Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

60-75, 24-45 Away

9th,2 outs

68-66, 31-34 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
C. JensenC	0-4	0	0	0	.221
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Jensen struck out looking. 3rd: Jensen flied out to left. 4th: Jensen struck out looking. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was upheld. 7th: Jensen grounded out to first.
B. Witt Jr.SS	1-4	1	0	0	.289
J. CaglianoneRF	2-4	0	0	0	.283
S. PerezDH	1-4	0	0	1	.221
V. Pasquantino1B	1-2	0	0	0	.246
N. Loftin2B	0-4	0	0	0	.234
I. CollinsLF	2-3	0	0	0	.232
T. TolbertPR	0-0	0	0	0	.300
J. Rojas3B	1-3	0	0	0	.229
K. IsbelCF	0-4	0	0	0	.235

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
M. Wacha	8.0	4	0	0	10	103-75	3.32

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Progressive Field

7:10 PM, August 28, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Current Weather

Cleveland, Ohio

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Dexter Kelley
First Base Umpire - Quinn Wolcott
Second Base Umpire - Paul Clemons
Third Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson

C. Jensen

0-4

Balls

Strikes

Outs

.100

.105

.071

.282

.226

.293

.318

.306

.250

ON BASE:1B: Base empty2B: Base empty3B: T. Tolbert

No Pitches

Scoring Summary


KC
CLE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	4	1

Inning				KC	CLE
		5th	Perez grounded out to shortstop, Witt Jr. scored.	1	0

Kansas City Royals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Connor Seabold RP	60-Day IL	Aug 30
Maikel Garcia 3B	10-Day IL	Sep 1
Michael Massey 2B	7-Day IL	Sep 2
Beck Way RP	15-Day IL	Sep 4
Carlos Estevez RP	60-Day IL	Sep 5

Cleveland Guardians

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Rhys Hoskins 1B	10-Day IL	Aug 29
Slade Cecconi SP	15-Day IL	Sep 1
Shawn Armstrong RP	60-Day IL	Sep 23

Data is currently unavailable.

Top 9thCloseMLTotalRL

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(60-75)

(60-75, 24-45 Away)

(60-75)

Michael Wacha

(7-8, 3.49)

o7.5

-102

Cleveland GuardiansGuardiansCLE

(68-66)

(68-66, 31-34 Home)

(68-66)

Tanner Bibee

(5-13, 3.97)

-129

Note: Odds and lines subject to change.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 4-3

Royals
4
Guardians
2

Game 1

4/6

Royals
1
Guardians
2

Game 2

4/7

Royals
2
Guardians
10

Game 3

4/8

Guardians
2
Royals
6

Game 4

5/4

Guardians
3
Royals
5

Game 5

5/5

Guardians
3
Royals
1

Game 6

5/6

Guardians
8
Royals
5

Game 7

5/7

Royals
Guardians

Game 8

MLB.TV

Royals
Guardians

Game 9

8/29

MLB.TV

Royals
Guardians

Game 10

8/30

MLB.TV

Guardians
Royals

Game 11

9/25

MLB.TV

Guardians
Royals

Game 12

9/26

MLB.TV

Guardians
Royals

Game 13

9/27

MLB.TV

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	70	63	.526	-	W2
Cleveland	68	66	.507	2.5	W7
Minnesota	64	70	.478	6.5	L2
Detroit	62	71	.466	8	L1
Kansas City	60	75	.444	11	W1

Dodgers' Skubal greeted with cheers in stellar Detroit return

Tarik Skubal heard mostly cheers and some jeers in his first start in Detroit since he was traded to the Dodgers and treated the Comerica crowd to six dominant innings against his former team Friday.

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani throws another bullpen session; return TBD

Shohei Ohtani threw a short bullpen session Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way star moves closer to a return to the mound.

Twins' Jenkins, No. 12 prospect in MLB, to debut vs. White Sox

Walker Jenkins, ESPN's No. 12-ranked prospect in the majors, was called up from Triple-A and will bat ninth and play center field Friday night against the White Sox.

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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

C. Jensen

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