Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians
Final
Recap
Sometimes baseball can be a simple game. While it’s a sport that has a season which features thousands of games and outcomes, there are still plenty of occasions where the difference between a team winning and losing can be contributions from its best players. That scenario played out for the Royals on Friday night in their 3-0 win over the Guardians at Progressive Field. While Kansas City’s offense wasn’t able to do much for most of the evening, the game’s first run was generated on a Bobby Witt Jr. masterclass in the fifth inning, while Michael Wacha made it stand up with eight scoreless innings and a season-high 10 strikeouts as the Royals won for the 10th time in 11 games. “That’s probably the best we’ve seen \[Wacha\
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -130 · 55% to win
UpsetRun LineCLE -1.5
KCR coveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 3 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
9Hits6
1Home runs0
2Walks0
9Strikeouts12
0Stolen bases0
125Pitches thrown127
12Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador PerezDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler TolbertPR-LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter JensenC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Rojas3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac CaglianoneRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven CruzP | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael WachaP | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
