Guardians vs Royals

Final · Tue May 5 · 7:40 PM ET · Kauffman Stadium

Cleveland GuardiansGuardians18-19

FinalMay 5, 2026

Kansas City RoyalsRoyals17-19

StreamMLB.TVCLEGuardians.TVRoyals.TV

Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch

Moneyline

CLE−118

KC−102

Run line

CLE −1.5+144

KC +1.5−175

Total O/U

Over 7.5−105

Under 7.5−115

Run line: Royals +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 7.5 (8 runs).

Recap

The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on May 5, 2026 to move to 17-19.

The Royals have won 5 straight.

Score by inning

Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals, score by inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CLE	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
KC	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	x	5

W: Kolek (1-0) · L: Williams (5-2) · S: Erceg (2-1)

Scoring plays

Bottom 1

KCSinglePerez singled to center, Garcia scored and Witt Jr. scored.0-2

Top 4

CLEHome runHoskins homered to left (343 feet), Ramírez scored and Manzardo scored.3-2

Bottom 4

KCHome runMassey homered to right (392 feet), Collins scored.3-4

Bottom 6

KCHome runCollins homered to right center (382 feet).3-5

Team stats

CLEKC

Hits: 4; 8
Home Runs: 1; 2
Runs Batted In: 3; 5
Walks: 2; 2
Strikeouts: 5; 10
Runners Left On Base: 5; 12
Errors: 0; 0

Player stats

Guardians · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Steven Kwan CF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.211	.303	.271
Chase DeLauter RF	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	.302	.388	.543
Jose Ramirez 3B	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	.212	.329	.401
Kyle Manzardo 1B	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	17	.202	.279	.283
Rhys Hoskins DH	1-3	3	1	1	3	1	1	0	16	.207	.353	.390
Daniel Schneemann SS	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	11	.283	.347	.489
Travis Bazzana 2B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.174	.345	.174
Angel Martinez LF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.271	.307	.477
Bo Naylor C	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.127	.188	.190
David Fry C	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.262	.404	.500

Guardians · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Gavin Williams P	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	2	97-68	3.28	97
Colin Holderman P	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	26-17	1.50	26

Royals · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia 3B	0-3	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	.256	.322	.406
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	10	.287	.358	.434
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.192	.281	.352
Salvador Perez DH	1-4	4	0	1	2	0	0	2	14	.209	.245	.353
Carter Jensen C	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	.222	.309	.407
Jac Caglianone RF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	.248	.331	.429
Isaac Collins LF	3-3	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	8	.255	.366	.394
Michael Massey 2B	2-3	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	14	.215	.243	.385
Kyle Isbel CF	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	.282	.351	.435

Royals · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Stephen Kolek P	6.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	83-56	4.50	83
Nick Mears P	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-5	2.13	8
Daniel Lynch IV P	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-7	1.84	14
Lucas Erceg P	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	3.52	15

Game info

VenueKauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

Attendance13,102

OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: John Bacon · First Base Umpire: Edwin Moscoso · Second Base Umpire: Nic Lentz · Third Base Umpire: Vic Carapazza

Last and next games

Guardians

Royals

Last game: W 6-2 vs CLEMon May 4
Next game: L 1-3 vs CLEWed May 6
W 4-1 at SEASun May 3
W 3-2 at SEASat May 2
W 7-6 at SEAFri May 1

Head to head

Next meeting: W 8-5 at KCThu May 7
CLE 2, KC 4Mon Apr 6
CLE 2, KC 1Tue Apr 7
CLE 10, KC 2Wed Apr 8
CLE 2, KC 6Mon May 4

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