KC 12, CLE 6 | Feb 28, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, February 28, 2023•Goodyear Ballpark•63°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

CLE

Guardians

Final

WIN

Evan Sisk

LOSS

Juan Zapata

The Royals cruised past the Guardians 12-6 in a dominant performance.

★Maikel Garcia4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Jose Briceno singles on a ground ball to center fielder Joe Lampe. Dairon Blanco scores. Tucker Bradley scores.

Weather: 63°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, VariesFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:50Att: 2,164Venue: Goodyear Ballpark

Win Probability

CLE WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	6	12	15	0
CLE	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0

Game 719338 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Tucker BradleyLF	1	1	0	0	1	0	.500/.571/1.000
Tyler TolbertCF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143/.143/.571
José BriceñoC	3	1	2	2	0	0	.429/.429/.571
Freddy FerminDH	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000/.667/.000
Robbie Glendinning2B	2	2	2	0	0	0	.833/.833/.833
Logan Porter1B	2	1	2	2	0	0	.500/.600/.750
Clay Dungan3B	2	0	0	1	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Maikel GarciaSS	3	1	2	4	0	0	.667/.667/1.167
Dairon BlancoRF	2	1	0	0	1	1	.200/.429/.800
Bench
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	.286/.375/.571
Kyle IsbelCF	1	0	1	0	2	0	.333/.556/.333
Salvador PerezC
Totals	38	12	15	12	6	6	-

HR:Garcia (6th off Herrin, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Olivares; Porter; Duffy

TB:21

RBI:Pasquantino 2; Garcia 4; Jr.; Dungan; Porter 2; Briceño 2

SF:Dungan

GIDP:Pasquantino; Duffy

Team LOB:6

Cleveland Guardians

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Julian EscobedoLF	0	1	0	1	2	0	.000/.500/.000
Milan TolentinoSS	2	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jordan Lyles	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	21-13	9.00
Aroldis ChapmanH	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	9-8	0.00
Scott BarlowH	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-5	0.00
Dylan ColemanH	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	12-11	0.00
Max CastilloBS	0.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	17-9	54.00
Jacob Wallace	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-4	0.00
Richard Lovelady	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8-8	0.00
Evan SiskW	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6-2	4.50
Steven Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
Totals	9.0	10	6	6	4	11	1	85-63	-

WP:Wallace

HBP:Naranjo (by Coleman)

Inherited runners-scored:Wallace 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Lyles 21-13; Chapman 9-8; Barlow 5-5; Coleman 12-11; Castillo 17-9; Wallace 4-4; Lovelady 8-8; Sisk 6-2; Cruz 3-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Lyles 1-4; Chapman 0-1; Barlow 2-1; Coleman 0-0; Castillo 0-0; Wallace 1-0; Lovelady 0-1; Sisk 1-1; Cruz 3-0

Cleveland Guardians

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Triston McKenzie	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	13-8	0.00
Touki Toussaint

Bot 1 • CLE

0-2

Josh Bell homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Richie Palacios scores.

Top 3 • KC

3-2

Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to right fielder Oscar Gonzalez. Nate Eaton scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd.

1-2

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a ground ball to left fielder Richie Palacios. Edward Olivares scores. Nate Eaton to 3rd.

Top 6 • KC

5-2

Maikel Garcia homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Matt Duffy scores.

Bot 6 • CLE

5-3

Julian Escobedo walks. Johnathan Rodriguez scores. Joe Lampe to 3rd. Brayan Rocchio to 2nd.

5-5

David Fry doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Tucker Bradley. Joe Lampe scores. Brayan Rocchio scores. Julian Escobedo to 3rd.

5-6

Joe Naranjo strikes out swinging. Julian Escobedo scores. David Fry to 3rd. Joe Naranjo to 1st. Wild pitch by pitcher Jacob Wallace.

Top 8 • KC

6-6

Clay Dungan out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Julian Escobedo. Robbie Glendinning scores.

Top 9 • KC

12-6

Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to left fielder Julian Escobedo. Robbie Glendinning scores. Logan Porter scores.

10-6

Logan Porter doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Joe Lampe. Jose Briceno scores. Freddy Fermin scores. Robbie Glendinning to 3rd.

8-6

Jose Briceno singles on a ground ball to center fielder Joe Lampe. Dairon Blanco scores. Tucker Bradley scores.

WP:Aleman

Inherited runners-scored:Jones 3-2; Gervacio 2-2

Pitches-strikes:McKenzie 13-8; Toussaint 19-11; Jones 2-2; Smith 4-4; Herrin 10-9; Mikolajchak 3-3; Aleman 6-5; Zapata 14-2; Gervacio 7-7

Groundouts-flyouts:McKenzie 1-3; Toussaint 2-0; Jones 1-0; Smith 1-1; Herrin 1-0; Mikolajchak 1-2; Aleman 2-1; Zapata 0-1; Gervacio 0-1

Bench
Richie PalaciosLF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.500/.571/.500
Amed RosarioSS	3	0	1	0	0	1	.250/.400/.250
José Ramírez3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.200/.200/.200
Josh Bell1B	2	1	1	2	0	1	.250/.250/1.000
Josh NaylorDH	3	0	1	0	0	1	.250/.333/.250
Oscar GonzalezRF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.200/.200/.200
Brayan Rocchio2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.250/.333/.250
Cam GallagherC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Triston McKenzieP							.000/.000/.000
Touki ToussaintP							.000/.000/.000
Jordan JonesP							.000/.000/.000
Cade SmithP							.000/.000/.000
Tim HerrinP							.000/.000/.000
Nick MikolajchakP							.000/.000/.000
Franco AlemanP							.000/.000/.000
Juan ZapataP							.000/.000/.000
Yeury GervacioP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Cleveland Guardians

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Cleveland Guardians

Game Notes