Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

CLE 3 — KC 5

Final — 2026-05-05

Game MVP: Isaac Collins — 3-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

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

WP Stephen Kolek (1-0)

LP Gavin Williams (5-2)

SV Lucas Erceg (10)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Perez singled to center, Garcia scored and Witt Jr. scored. (2-0)

Top 4: Hoskins homered to left (343 feet), Ramírez scored and Manzardo scored. (2-3)

Bot 4: Massey homered to right (392 feet), Collins scored. (4-3)

Bot 6: Collins homered to right center (382 feet). (5-3)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Gavin Williams	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	2	97-68	3.28	L, 5-2
Colin Holderman	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	26-17	1.50

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Stephen Kolek	6.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	83-56	4.50	W, 1-0
Nick Mears	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-5	2.13
Daniel Lynch IV	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-7	1.84
Lucas Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	3.52	S, 10

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (13,102)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: John Bacon, First Base Umpire: Edwin Moscoso, Second Base Umpire: Nic Lentz, Third Base Umpire: Vic Carapazza

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