CLE 8, KC 5 | May 7, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, May 7, 2026•Kauffman Stadium•63°F, Partly Cloudy

CLE

Guardians

Royals

Final

WIN

Slade Cecconi

LOSS

Seth Lugo

SAVE

Cade Smith

The Guardians defeated the Royals 8-5.

★Bo Naylor3 RBI

★Bobby Witt Jr.4-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Bo Naylor homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Travis Bazzana scores. Brayan Rocchio scores.

Weather: 63°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 3:04Att: 24,892Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Nic Lentz

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94.6%B

12 missed calls

+1.9% KC

+1.29 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

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

Game 824117 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Steven KwanLF	4	1	1	0	1	1	.212/.306/.270	90.5	.466	.437
Angel MartínezRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270/.311/.468	-	-	-
José RamírezDH	3	1	1	0	2	2	.211/.341/.394	100.9	.717	.689
Kyle Manzardo1B	5	1	1	2	0	1	.200/.274/.286	102.2	.405	.564
Daniel Schneemann3B	4	1	1	1	1	2	.283/.355/.485	93.7	.304	.277
Travis Bazzana2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.192/.382/.192	89.5	.496	.458
Brayan RocchioSS	4	1	2	0	1	2	.262/.343/.369	104.3	.591	.552
Bo NaylorC	5	1	2	3	0	1	.143/.200/.238	101.5	.279	.414
Petey HalpinCF	4	1	1	1	1	1	.154/.214/.154	107.1	.375	.482
Bench
Chase DeLauterRF	4	0	1	0	1	0	.306/.392/.548	108.8	.281	.279
Slade CecconiP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	36	8	11	7	8	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Naylor (7th off Cerantola, 4 on, 1 out)

2B:DeLauter; Manzardo

TB:16

RBI:Schneemann; Halpin; Naylor 3; Manzardo 2

SB:Bazzana 2; Rocchio; Halpin

CS:Rocchio; Ramírez

Team LOB:10

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	5	0	2	1	0	1	.270/.335/.418	106	.402

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Slade CecconiW	5.1	6	2	2	3	3	0	82-45	88.8	6.15
Tim Herrin	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	12-6	88.2	0.00
Connor BrogdonH	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	2	36-19	89	5.28
Hunter Gaddis	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	10-6	88.6	9.00
Erik SabrowskiH	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-4	85.4	2.20
Cade SmithS	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-8	92	3.12
Totals	9.0	12	5	5	5	7	2	162-88	-	-

WP:Sabrowski

Inherited runners-scored:Herrin 1-1; Brogdon 2-0; Sabrowski 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Cecconi 82-45; Herrin 12-6; Brogdon 36-19; Gaddis 10-6; Sabrowski 6-4; Smith 16-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Cecconi 4-7; Herrin 0-1; Brogdon 0-3; Gaddis 0-2; Sabrowski 0-0; Smith 0-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Seth LugoL	4.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	102-60	85.2	3.21

Game Notes

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T3Replay review: Steven Kwan challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Steven Kwan called out on strikes.

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T5Replay review: Royals challenged (hit by pitch), call on the field was upheld: Travis Bazzana hit by pitch.

🥎

T6Passed ball

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B8Wild pitch by Erik Sabrowski

Top 1 • CLE

3-0

Daniel Schneemann singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Kyle Manzardo scores.

EV: 93.7 mph126 ftLA: 8°

2-0

Kyle Manzardo doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Steven Kwan scores. José Ramírez scores.

EV: 101.6 mph333 ftLA: 20°

Top 3 • CLE

4-0

Petey Halpin singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Daniel Schneemann scores. Brayan Rocchio to 2nd.

EV: 107.1 mph106 ftLA: 4°

Bot 5 • KC

4-1

Maikel Garcia singles on a line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Michael Massey scores.

EV: 94.6 mph212 ftLA: 11°

Top 6 • CLE

5-1

Chase DeLauter doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

EV: 108.8 mph346 ftLA: 13°

Bot 6 • KC

5-2

Nick Loftin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Petey Halpin. Carter Jensen scores.

EV: 99.1 mph374 ftLA: 21°

Top 7 • CLE

8-2

Bo Naylor homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Travis Bazzana scores. Brayan Rocchio scores.

EV: 101.5 mph💣 393 ftLA: 36°

Bot 7 • KC

8-3

Bobby Witt Jr. homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 104.9 mph💣 407 ftLA: 31°

8-4

Vinnie Pasquantino homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 102.2 mph💣 414 ftLA: 27°

Bot 8 • KC

8-5

Lane Thomas out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Steven Kwan. Isaac Collins scores.

EV: 81.5 mph304 ftLA: 38°

Bench
Michael Massey2B	2	1	1	0	0	0	.224/.250/.403	100.6	.389	.429
Kyle IsbelCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.273/.340/.420	66.8	.076	.068
Seth LugoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex LangeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Eric CerantolaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Nick MearsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-