Guardians at Royals: September 25, 2026

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 12-9 at Kauffman Stadium on September 25, 2026 (2026 regular season).

Final · Played September 25, 2026 · Updated October 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most hits: Angel Martinez (Guardians, 2); Jac Caglianone (Royals, 3). Most strikeouts: Gavin Williams (Guardians, 4); Noah Cameron (Royals, 3).

Line score

Team123456789Final
Cleveland Guardians21013000512
Kansas City Royals1202000229

Team comparison

Team statsCLEKC
Hits914
Errors11

What stood out

  • Hits: Guardians 9, Royals 14.
  • The Guardians' biggest edge came in the 5th inning (3-0).

Player lines

  • Angel Genao (CLE 2B): 0 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 TB
  • Angel Martinez (CLE LF): 5 AB, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 3 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Austin Hedges (CLE C): 3 AB, 1 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 4 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Brayan Rocchio (CLE SS): 4 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 1 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Chase DeLauter (CLE RF): 4 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 2 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Daniel Espino (CLE RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 0 HB, 13 PIT
  • David Fry (CLE RF): 4 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 4 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Erik Sabrowski (CLE RP): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 0 HB, 18 PIT
  • Gavin Williams (CLE SP): 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 0 HB, 74 PIT
  • Hunter Gaddis (CLE RP): 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 0 HB, 13 PIT
  • Jo Adell (CLE RF): 3 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 2 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Jose Ramirez (CLE 3B): 4 AB, 1 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 1 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Matt Festa (CLE RP): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 0 HB, 21 PIT
  • Nathaniel Lowe (CLE 1B): 0 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Patrick Bailey (CLE C): 0 AB, 0 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Petey Halpin (CLE CF): 0 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Shawn Armstrong (CLE RP): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 0 HB, 19 PIT
  • Steven Kwan (CLE LF): 3 AB, 0 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 TB, 0 IBB, 1 SH
  • Tim Herrin (CLE RP): 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 0 HB, 18 PIT
  • Travis Bazzana (CLE 2B): 5 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 2 TB, 0 IBB, 0 SH
  • Bobby Witt Jr. (KC SS): 4 AB, 1 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 SB, 1 TB
  • Carter Jensen (KC C): 4 AB, 2 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 8 TB
  • Connor Thomas (KC RP): 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 22 PIT
  • Jac Caglianone (KC RF): 5 AB, 3 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 4 TB
  • John Rave (KC RF): 3 AB, 1 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 1 SB, 1 TB
  • Kyle Isbel (KC CF): 3 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Lucas Erceg (KC RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 25 PIT
  • Maikel Garcia (KC 3B): 4 AB, 2 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 2 TB
  • Michael Massey (KC 2B): 5 AB, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Nate Pearson (KC RP): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 23 PIT
  • Noah Cameron (KC SP): 5.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 101 PIT
  • Nolan Hoffman (KC RP): 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 11 PIT
  • Salvador Perez (KC DH): 4 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 4 TB
  • Vinnie Pasquantino (KC 1B): 4 AB, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full Royals vs Guardians head-to-head (26 meetings).

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