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Final Guardians beat Royals 8-5 The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.
The Guardians led after every inning. The big inning was the first, when the Guardians scored 3.
The Guardians improve to 20-19. The Royals fall to 17-21.
Attendance: 24,892.
Full recap at ESPN: Bo Naylor hits 3-run home run to cement Guardians' 8-5 win over Royals Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
Box score Scoring Matchup
Guardians RoyalsStats H-AB AB R H RBI HR BB K #P AVG OBP SLG S. Kwan LF 1-4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 23 .212 .306 .270 C. DeLauter RF 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 .306 .392 .548 A. Martinez LF 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .311 .468 J. Ramirez 3B 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 28 .211 .341 .394 K. Manzardo 1B 1-5 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 23 .200 .274 .286 D. Schneemann CF 1-4 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 21 .283 .355 .485 T. Bazzana 2B 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 16 .192 .382 .192 B. Rocchio SS 2-4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 23 .262 .343 .369 B. Naylor C 2-5 5 1 2 3 1 0 1 21 .143 .200 .238 P. Halpin CF 1-4 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 29 .154 .214 .154 Team 11-36 36 8 11 7 1 8 11 204
Stats IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA PC S. Cecconi SP 5.1 6 2 2 3 3 0 82-45 6.15 82 T. Herrin RP 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12-6 0.00 12 C. Brogdon RP 1.1 2 2 2 1 1 2 36-19 5.28 36 H. Gaddis RP 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 10-6 9.00 10 E. Sabrowski RP 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-4 2.20 6 C. Smith RP 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16-8 3.12 16 Team 9.0 12 5 5 5 7 2 162-88 162
Stats H-AB AB R H RBI HR BB K #P AVG OBP SLG M. Garcia 3B 2-5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 21 .270 .335 .418 B. Witt Jr. SS 4-4 4 1 4 1 1 1 0 16 .298 .368 .457 V. Pasquantino 1B 1-5 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 23 .194 .277 .366 S. Perez DH 0-5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .199 .237 .336 C. Jensen C 1-4 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 24 .223 .313 .402 J. Caglianone RF 1-5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 20 .243 .323 .414 I. Collins LF 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 18 .250 .367 .380 M. Massey 2B 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .224 .250 .403 N. Loftin 3B 1-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .263 .370 .368 K. Isbel CF 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .340 .420 L. Thomas RF 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 .227 .381 .288 Team 12-35 35 5 12 5 2 5 7 162
Stats IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA PC S. Lugo SP 4.0 7 4 4 4 5 0 102-60 3.21 102 D. Lynch IV RP 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15-8 1.72 15 A. Lange RP 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 20-12 6.35 20 E. Cerantola RP 2.0 1 3 3 3 3 1 44-20 9.00 44 N. Mears RP 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23-16 1.98 23 Team 9.0 11 8 8 8 11 1 204-116 204
First inning Play Result Manzardo doubled to center, Kwan scored and Ramírez scored.
2-0 Play Result Schneemann singled to right, Manzardo scored.
3-0 Third inning Play Result Halpin singled to center, Schneemann scored, Rocchio to second.
4-0 Fifth inning Play Result Garcia singled to right, Massey scored.
4-1 Sixth inning Passed Ball Halpin scored on a passed ball by Jensen.
5-1 Play Result Halpin scored on a passed ball by Jensen.
5-1 Play Result Loftin hit sacrifice fly to center, Jensen scored.
5-2 Seventh inning Play Result Naylor homered to right (393 feet), Bazzana scored and Rocchio scored.
8-2 Play Result Witt Jr. homered to right center (407 feet).
8-3 Play Result Pasquantino homered to right center (414 feet).
8-4 Eighth inning Play Result Thomas hit sacrifice fly to left, Collins scored.
8-5 GuardiansRoyals Line KC -126 (DraftKings) Over/under 9.5 Season series Series tied 2-2 Guardians injuries Colin Holderman RP Out, Wrist Kahlil Watson RF Out, Abdomen Andrew Walters RP Out, Elbow Royals injuries Mitch Spence RP Out, Undisclosed Nick Mears RP Out, Shoulder Ryan Bergert SP Out, Elbow Cole Ragans SP Out, Elbow Luinder Avila SP Out, Elbow