Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
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Garcia's homer and Witt’s go-ahead RBI double lead Royals past Guardians 4-3
Garcia led off the seventh with a 405-foot homer off Paul Sewald (0-1). Cavan Biggio followed with a single and was replaced by pinch-runner Dairon Blanco, who stole second. With two outs, Witt lined a double to left to score Blanco with the go-ahead run.
Guardians six-time All-Star José Ramírez left in the sixth inning with a sprained right wrist after he was hurt in the third inning while attempting to steal second base. Gabriel Arias replaced Ramírez at third base.
Bo Naylor gave the Indians a 1-0 lead on an RBI single in the second, and Carlos Santana scored Steven Kwan on a sacrifice fly in the third.
Kwan's solo homer in the fifth put Cleveland up 3-1.
Royals starter Seth Lugo threw five innings and allowed three earned runs and four hits and struck out four with three walks. Daniel Lynch IV (1-0) followed Lugo and threw two perfect innings for the win. Carlos Estévez walked one and struck out one in the ninth to earn his first save for Kansas City.
Guardians starter Gavin Williams allowed two runs and four hits in five innints with one walk and two strikeouts.
Salvador Perez had RBI singles in the fourth and sixth innings.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Thomas struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Jones lined out to center. |
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9th Inning | Santana grounded into fielder's choice to second, Manzardo out at second. |
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9th Inning | Manzardo walked. |
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9th Inning | Estévez relieved Erceg |
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8th Inning | Fermin struck out swinging. |
Statistics
 CLE |
 KC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 7 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 5 | Hits | 10 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 4 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 4 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 28 | At Bats | 33 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 12 | Runners Left On Base | 16 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 1 |
| 1 | Doubles | 1 |
| 17 | Fly Balls | 21 |
| 2 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
| 137 | Pitches | 125 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 9 | Total Bases | 14 |
| 33 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 1.7 | Runs Created | 4.7 |
| .179 | Batting Average | .303 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .321 | Slugging Percentage | .424 |
| .214 | Secondary Average | .182 |
| .273 | On Base Percentage | .343 |
| .594 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .767 |
| 0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.4 |
| 1.7 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 5.3 |
| 22.0 | Batter Rating | 32.0 |
| 28.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 33.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.50 |
| 4.15 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.57 |
| .143 | Isolated Power | .121 |
| 0.80 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.50 |
| .121 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .057 |
| .036 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.121 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 8.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 72.8 | MLB Rating | 84.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 22,019 | Capacity:
2025 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City |
- | 4 | L2 | 0.33333334 | 2 |
 Detroit |
- | 4 | L1 | 0.33333334 | 2 |
| Cleveland |
- | 4 | L3 | 0.33333334 | 2 |
 Chicago |
- | 4 | L2 | 0.33333334 | 2 |
 Minnesota |
0.5 | 5 | L1 | 0.2857143 | 2 |