Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

CLE 8 — KC 5

Final — 2026-05-07

Game MVP: Bobby Witt Jr. — 4-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB

	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	0	5	12	0

WP Slade Cecconi (2-4)

LP Seth Lugo (1-2)

SV Cade Smith (10)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Manzardo doubled to center, Kwan scored and Ramírez scored. (0-2)

Top 1: Schneemann singled to right, Manzardo scored. (0-3)

Top 3: Halpin singled to center, Schneemann scored, Rocchio to second. (0-4)

Bot 5: Garcia singled to right, Massey scored. (1-4)

Top 6: Halpin scored on a passed ball by Jensen. (1-5)

Bot 6: Loftin hit sacrifice fly to center, Jensen scored. (2-5)

Top 7: Naylor homered to right (393 feet), Bazzana scored and Rocchio scored. (2-8)

Bot 7: Witt Jr. homered to right center (407 feet). (3-8)

Bot 7: Pasquantino homered to right center (414 feet). (4-8)

Bot 8: Thomas hit sacrifice fly to left, Collins scored. (5-8)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Slade Cecconi	5.1	6	2	2	3	3	0	82-45	6.15	W, 2-4
Tim Herrin	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	12-6	0.00
Connor Brogdon	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	2	36-19	5.28
Hunter Gaddis	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	10-6	9.00
Erik Sabrowski	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-4	2.20
Cade Smith	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-8	3.12	S, 10

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Seth Lugo	4.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	102-60	3.21	L, 1-2
Daniel Lynch IV	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-8	1.72
Alex Lange	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	20-12	6.35
E. Cerantola	2.0	1	3	3	3	3	1	44-20	9.00
Nick Mears	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23-16	1.98

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (24,892)

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

Broadcast: GDTV | RYTV