Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

85-77, 44-37 Away

Final

69-93, 41-40 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
A. MartinezLF	0-4	0	0	0	.254
T. Bazzana2B	0-4	0	0	0	.245
J. AdellRF	2-3	1	1	1	.240
N. Lowe1B	1-4	0	0	0	.252
D. FryC	2-4	0	0	0	.201
A. GenaoSS	1-4	0	0	0	.213
A. HedgesDH	0-2	0	0	0	.247
P. BaileyPH-DH	0-2	0	0	0	.206
D. Schneemann3B	2-4	1	1	1	.210
P. HalpinCF	1-4	0	0	0	.225
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: Halpin singled to right. 5th: Halpin safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Tolbert. 7th: Halpin grounded out to second. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was overturned. 9th: Halpin fouled out to third.

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
P. Messick	3.0	6	1	1	2	64-42	2.56
A. Peterson	5.0	3	2	2	5	74-45	2.57

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

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Kauffman Stadium

3:10 PM, September 27, 2026Coverage: ESPN Unlmtd/MLB.TV

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 22,827

Game Time:2:08

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ron Kulpa
First Base Umpire - Scott Barry
Second Base Umpire - Tom Hanahan
Third Base Umpire - John Libka

Royals snap 3-game skid, beat AL Central champion Guardians 3-2 in regular-season finale

— Vinnie Pasquantino homered twice and the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Sep 27, 2026, 05:39 pm - AP


CLE
KC

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

Scoring Summary

		CLE	KC
1st	Perez singled to left, Garcia scored, Caglianone to third.	0	1
3rd	Schneemann homered to right (380 feet).	1	1
5th	Pasquantino homered to center (434 feet).	1	2
6th	Adell homered to left center (440 feet).	2	2
8th	Pasquantino homered to right (378 feet).	2	3

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Cleveland GuardiansGuardiansCLE

(85-77)

(85-77, 44-37 Away)

(85-77)

Parker Messick

(12-9, 2.56)

-149

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(69-93)

(69-93, 41-40 Home)

(69-93)

Daniel Lynch IV

(6-6, 4.08)

u8.5

-110

Guardians
12
Royals
9

Game 1

9/25

Guardians
11
Royals
5

Game 2

9/26

Guardians
2
Royals
3

Game 3

9/27

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Max Scherzer strikes out 7 in 225th career win as Blue Jays beat Reds 5-1 in season finale

— Max Scherzer struck out seven over seven-plus innings for his 225th career win, Brandon Valenzuela and Charles McAdoo homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 in Sunday’s season finale.

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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

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Royals snap 3-game skid, beat AL Central champion Guardians 3-2 in regular-season finale

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