Guardians vs Royals

Final · Sun Sep 27 · 3:10 PM ET · Kauffman Stadium

Cleveland GuardiansGuardians85-77

FinalSep 27, 2026

Kansas City RoyalsRoyals69-93

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Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch

Moneyline

CLE−109

KC−111

Run line

CLE −1.5+145

KC +1.5−176

Total O/U

Over 8−115

Under 8−105

Run line: Royals +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 8 (5 runs).

Recap

The Kansas City Royals edged the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on Sep 27, 2026 to move to 69-93.

The game was played before 22,827.

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

W: Pearson (3-4) · L: Peterson (0-1) · S: Erceg (4-4)

Scoring plays

Bottom 1

KCSinglePerez singled to left, Garcia scored, Caglianone to third.0-1

Top 3

CLEHome runSchneemann homered to right (380 feet).1-1

Bottom 5

KCHome runPasquantino homered to center (434 feet).1-2

Top 6

CLEHome runAdell homered to left center (440 feet).2-2

Bottom 8

KCHome runPasquantino homered to right (378 feet).2-3

Team stats

CLEKC

Hits: 9; 9
Home Runs: 2; 2
Runs Batted In: 2; 3
Walks: 1; 3
Strikeouts: 5; 7
Runners Left On Base: 14; 16
Errors: 0; 2

Player stats

Guardians · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Angel Martinez LF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.254	.290	.465
Travis Bazzana 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	.245	.335	.408
Jo Adell RF	2-3	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	14	.240	.298	.401
Nathaniel Lowe 1B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	.252	.317	.444
David Fry C	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	12	.201	.313	.364
Angel Genao SS	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	.213	.281	.291
Austin Hedges DH	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.247	.325	.377
Patrick Bailey DH	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.206	.272	.335
Daniel Schneemann 3B	2-4	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	10	.210	.276	.332
Petey Halpin CF	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	.225	.268	.326

Guardians · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Parker Messick P	3.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	64-42	2.56	64
Austin Peterson P	5.0	3	2	2	2	5	2	74-45	2.57	74

Royals · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia 3B	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	18	.268	.334	.381
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.281	.359	.441
Jac Caglianone RF	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	17	.289	.340	.494
Salvador Perez DH	1-3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	.229	.274	.383
Josh Rojas DH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.226	.265	.321
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	2-4	4	2	2	2	2	0	1	14	.249	.333	.428
Isaac Collins LF	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	24	.213	.320	.321
Tyler Tolbert 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.285	.347	.392
Kyle Isbel CF	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	13	.224	.268	.323
Luke Maile C	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.159	.229	.273

Royals · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Daniel Lynch IV P	5.1	7	2	2	0	2	2	76-53	4.08	76
Nolan Hoffman P	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	3.60	7
Connor Thomas P	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-10	7.01	11
Nate Pearson P	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9-5	4.11	9
Lucas Erceg P	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-13	5.59	17

Game info

VenueKauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

Attendance22,827

OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: Ron Kulpa · First Base Umpire: Scott Barry · Second Base Umpire: Tom Hanahan · Third Base Umpire: John Libka

Last and next games

Guardians

Royals

Last game: L 5-11 vs CLESat Sep 26
L 9-12 vs CLEFri Sep 25
L 1-9 vs CHWThu Sep 24
W 5-4 vs CHWWed Sep 23

Head to head

W 11-1 vs KCSun Aug 30
L 3-8 vs KCSat Aug 29
L 0-3 vs KCFri Aug 28
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
CLE 3, KC 1Wed May 6
CLE 8, KC 5Thu May 7

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