Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

KC 4 — CLE 2

Final — 2026-04-06

Game MVP: Michael Wacha — 7.0 IP, 3 K, 1 ER

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

WP Michael Wacha (1-0)

LP Peyton Pallette (0-1)

SV Lucas Erceg (3)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Kwan homered to right (381 feet). (1-0)

Top 4: India singled to right, Pasquantino scored, Jensen to third. (1-1)

Top 6: Jensen homered to right (359 feet). (1-2)

Top 8: India homered to left center (380 feet), Jensen scored. (1-4)

Bot 8: Rocchio homered to left center (377 feet). (2-4)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Michael Wacha	7.0	3	1	1	3	3	1	102-62	0.69	W, 1-0
Matt Strahm	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	24-12	5.79
Lucas Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	3.86	S, 3

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Tanner Bibee	4.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	87-58	3.29
Tim Herrin	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	0.00
Peyton Pallette	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	30-22	2.70	L, 0-1
Kolby Allard	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	35-24	5.79

Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio (13,143)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Adam Beck, First Base Umpire: Ben May, Second Base Umpire: Dan Iassogna, Third Base Umpire: James Jean

Broadcast: GDTV | RYTV