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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/29/2026Royals Box Scores · 8/29/26Royals (61-75, W2, 9-1 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 71 | 63 | .530 | — | +47 | 41-27 | 30-36 | 6-4 | W3 |  Guardians | 68 | 67 | .504 | 3.5 | -7 | 31-35 | 37-32 | 8-2 | L1 |  Twins | 64 | 71 | .474 | 7.5 | -59 | 35-32 | 29-39 | 4-6 | L3 |  Tigers | 62 | 72 | .463 | 9 | +69 | 33-34 | 29-38 | 2-8 | L2 |  Royals | 61 | 75 | .449 | 11 | -78 | 36-30 | 25-45 | 9-1 | W2 |
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Kansas City Royals 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | | Guardians | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
W: Gose · L: Holderman |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .719 | .221 |  Witt Jr. ss | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .819 | .287 |  Caglianone rf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .833 | .285 |  Perez, S 1b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .640 | .222 |  Loftin 2b | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .710 | .237 |  Tolbert cf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .808 | .306 |  Rave cf | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .712 | .225 |  Collins lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .684 | .233 |  Lugo, M lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .666 | .333 |  Rojas, J 3b | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .646 | .247 |  Maile c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .449 | .152 | | Totals | 39 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 6 | | |
2B: Perez, S 2 (21, Griffin, Holderman); Loftin (22, Griffin); Collins (23, Griffin). HR: Rojas, J (2, 8th inning off Allen, L.T., 1 on, 1 out). TB: Caglianone 2; Collins 2; Loftin 3; Perez, S 4; Rave; Rojas, J 5; Tolbert; Witt Jr. RBI: Collins 2 (40); Perez, S (61); Rojas, J 4 (13). GIDP: Collins. E: Collins (2, fielding); Witt Jr. (8, throw). DP: 2 (Loftin-Collins-Perez, S; Witt Jr.-Collins-Perez, S). |
| Guardians | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Kwan cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .705 | .273 |  Halpin cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .584 | .221 |  DeLauter dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .803 | .286 |  Ramírez, Jo 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .719 | .240 |  Adell rf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .692 | .236 |  Martínez, A lf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .712 | .245 |  Fry 1b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .655 | .186 |  Lowe, N 1b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .780 | .259 |  Genao 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .677 | .268 |  Hedges c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .711 | .261 |  Rocchio ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .671 | .248 | | Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | |
2B: Fry (5, Lynch IV); Ramírez, Jo (24, Lange). HR: Martínez, A (13, 2nd inning off Lynch IV, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Fry 2; Kwan; Martínez, A 5; Ramírez, Jo 2. RBI: Martínez, A 3 (48). GIDP: Hedges; Ramírez, Jo. E: Ramírez, Jo (9, fielding). DP: (Genao-Fry). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Lynch IV p | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3.06 |  Gose p (W, 1-0) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |  Kimbrel p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.05 |  Schreiber p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.65 |  Pearson p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.34 |  Lange p | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.81 |
ST-PC: Lynch IV (43-70), Gose (14-18), Kimbrel (6-9), Schreiber (10-17), Pearson (8-13), Lange (14-22). |
| Guardians | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Griffin p | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3.21 |  Holderman p (L, 6-4) | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.75 |  Sabrowski p | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.97 |  Festa, M p | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.61 |  Allen, L.T. p | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.77 |
ST-PC: Griffin (50-82), Holderman (9-15), Sabrowski (2-6), Festa, M (6-8), Allen, L.T. (22-26). |
Scoring Plays | 2nd | 0–2 | Martínez homered to left (381 feet), Adell scored. | | 5th | 2–2 | Collins doubled to left, Loftin scored and Tolbert scored. | | 6th | 3–2 | Perez doubled to center, Witt Jr. scored, Caglianone to third. | | 6th | 4–2 | Rave grounded into fielder's choice to third, Caglianone scored on fielding error by third baseman Ramírez, Loftin to second, Perez to third. | | 6th | 6–2 | Rojas singled to left, Loftin scored and Rave scored, Collins to second. | | 8th | 8–2 | Rojas homered to right (360 feet), Rave scored. | | 9th | 8–3 | Martínez singled to center, Ramírez scored. |
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WP: Lynch IV. Umpires: HP: Quinn Wolcott. 1B: Paul Clemons. 2B: Adrian Johnson. 3B: Dexter Kelley. Weather: 81 degrees, Partly Cloudy. T: 2:32. Att: 31,509. Progressive Field. |
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Kansas City Royals Team Statistics | Hitters | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OPS | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 126 | 485 | 46 | 107 | 17 | 60 | 20 | 105 | 1 | .221 | .634 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 117 | 458 | 76 | 132 | 16 | 49 | 55 | 91 | 36 | .288 | .824 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 124 | 448 | 62 | 127 | 23 | 66 | 29 | 126 | 6 | .283 | .833 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 126 | 439 | 61 | 98 | 19 | 61 | 55 | 144 | 2 | .223 | .724 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 122 | 383 | 41 | 89 | 6 | 38 | 52 | 100 | 6 | .232 | .683 |  #19 Michael Massey 2b (IL) | 110 | 340 | 46 | 94 | 11 | 44 | 19 | 62 | 2 | .276 | .754 |  #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 90 | 333 | 41 | 82 | 9 | 41 | 44 | 61 | 5 | .246 | .720 | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 96 | 295 | 36 | 69 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 55 | 2 | .234 | .706 |  #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 73 | 283 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 5 | .269 | .709 |  #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 77 | 230 | 26 | 54 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 57 | 6 | .235 | .643 | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 65 | 110 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 20 | .300 | .793 | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 32 | 83 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .229 | .577 | | #16 John Rave rf | 31 | 78 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | .218 | .705 |  #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 17 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .623 | | #18 Luke Maile c | 11 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .172 | .510 | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |  #52 Michael Wacha | 27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 170.2 | 145 | 63 | 42 | 136 | 3.32 | 1.10 |  #67 Seth Lugo | 27 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 150.1 | 161 | 77 | 47 | 116 | 4.61 | 1.38 |  #65 Noah Cameron | 26 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 149.1 | 134 | 66 | 48 | 131 | 3.98 | 1.22 |  #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 71 | 43 | 42 | 61 | 5.53 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 58.1 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 43 | 2.93 | 1.03 |  #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 4.50 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 50 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 51.2 | 50 | 33 | 27 | 53 | 5.75 | 1.49 |  #62 Randy Dobnak | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51.2 | 50 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 1.92 | 1.37 |  #64 Steven Cruz | 49 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 51.2 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 56 | 4.35 | 1.26 | | #46 John Schreiber | 54 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 48.1 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 3.72 | 1.30 |  #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39.0 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 35 | 4.15 | 1.23 |  #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 4.84 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.2 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 2.41 | 1.22 |  #47 Mason Black (IL) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 4.31 | 1.60 |  #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 5.25 | 1.71 |  #44 Beck Way (IL) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 3.86 | 1.59 |  #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19.1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 5.12 | 1.50 |  #74 Jose Cuas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1.93 | 1.64 |  #50 Connor Thomas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13.06 | 2.23 |  #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 21.21 | 3.00 |  #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8.59 | 2.18 |  Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.93 |  #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.75 | | #34 Anthony Gose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |  Luke Little (IL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.00 |  #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 162.00 | 18.00 |
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Kansas City Royals Advanced Stats | Hitters | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | K% | BB% | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 526 | .221 | .265 | .369 | .148 | 20.0% | 3.8% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 518 | .288 | .365 | .459 | .171 | 17.6% | 10.6% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 483 | .283 | .333 | .500 | .217 | 26.1% | 6.0% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 502 | .223 | .309 | .415 | .192 | 28.7% | 11.0% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 446 | .232 | .331 | .352 | .120 | 22.4% | 11.7% | | #19 Michael Massey 2b (IL) | 366 | .276 | .310 | .444 | .168 | 16.9% | 5.2% | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 384 | .246 | .336 | .384 | .138 | 15.9% | 11.5% | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 345 | .234 | .326 | .380 | .146 | 15.9% | 10.4% | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 309 | .269 | .324 | .385 | .116 | 15.2% | 7.8% | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 255 | .235 | .282 | .361 | .126 | 22.4% | 5.1% | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 127 | .300 | .366 | .427 | .127 | 18.1% | 8.7% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 89 | .229 | .264 | .313 | .084 | 16.9% | 4.5% | | #16 John Rave rf | 87 | .218 | .282 | .423 | .205 | 19.5% | 8.0% | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 58 | .167 | .310 | .313 | .146 | 22.4% | 13.8% | | #18 Luke Maile c | 30 | .172 | .200 | .310 | .138 | 36.7% | 3.3% | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 170.2 | 7.17 | 2.21 | 3.24 | 1.16 | 1.10 | | #67 Seth Lugo | 150.1 | 6.94 | 2.81 | 2.47 | 0.96 | 1.38 | | #65 Noah Cameron | 149.1 | 7.90 | 2.89 | 2.73 | 0.90 | 1.22 | | #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 70.0 | 7.84 | 5.40 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 58.1 | 6.63 | 2.62 | 2.53 | 0.62 | 1.03 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 54.0 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 51.2 | 9.23 | 4.70 | 1.96 | 1.05 | 1.49 | | #62 Randy Dobnak | 51.2 | 5.92 | 3.66 | 1.62 | 0.52 | 1.37 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 51.2 | 9.75 | 3.31 | 2.95 | 2.09 | 1.26 | | #46 John Schreiber | 48.1 | 6.70 | 4.10 | 1.64 | 1.30 | 1.30 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 39.0 | 8.08 | 4.15 | 1.94 | 0.92 | 1.23 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 35.1 | 11.46 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 33.2 | 7.49 | 4.81 | 1.56 | 0.27 | 1.22 | | #47 Mason Black (IL) | 31.1 | 5.46 | 5.74 | 0.95 | 1.72 | 1.60 | | #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 24.0 | 7.50 | 4.13 | 1.82 | 0.75 | 1.71 | | #44 Beck Way (IL) | 23.1 | 8.10 | 3.86 | 2.10 | 1.54 | 1.59 | | #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 19.1 | 6.98 | 5.12 | 1.36 | 0.93 | 1.50 | | #74 Jose Cuas | 14.0 | 9.00 | 5.14 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 1.64 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 10.1 | 6.10 | 5.23 | 1.17 | 3.48 | 2.23 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 9.1 | 5.79 | 8.68 | 0.67 | 2.89 | 3.00 | | #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 7.1 | 8.59 | 4.91 | 1.75 | 2.45 | 2.18 | | Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 4.2 | 3.86 | 5.79 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.93 | | #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 1.1 | 6.75 | 20.25 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.75 | | #34 Anthony Gose | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Luke Little (IL) | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | - | 9.00 | 2.00 | | #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 0.1 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 18.00 |
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Transactions Selected Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LHP Anthony Gose from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled 3B Josh Rojas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 2B Michael Massey on the 7-day injured list retroactive to August 26, 2026. Concussion. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Mason Black to Omaha Storm Chasers. | Assigned Kansas City Royals sent RHP Tony Gonsolin on a rehab assignment to Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 3B Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list. Left hamstring strain. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Jose Cuas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Carlos Duran to Omaha Storm Chasers. |
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