Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 28, 2026 Gametracker

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M. WachaR	7-8 W-L	162.2 IP	3.49 ERA	3.00 SO/BB	1.13 WHIP
T. BibeeR	5-13 W-L	156.1 IP	3.97 ERA	2.80 SO/BB	1.14 WHIP

7-8, 162.2 IP, 3.49 ERA

5-13, 156.1 IP, 3.97 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Beck Way	Back	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shawn Armstrong	Calf	09-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 23
Rhys Hoskins	Back	08-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 29
Slade Cecconi	Arm	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Colin Holderman	Wrist	08-22-2026Probable for Aug 23

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guardians CLE-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	112	438	71	126	48	16	51	86	.288	.362	.461	.823	26	1	34	6	393
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	121	424	57	93	57	17	50	139	.219	.301	.403	.704	25	1	1	1	268
S. Perez DH	121	464	44	102	57	17	19	97	.220	.265	.373	.638	18	1	0	0	256
M. Massey 2B	109	338	46	93	43	11	18	62	.275	.307	.444	.751	22	1	2	0	230
I. Collins LF	117	365	41	83	38	6	50	94	.227	.328	.348	.676	20	3	6	5	222
V. Pasquantino 1B	85	315	39	77	37	8	39	60	.244	.328	.378	.706	14	2	4	0	214
N. Loftin 3B	92	278	33	64	36	5	35	51	.230	.325	.371	.696	20	2	2	1	190
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	72	212	23	50	20	6	12	52	.236	.284	.368	.652	8	1	5	0	120
T. Tolbert SS	60	102	25	30	8	3	11	21	.294	.360	.431	.791	5	0	18	3	110
J. Rave RF	27	62	10	12	5	2	5	16	.194	.254	.403	.657	5	1	2	0	41
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	9	25	2	5	5	1	1	10	.200	.231	.360	.591	1	0	0	0	12
Total	131	4380	549	1074	523	134	406	1026	.245	.313	.398	.711	233	18	99	28	2622

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	26	26	7-8	0	0	162.2	3.49	141	67	63	22	42	126	.233	1.13	359
N. Cameron SP	25	24	8-8	0	0	143.1	4.02	128	69	64	14	46	128	.236	1.21	293
S. Lugo SP	26	26	5-7	0	0	145.1	4.71	155	84	76	16	46	111	.278	1.38	249
D. Lynch IV RP	49	3	4-4	1	3	54.0	2.83	39	21	17	4	16	41	.196	1.02	123
S. Cruz RP	46	2	2-3	5	6	48.2	4.25	41	24	23	12	18	52	.227	1.21	122
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
A. Lange RP	49	0	2-7	10	13	50.2	5.86	49	35	33	6	26	53	.254	1.48	114
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	110
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
N. Pearson RP	12	0	1-1	2	3	11.2	0.77	5	1	1	0	5	10	.128	0.86	88
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
J. Schreiber RP	52	0	0-3	1	4	46.2	3.86	41	23	20	7	22	34	.243	1.35	65
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
M. Black RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	28.2	3.77	27	12	12	5	19	19	.250	1.60	35
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
J. Cuas RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	1.50	12	2	2	0	6	13	.261	1.50	22
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.222	0.75	-5
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	131	131	57-74	33	56	1151.1	4.71	1130	644	603	162	485	957	.257	1.40	2228

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. DeLauter RF	109	409	50	116	57	13	49	66	.284	.358	.438	.796	22	1	9	2	318
J. Ramirez 3B	97	357	58	84	39	10	54	53	.235	.335	.375	.710	20	0	29	3	315
J. Adell RF	16	57	8	14	15	4	5	20	.246	.323	.526	.849	4	0	0	0	307
B. Rocchio SS	124	434	46	109	52	10	32	70	.251	.314	.371	.685	18	2	15	5	290
S. Kwan LF	120	416	59	109	25	2	69	49	.262	.370	.322	.692	15	2	9	2	282
T. Bazzana 2B	96	356	40	86	39	9	46	88	.242	.333	.374	.707	16	2	18	5	249
N. Lowe 1B	13	45	6	12	9	2	3	9	.267	.300	.489	.789	4	0	0	0	211
A. Martinez LF	89	299	34	72	44	12	8	71	.241	.272	.425	.697	17	1	10	3	199
K. Manzardo 1B	102	312	40	67	39	13	36	114	.215	.306	.378	.684	10	1	0	0	182
R. Hoskins 1B	95	263	33	47	38	13	47	100	.179	.306	.376	.682	13	0	1	0	172
D. Schneemann CF	83	252	28	52	28	6	24	81	.206	.275	.321	.596	11	0	6	2	130
P. Bailey C	59	170	18	37	25	6	14	48	.218	.273	.376	.649	7	1	1	0	124
A. Hedges C	65	166	19	44	19	4	18	32	.265	.337	.380	.717	7	0	1	1	105
P. Halpin CF	57	137	18	29	9	3	5	29	.212	.248	.321	.569	4	1	9	1	80
D. Fry LF	71	143	16	26	13	6	25	51	.182	.304	.336	.640	4	0	0	0	76
K. Watson RF	27	88	6	21	11	1	3	32	.239	.264	.341	.605	6	0	9	1	51
A. Genao 2B	15	54	8	17	3	1	4	5	.315	.373	.426	.799	3	0	1	0	38
C. Kayfus LF	9	22	4	4	2	1	2	8	.182	.280	.364	.644	1	0	0	0	13
C. Ingle LF	7	21	1	2	2	0	3	12	.095	.208	.095	.303	0	0	0	0	2
Total	130	4323	520	1012	497	123	472	1055	.234	.313	.369	.682	194	11	124	25	3144

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
G. Williams SP	26	26	12-7	0	0	154.2	3.72	120	67	64	25	48	201	.211	1.09	405
F. Griffin SP	3	3	2-1	0	0	15.0	4.20	16	9	7	4	5	15	.271	1.40	396
C. Smith RP	55	0	3-1	33	38	58.0	2.33	44	19	15	5	20	81	.206	1.10	381
P. Messick SP	25	25	9-8	0	0	149.0	2.54	113	46	42	14	40	152	.208	1.03	379
T. Bibee SP	27	27	5-13	0	0	156.1	3.97	135	73	69	26	44	123	.232	1.14	295
J. Cantillo SP	27	27	9-7	0	0	130.1	3.73	126	63	54	15	63	144	.255	1.45	261
S. Cecconi SP	23	21	4-7	0	0	110.0	5.07	128	68	62	17	37	88	.290	1.50	152
C. Holderman RP	50	0	6-3	1	2	50.0	2.34	29	14	13	1	19	46	.167	0.96	137
A. Hedges C	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	6.75	4	2	2	0	0	1	.333	1.50	105
E. Sabrowski RP	48	0	4-2	0	2	37.0	3.16	23	16	13	3	25	61	.176	1.30	97
M. Festa RP	55	0	2-3	1	2	53.2	3.86	58	27	23	6	15	58	.272	1.36	94
H. Gaddis RP	51	0	1-3	1	3	43.2	3.30	41	16	16	5	18	43	.241	1.35	74
T. Herrin RP	54	0	2-4	0	1	44.1	3.45	34	18	17	5	24	40	.224	1.31	67
S. Armstrong RP	38	0	2-1	0	0	33.0	4.91	29	19	18	4	19	33	.236	1.45	56
C. Yoho RP	8	0	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	8	7	7	2	6	8	.286	2.00	55
C. Brogdon RP	15	0	2-2	1	2	15.1	5.28	14	12	9	5	3	14	.230	1.11	38
F. Aleman RP	18	0	0-0	0	0	18.2	3.38	19	7	7	2	8	22	.264	1.45	31
D. Espino RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	5	3	3	1	4	12	.217	1.50	12
L. Allen RP	3	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	3.24	12	6	3	1	4	10	.324	1.92	11
Total	130	130	64-66	37	50	1151.2	3.76	1027	534	481	149	429	1214	.237	1.26	3046

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