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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/30/2026Royals Box Scores · 8/30/26Royals (62-75, W3, 9-1 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 72 | 63 | .533 | — | +48 | 41-27 | 31-36 | 7-3 | W4 |  Guardians | 68 | 68 | .500 | 4.5 | -12 | 31-36 | 37-32 | 7-3 | L2 |  Twins | 64 | 72 | .471 | 8.5 | -60 | 35-33 | 29-39 | 3-7 | L4 |  Tigers | 63 | 72 | .467 | 9 | +70 | 34-34 | 29-38 | 2-8 | W1 |  Royals | 62 | 75 | .453 | 11 | -73 | 36-30 | 26-45 | 9-1 | W3 |
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Cleveland Guardians 11, Kansas City Royals 1 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Royals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | | Guardians | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | 11 | 13 | 0 |
W: Messick · L: Lugo, S |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .718 | .221 |  Witt Jr. ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .813 | .285 |  Lugo, M lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .666 | .333 |  Caglianone rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .832 | .284 |  Rojas, J ss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .646 | .247 |  Perez, S dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .638 | .223 |  Pasquantino 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .718 | .246 |  Loftin 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .711 | .237 |  Rave rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .696 | .217 |  Tolbert ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .805 | .307 |  Collins 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .683 | .232 |  Isbel cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .647 | .236 | | Totals | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | | |
2B: Caglianone (25, Messick); Loftin (23, Messick). TB: Caglianone 2; Isbel; Jensen; Loftin 2; Pasquantino; Perez, S; Tolbert. RBI: Perez, S (62). E: Caglianone (5, fielding). |
| Guardians | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Kwan cf | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .713 | .275 |  Fry lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .650 | .185 |  DeLauter rf | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .819 | .293 |  Halpin cf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .580 | .219 |  Ramírez, Jo dh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .732 | .243 |  Adell rf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .702 | .240 |  Lowe, N 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .785 | .259 |  Bazzana 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .695 | .238 |  Genao 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .659 | .257 |  Hedges c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .697 | .255 |  Rocchio ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .670 | .248 | | Totals | 35 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | | |
2B: DeLauter 2 (24, Lugo, S, Lugo, S); Adell (22, Lugo, S); Kwan (17, Lugo, S). HR: Lowe, N (15, 1st inning off Lugo, S, 1 on, 2 out); Ramírez, Jo (11, 4th inning off Lugo, S, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Adell 4; DeLauter 6; Kwan 3; Lowe, N 4; Ramírez, Jo 5; Rocchio. RBI: Adell 3 (83); DeLauter (60); Lowe, N 3 (52); Ramírez, Jo 4 (48). SF: Lowe, N; Ramírez, Jo. |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Lugo, S p (L, 6-8) | 3.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5.03 |  Thomas p | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12.08 |  Cuas p | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.80 |  Maile p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
ST-PC: Lugo, S (60-93), Thomas (21-34), Cuas (11-19), Maile (5-8). |
| Guardians | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Messick p (W, 11-8) | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2.46 |  Herrin p | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.14 |  Gaddis p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.11 |  Smith, C p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.36 |
ST-PC: Messick (61-105), Herrin (11-16), Gaddis (6-7), Smith, C (11-20). |
Scoring Plays | 1st | 1–0 | Perez singled to right, Caglianone scored. | | 1st | 1–1 | Ramírez hit sacrifice fly to center, DeLauter scored. | | 1st | 1–3 | Lowe homered to left center (373 feet), Adell scored. | | 3rd | 1–5 | Adell doubled to left, Kwan scored and DeLauter scored, Ramírez to third. | | 3rd | 1–6 | Lowe hit sacrifice fly to center, Ramírez scored. | | 4th | 1–7 | DeLauter doubled to right, Kwan scored. | | 4th | 1–9 | Ramírez homered to right center (380 feet), DeLauter scored. | | 6th | 1–10 | Ramírez singled to right, Kwan scored, Halpin to second. | | 6th | 1–11 | Adell singled to center, Halpin scored, Ramírez to second. |
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Umpires: HP: Paul Clemons. 1B: Adrian Johnson. 2B: Dexter Kelley. 3B: Quinn Wolcott. Weather: 78 degrees, Cloudy. T: 2:24. Att: 28,448. 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 | 127 | 490 | 46 | 109 | 17 | 61 | 20 | 106 | 1 | .222 | .640 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 118 | 463 | 77 | 133 | 16 | 49 | 55 | 91 | 36 | .287 | .819 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 125 | 453 | 63 | 129 | 23 | 66 | 29 | 127 | 6 | .285 | .833 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 127 | 443 | 61 | 98 | 19 | 61 | 56 | 145 | 2 | .221 | .719 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 123 | 387 | 41 | 90 | 6 | 40 | 52 | 101 | 6 | .233 | .684 |  #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 | 97 | 300 | 38 | 71 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 55 | 2 | .237 | .710 |  #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 | 66 | 111 | 30 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 20 | .306 | .808 | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 33 | 85 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .247 | .646 | | #16 John Rave rf | 32 | 80 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | .225 | .712 |  #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 17 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .623 | | #18 Luke Maile c | 12 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .152 | .449 | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .666 |
| 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 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 61.2 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 46 | 3.06 | 1.05 |  #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 4.50 | 1.24 |  #56 Alex Lange | 51 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 52.2 | 52 | 34 | 27 | 54 | 5.81 | 1.50 |  #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 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 49.1 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 3.65 | 1.28 |  #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 |  #26 Craig Kimbrel | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40.0 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 35 | 4.05 | 1.20 |  #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 4.84 | 1.42 |  #61 Nate Pearson | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34.2 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 2.34 | 1.18 |  #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 |  #34 Anthony Gose | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |  #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.75 |  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 | 531 | .222 | .267 | .373 | .151 | 20.0% | 3.8% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 523 | .287 | .363 | .456 | .169 | 17.4% | 10.5% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 488 | .285 | .334 | .499 | .214 | 26.0% | 5.9% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 507 | .221 | .308 | .411 | .190 | 28.6% | 11.0% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 450 | .233 | .330 | .354 | .121 | 22.4% | 11.6% | | #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 | 350 | .237 | .327 | .383 | .146 | 15.7% | 10.3% | | #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 | 129 | .306 | .376 | .432 | .126 | 17.8% | 9.3% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 91 | .247 | .281 | .365 | .118 | 16.5% | 4.4% | | #16 John Rave rf | 89 | .225 | .287 | .425 | .200 | 19.1% | 7.9% | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 58 | .167 | .310 | .313 | .146 | 22.4% | 13.8% | | #18 Luke Maile c | 34 | .152 | .176 | .273 | .121 | 32.4% | 2.9% | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 66.7% | 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 | 61.2 | 6.71 | 2.77 | 2.42 | 0.73 | 1.05 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 54.0 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 52.2 | 9.23 | 4.61 | 2.00 | 1.03 | 1.50 | | #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 | 49.1 | 6.57 | 4.01 | 1.64 | 1.28 | 1.28 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 40.0 | 7.88 | 4.05 | 1.94 | 0.90 | 1.20 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 35.1 | 11.46 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 34.2 | 7.53 | 4.67 | 1.61 | 0.26 | 1.18 | | #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 | | #34 Anthony Gose | 2.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | | #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 1.1 | 6.75 | 20.25 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.75 | | 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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Upcoming Games | Tue, Sep 1 | vs |  Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Wed, Sep 2 | vs | Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Thu, Sep 3 | vs | Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Fri, Sep 4 | vs |  Toronto Blue Jays | 8:10 PM ET | | Sat, Sep 5 | vs | Toronto Blue Jays | 7:10 PM ET | | Sun, Sep 6 | vs | Toronto Blue Jays | 2:10 PM ET |
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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. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled LF Matthew Lugo from Omaha Storm Chasers. |
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