Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians
Final
Recap
CLEVELAND -- Brayan Rocchio's single with one out in the ninth inning drove in CJ Kayfus to give the Cleveland Guardians a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. Kayfus singled off John Schreiber (0-1) and advanced to second when Bo Naylor walked. Rocchio's single just eluded Kansas City second baseman Jonathan India to go into right field. Kayfus slid into home and beat the throw of right fielder Lane Thomas for the winning run. Cleveland second baseman Juan Brito went 2 for 4 in his major-league debut and Steven Kwan had an RBI single in the fifth inning.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -122 · 53% to win
WonRun LineCLE -1.5
KCR coveredTotalO/U 6 · 3 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 15 books
Team stats
1Hits8
1Home runs0
8Walks3
14Strikeouts8
4Stolen bases0
153Pitches thrown163
8Pitching strikeouts14
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac CaglianoneRF-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lane ThomasPR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonathan India2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Salvador PerezDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carter JensenC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah CameronP | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IVP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John SchreiberP | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick MearsP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |