Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
Final
Recap
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Michael Wacha needed only 79 pitches to get through seven strong innings and Bobby Witt Jr. homered to spark a four-run fourth as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Monday night. Jac Caglianone also went deep for the surging Royals, who have won four in a row and eight of 10. Nick Loftin delivered a two-run single with two outs in the fourth to give Kansas City a 4-2 lead. Five different Royals had an RBI, including Witt's fourth homer and Caglianone's solo shot in the sixth on his bobblehead night.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteKCR -122 · 52% to win
WonRun LineCLE -0.25
KCR coveredTotalO/U 9 · 8 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
5Hits7
1Home runs2
1Walks4
3Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases2
150Pitches thrown95
7Pitching strikeouts3
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven KwanLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David FryDH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel MartinezRF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Bazzana2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo NaylorC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan RocchioSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel SchneemannCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor BrogdonP | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peyton PalletteP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tanner BibeeP | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Matt FestaP | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |