Guardians vs Royals

Final · Wed May 6 · 7:40 PM ET · Kauffman Stadium

Cleveland GuardiansGuardians19-19

FinalMay 6, 2026

Kansas City RoyalsRoyals17-20

StreamMLB.TVCLEGuardians.TVRoyals.TV

Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch

Moneyline

CLE+117

KC−141

Run line

CLE +1.5−188

KC −1.5+155

Total O/U

Over 7.5−102

Under 7.5−118

Run line: Guardians +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 7.5 (4 runs).

Recap

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on May 6, 2026 to move to 19-19.

The game was played before 13,039.

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	0	2	0	0	1	0	3
KC	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

W: Cantillo (2-1) · L: Avila (0-2) · S: Smith (2-0)

Scoring plays

Bottom 3

KCSacrifice flyPerez hit sacrifice fly to right, Witt Jr. scored.0-1

Top 5

CLESingleDeLauter singled to left, Hedges scored and Halpin scored.2-1

Top 8

CLEGroundoutFry grounded out to third, Ramírez scored.3-1

Team stats

CLEKC

Hits: 6; 4
Home Runs: 0; 0
Runs Batted In: 3; 1
Walks: 6; 5
Strikeouts: 8; 8
Runners Left On Base: 17; 14
Errors: 0; 1

Player stats

Guardians · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Angel Martinez LF	1-4	4	0	1	0	1	2	20	.270	.311	.468
Chase DeLauter DH	2-4	4	0	2	2	0	1	10	.308	.391	.550
Jose Ramirez 3B	0-2	2	1	0	0	2	0	22	.209	.333	.396
Rhys Hoskins 1B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	18	.200	.343	.376
Kyle Manzardo 1B	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.277	.280
David Fry RF	0-4	4	0	0	1	0	1	19	.239	.375	.457
Daniel Schneemann 2B	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	1	21	.284	.352	.495
Brayan Rocchio SS	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	0	23	.254	.333	.364
Austin Hedges C	1-3	3	1	1	0	1	0	23	.311	.360	.467
Petey Halpin CF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	1	18	.111	.111	.111

Guardians · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Joey Cantillo P	5.0	3	1	1	3	1	70-43	3.43	70
Matt Festa P	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-11	4.50	13
Erik Sabrowski P	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	20-13	2.25	20
Hunter Gaddis P	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	9-4	8.53	9
Cade Smith P	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	16-12	3.31	16

Royals · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia 3B	2-3	3	0	2	0	1	0	14	.265	.333	.412
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	16	.279	.349	.422
Lane Thomas RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	.227	.378	.288
Jac Caglianone RF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.245	.328	.425
Salvador Perez DH	0-2	2	0	0	1	1	2	16	.206	.245	.348
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.194	.280	.349
Starling Marte RF	1-2	2	0	1	0	1	0	8	.314	.342	.400
Kyle Isbel CF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.279	.347	.430
Isaac Collins LF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.245	.353	.378
Nick Loftin 2B	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	.243	.364	.324
Elias Diaz C	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.286	.333	.643

Royals · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Cole Ragans P	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	58-34	4.84	58
Luinder Avila P	2.0	2	2	2	2	2	49-29	7.36	49
John Schreiber P	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	30-17	3.86	30
Alex Lange P	1.1	0	1	1	1	0	23-13	6.19	23
Eric Cerantola P	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	19-10	0.00	19

Game info

VenueKauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

Attendance13,039

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

Last and next games

Guardians

Royals

Last game: W 5-3 vs CLETue May 5
Next game: L 5-8 vs CLEThu May 7
W 6-2 vs CLEMon May 4
W 4-1 at SEASun May 3
W 3-2 at SEASat May 2

Head to head

CLE 2, KC 4Mon Apr 6
CLE 2, KC 1Tue Apr 7
CLE 10, KC 2Wed Apr 8
CLE 2, KC 6Mon May 4
CLE 3, KC 5Tue May 5

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