7th off Gose, 0 on, 1 out); Bailey (9th off Lange, 0 on, 0 out); Rocchio (9th off Lange, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Bazzana; Rocchio

3B:Bazzana; Kwan

TB:35

RBI:DeLauter; Lowe 4; Bailey 3; Rocchio 2; Kwan

SB:Adell

SF:Lowe 2

GIDP:Ramírez 2

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Carter JensenC	4	1	2	0	1	0	.239/.323/.467	108	.647

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Tanner BibeeW	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	94-61	87.9	4.36
Shawn Armstrong	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	88.7	4.58
Craig Yoho	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	10-7	87.7	4.93
Cade SmithH	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	5-5	91.6	1.95
Slade Cecconi	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	91.3	4.91
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	1	7	126-83	-	-

WP:Yoho

HBP:Pasquantino (by Bibee)

Inherited runners-scored:Smith 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Bibee 94-61; Armstrong 11-7; Yoho 10-7; Smith 5-5; Cecconi 6-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Bibee 7-3; Armstrong 0-2; Yoho 1-0; Smith 0-2; Cecconi 1-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Michael WachaL	6.1	6	6	2	1	4	2	90-62	87.2	3.32

Bot 1 • KC

0-2

Jac Caglianone doubles (30) on a ground ball to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 105.3 mph70 ftLA: 1°

0-3

Michael Massey singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Jac Caglianone scores.

EV: 102.4 mph220 ftLA: 13°

Top 2 • CLE

4-3

Steven Kwan triples (3) on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brayan Rocchio scores.

EV: 89.9 mph279 ftLA: 21°

3-3

Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Patrick Bailey homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Travis Bazzana scores.

EV: 94.5 mph💣 342 ftLA: 29°

1-3

Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Jo Adell scores. Travis Bazzana to 3rd.

EV: 106.5 mph338 ftLA: 17°

Top 3 • CLE

5-3

Chase DeLauter homers (16) on a line drive to right center field.

EV: 107.9 mph💣 400 ftLA: 20°

Top 6 • CLE

6-3

Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder John Rave. Travis Bazzana scores.

EV: 90.5 mph286 ftLA: 45°

Top 7 • CLE

7-3

Brayan Rocchio homers (14) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 98.0 mph💣 354 ftLA: 45°

Bot 8 • KC

7-4

Jac Caglianone doubles (31) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 104.2 mph227 ftLA: 13°

7-5

Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Jac Caglianone scores.

EV: 81.3 mph264 ftLA: 24°

Top 9 • CLE

11-5

Nathaniel Lowe singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. José Ramírez scores. Jo Adell scores. Angel Genao to 2nd.

EV: 92.1 mph16 ftLA: -12°

9-5

Brayan Rocchio homers (15) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 99.1 mph💣 373 ftLA: 34°

8-5

Patrick Bailey homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 100.3 mph💣 380 ftLA: 29°

Bench
Michael WachaP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Anthony GoseP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jose CuasP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex LangeP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Spencer BivensP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals

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