Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 30, 2026 Gametracker

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S. LugoR	6-7 W-L	150.1 IP	4.61 ERA	2.47 SO/BB	1.38 WHIP
P. MessickL	10-8 W-L	155.0 IP	2.50 ERA	3.80 SO/BB	1.01 WHIP

6-7, 150.1 IP, 4.61 ERA

10-8, 155.0 IP, 2.50 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	09-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 5
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	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1
Michael Massey	Concussion	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Beck Way	Back	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
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	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
Slade Cecconi	Arm	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1

	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	118	463	77	133	49	16	55	91	.287	.363	.456	.819	28	1	36	7	413
J. Caglianone RF	125	453	63	129	66	23	29	127	.285	.334	.499	.833	24	2	6	2	335
C. Jensen C	127	443	61	98	61	19	56	145	.221	.308	.411	.719	25	1	2	1	292
S. Perez DH	127	490	46	109	61	17	20	106	.222	.267	.373	.640	21	1	1	0	271
V. Pasquantino 1B	90	333	41	82	41	9	44	61	.246	.336	.384	.720	15	2	5	0	236
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
I. Collins LF	123	387	41	90	40	6	52	101	.233	.330	.354	.684	23	3	6	5	232
N. Loftin 3B	97	300	38	71	40	6	36	55	.237	.327	.383	.710	22	2	2	1	210
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	77	230	26	54	24	6	13	57	.235	.282	.361	.643	9	1	6	0	132
T. Tolbert SS	66	111	30	34	8	3	12	23	.306	.376	.432	.808	5	0	20	3	124
J. Rave RF	32	80	16	18	8	3	7	17	.225	.287	.425	.712	5	1	4	0	64
J. Rojas 3B	33	85	9	21	13	2	4	15	.247	.281	.365	.646	4	0	1	0	51
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	12	33	2	5	5	1	1	11	.152	.176	.273	.449	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	0	0	0
Total	137	4598	589	1141	560	141	431	1076	.248	.316	.402	.718	247	18	109	29	2819

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	27	27	8-8	0	0	170.2	3.32	145	67	63	22	42	136	.229	1.10	394
N. Cameron SP	26	25	9-8	0	0	149.1	3.98	134	71	66	15	48	131	.237	1.22	312
S. Lugo SP	27	27	6-7	0	0	150.1	4.61	161	85	77	16	47	116	.279	1.38	266
D. Lynch IV RP	51	5	4-4	1	3	61.2	3.06	46	25	21	5	19	46	.202	1.05	135
S. Cruz RP	49	2	2-3	6	7	51.2	4.35	46	26	25	12	19	56	.237	1.26	131
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	124
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	51	0	2-7	10	13	52.2	5.81	52	36	34	6	27	54	.259	1.50	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
R. Dobnak SP	10	8	2-2	0	0	51.2	1.92	50	11	11	3	21	34	.254	1.37	100
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
N. Pearson RP	15	0	1-1	2	3	14.2	0.61	7	1	1	0	6	13	.140	0.89	94
J. Schreiber RP	55	0	1-3	1	4	49.1	3.65	41	23	20	7	22	36	.232	1.28	81
C. Kimbrel RP	6	0	1-0	1	1	6.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.059	0.47	73
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	51
M. Black RP	17	0	0-0	0	0	31.1	4.31	30	16	15	6	20	19	.252	1.60	36
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	13	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	15	3	3	0	8	14	.278	1.64	23
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
A. Gose RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	15
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	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.154	0.50	-3
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	137	137	62-75	34	57	1204.1	4.63	1175	662	620	166	498	996	.256	1.39	2404

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Ramirez 3B	102	379	59	91	44	10	55	59	.240	.336	.383	.719	24	0	31	4	333
C. DeLauter RF	114	423	52	121	59	13	50	71	.286	.359	.444	.803	22	3	9	2	329
J. Adell RF	22	81	9	18	18	4	9	26	.222	.312	.432	.744	5	0	1	0	319
B. Rocchio SS	130	456	51	113	54	10	32	74	.248	.307	.364	.671	19	2	16	5	302
S. Kwan LF	126	444	65	121	27	2	70	53	.273	.374	.331	.705	16	2	9	3	301
T. Bazzana 2B	100	370	42	89	42	9	48	92	.241	.332	.370	.702	17	2	18	5	259
A. Martinez LF	94	318	37	78	48	13	10	74	.245	.281	.431	.712	18	1	11	3	220
N. Lowe 1B	20	72	7	17	12	2	4	16	.236	.266	.375	.641	4	0	0	0	217
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
P. Bailey C	62	174	19	39	25	6	18	49	.224	.292	.379	.671	7	1	1	0	130
D. Schneemann CF	83	252	28	52	28	6	24	81	.206	.275	.321	.596	11	0	6	2	130
A. Hedges C	69	180	20	47	21	5	18	35	.261	.328	.383	.711	7	0	1	1	112
P. Halpin CF	63	145	20	32	9	3	6	30	.221	.260	.324	.584	4	1	9	1	86
D. Fry LF	73	145	16	27	13	6	26	52	.186	.310	.345	.655	5	0	0	0	79
K. Watson RF	27	88	6	21	11	1	3	32	.239	.264	.341	.605	6	0	9	1	51
A. Genao 2B	20	71	9	19	3	1	5	8	.268	.325	.352	.677	3	0	1	0	41
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	136	4534	546	1068	523	125	491	1103	.236	.314	.369	.683	204	13	129	27	3278

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Griffin SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	25.0	3.96	25	13	11	4	9	23	.260	1.36	420
P. Messick SP	26	26	10-8	0	0	155.0	2.50	116	47	43	14	41	156	.206	1.01	404
C. Smith RP	57	0	3-1	35	40	60.0	2.40	45	20	16	5	20	84	.205	1.08	399
G. Williams SP	27	27	12-7	0	0	156.0	3.98	126	72	69	27	49	204	.218	1.12	399
T. Bibee SP	28	28	5-14	0	0	162.1	3.88	142	74	70	26	46	128	.234	1.16	303
J. Cantillo SP	28	28	9-7	0	0	136.1	3.70	128	66	56	15	70	145	.250	1.45	270
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	53	0	6-4	1	2	52.1	2.75	34	18	16	1	19	50	.182	1.01	132
E. Sabrowski RP	51	0	5-2	1	3	39.1	2.97	25	16	13	3	26	65	.179	1.30	117
A. Hedges C	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	6.75	4	2	2	0	0	1	.333	1.50	112
M. Festa RP	58	0	2-3	1	2	57.1	3.61	58	27	23	6	16	62	.259	1.29	106
H. Gaddis RP	53	0	2-3	1	3	45.1	3.18	42	16	16	5	19	44	.239	1.35	85
T. Herrin RP	57	0	2-4	0	1	47.2	3.21	34	18	17	5	24	43	.210	1.22	78
C. Yoho RP	11	0	0-1	0	0	11.1	7.15	13	9	9	3	6	14	.289	1.68	64
S. Armstrong RP	38	0	2-1	0	0	33.0	4.91	29	19	18	4	19	33	.236	1.45	56
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
L. Allen RP	6	1	0-0	0	0	14.1	3.77	17	9	6	3	4	15	.283	1.47	21
D. Espino RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	5	3	3	1	4	12	.217	1.50	12
Total	136	136	68-68	40	53	1206.2	3.75	1073	558	503	154	447	1265	.236	1.26	3199

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