Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

MLB

Royals

65-97

2-9

Final

Guardians

92-70

Progressive Field

TV: MLB.TV

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
CLE	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	X	9

Who won: Guardians 9-2

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Progressive Field. The Guardians outscored the Royals 4-1 in the 1st inning. Jose Ramirez went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Guardians. Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with a home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.

Recap · Oct 5

Surging Guardians beat Royals, hours later Matheny fired

José Ramirez drove in two runs and had four hits, Aaron Civale pitched six solid innings and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Wednesday in their final tune-up for the postseason.

What it means

Royals 26-55 on the road; Guardians 46-35 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 3h ago

Guardians start Gavin Williams vs. Rays' Griffin Jax in Game 3

ESPN · 6h ago

MLB 2026: How Jose Ramirez's energy is fueling Guardians' run

Preview · 10h ago

Guardians and Rays tied 1-1 ahead of ALCS Game 3

ESPN · 1d ago

Jose Ramirez takes blame as miscues sink Guardians in Game 2 of ALCS vs. Rays

ESPN · 1d ago

Freddy Peralta shuts down Guardians as Rays even ALCS with Game 2 win

Recap · 1d ago

Freddy Peralta, Liam Hicks lift the Rays to a 3-1 win over the Guardians that evens the ALCS at 1-1

ESPN · 2d ago

Rays bounce back and win Game 2 over Guardians 3-1

Recap · Sep 27

Royals snap 3-game skid, beat AL Central champion Guardians 3-2 in regular-season finale

Injuries and inactives

Royals3rd in AL Cent

Steven Cruz RP
Personal
Out
Mitch Spence RP
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Connor Seabold RP
Lat, Strain, right
60-Day-IL
Nick Loftin 3B
Personal
paternity
Tony Gonsolin SP
Illness
15-Day-IL

Guardians1st in AL Cent

Andrew Walters RP
Elbow, Surgery, right
Out
Colin Holderman RP
Wrist, Surgery, right
15-Day-IL
Rhys Hoskins 1B
Back, Inflammation
10-Day-IL

Probable starters

Royals3rd in AL Cent

Jonathan Heasley SP

Probable starter · 4-10, 5.28 ERA, 70 K, 1.49 WHIP

Lineup

1MJ MelendezDH
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS
3Vinnie Pasquantino1B
4Edward OlivaresRF
5Michael Massey2B
6Drew WatersCF
7Kyle IsbelLF
8Nate Eaton3B
9Sebastian RiveroC

Guardians1st in AL Cent

Aaron Civale SP

Probable starter · 5-6, 4.92 ERA, 98 K, 1.19 WHIP

Lineup

1Steven KwanDH
2Amed RosarioSS
3Jose Ramirez3B
4Andres Gimenez2B
5Josh Naylor1B
6Oscar GonzalezRF
7Will BrennanLF
8Luke MaileC
9Myles StrawCF

Head to head

Last meeting: Royals 19, Guardians 9 (Mar 28)

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Game info

Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio · Attendance 12,983
Officials: Dan Merzel (Home Plate Umpire), Junior Valentine (First Base Umpire), Ted Barrett (Second Base Umpire), Nic Lentz (Third Base Umpire)