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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

9/25/2026, 7:40:00 PM ET · Kauffman Stadium

Cleveland Guardians12
Kansas City Royals9
FINALtotal 7.526,034 attendance

Cleveland Guardians

83–76 · last 5: 4–1

DateOppResultRunsvs 7.5
09-24@ BOSW 1–01U
09-23@ BOSL 0–11U
09-22@ BOSW 3–25U
09-20vs ATHW 1–01U
09-19vs ATHW 12–618O

Kansas City Royals

68–91 · last 5: 1–4

DateOppResultRunsvs 7.5
09-24vs CHWL 1–910O
09-23vs CHWW 5–49O
09-22vs CHWL 11–1425O
09-20@ PITL 3–47U
09-19@ PITL 5–611O

Probable pitchers

Expected to throw the bulk of the game.

Gavin Williams

Cleveland Guardians · RHP Projected

SplitGSIPERAWHIPOBAK%K/9HR/9
202635196.03.631.10.20734.3%12.51.29
2026 Away1577.24.981.21.22831.1%11.51.85
2026 Day1381.22.420.94.19135.8%12.60.77
202532173.22.951.26.21024.9%9.41.19
SplitBFHRBBOBASLGBRL%HH%K%
2026 vs LHB4451434.197.35311.2%42.2%35.3%
2026 vs RHB3011427.238.41811.5%51.1%30.2%
2025 vs LHB3571347.159.31810.6%47.5%26.1%
2025 vs RHB329933.260.4017.3%40.8%22.8%
Strikeoutso6.5+137

Noah Cameron

Kansas City Royals · LHP Projected

SplitGSIPERAWHIPOBAK%K/9HR/9
202631177.14.111.23.23321.2%8.01.07
2026 Home1683.24.951.48.26319.8%8.01.08
2026 Day1271.13.411.12.21921.1%7.80.88
202524138.12.991.10.21220.5%7.41.17
SplitBFHRBBOBASLGBRL%HH%K%
2026 vs LHB182510.275.43710.7%36.6%22.5%
2026 vs RHB5641648.225.3857.4%38.1%20.7%
2025 vs LHB13559.161.33910.2%44.9%20.0%
2025 vs RHB4211334.231.3695.0%34.9%20.7%
Pitching Outso17.5+108
Earned Runso2.5+126

Batting orders

Cleveland Guardians

Confirmed

3 LHB, 3 RHB, 3 SW · 2026

#BatterPosABHHRAVGSLGK%BRL%HH%Hits
1Steven KwanLCF5681593.280.3439.9%0.4%10.6%—
2José RamírezSW3B50012014.240.38413.1%4.2%38.3%o1.5 +122
3Chase DeLauterLDH52115117.290.46114.2%6.3%45.6%o0.5 +1074
4Jo AdellRRF63115123.239.40125.1%8.9%45.2%o0.5 +165
5Angel MartínezSWLF40710018.246.44724.0%7.2%35.4%—
6David FryR1B185378.200.36228.2%6.5%34.7%—
7Travis BazzanaL2B47311415.241.40020.9%5.2%36.0%o0.5 +202
8Austin HedgesRC218536.243.37218.9%4.6%32.8%—
9Brayan RocchioSWSS55613715.246.37915.4%2.9%29.7%o0.5 +1100

Kansas City Royals

Confirmed

6 LHB, 3 RHB, 0 SW · 2026

#BatterPosABHHRAVGSLGK%BRL%HH%Hits
1Carter JensenLC52712627.239.46728.7%12.7%44.8%—
2Bobby Witt Jr.RSS55815718.281.44117.4%11.4%50.3%o1.5 -103
3Jac CaglianoneLRF51214823.289.49426.4%13.1%54.6%o1.5 +100
4Maikel GarciaR3B310833.268.38114.6%4.2%40.5%—
5Vinnie PasquantinoL1B42110517.249.42816.1%9.5%41.8%—
6Salvador PerezRDH58013321.229.38319.7%10.8%42.7%o0.5 -139
7Michael MasseyL2B42311613.274.43016.9%6.2%39.0%o0.5 -170
8John RaveLLF142336.232.43023.9%10.5%35.2%—
9Kyle IsbelLCF294666.224.32323.9%2.6%33.2%—