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

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S. LugoR	5-7 W-L	145.1 IP	4.71 ERA	2.41 SO/BB	1.38 WHIP
P. MessickL	9-8 W-L	149.0 IP	2.54 ERA	3.80 SO/BB	1.03 WHIP

5-7, 145.1 IP, 4.71 ERA

9-8, 149.0 IP, 2.54 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
Jac Caglianone	Ankle	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25

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	08-23-2026Probable for Aug 24

	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	113	442	71	127	48	16	52	88	.287	.363	.459	.822	26	1	35	7	395
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	122	425	57	93	57	17	50	139	.219	.301	.402	.703	25	1	1	1	268
S. Perez DH	122	468	46	104	58	17	19	99	.222	.267	.376	.643	19	1	1	0	263
M. Massey 2B	109	338	46	93	43	11	18	62	.275	.307	.444	.751	22	1	2	0	230
I. Collins LF	118	369	41	84	38	6	50	96	.228	.327	.347	.674	20	3	6	5	222
V. Pasquantino 1B	86	319	40	78	38	8	40	60	.245	.329	.379	.708	15	2	4	0	219
N. Loftin 3B	93	282	35	67	40	6	36	51	.238	.332	.387	.719	20	2	2	1	203
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	73	216	25	52	23	6	12	52	.241	.288	.370	.658	8	1	6	0	129
T. Tolbert SS	61	105	26	30	8	3	11	22	.286	.356	.419	.775	5	0	18	3	112
J. Rave RF	28	65	13	14	7	3	6	16	.215	.282	.462	.744	5	1	4	0	56
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	10	28	2	5	5	1	1	11	.179	.207	.321	.528	1	0	0	0	11
Total	132	4414	560	1086	534	136	410	1034	.246	.314	.400	.714	235	18	104	29	2674

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	50	4	4-4	1	3	58.1	2.93	43	23	19	4	17	43	.200	1.03	130
S. Cruz RP	47	2	2-3	5	6	49.2	4.17	41	24	23	12	19	54	.223	1.21	125
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
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	112
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
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	90
J. Schreiber RP	53	0	1-3	1	4	47.1	3.80	41	23	20	7	22	35	.240	1.33	74
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
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
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
M. Black RP	16	0	0-0	0	0	29.1	4.60	30	16	15	6	20	19	.265	1.70	30
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
J. Cuas RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	13.0	2.08	14	3	3	0	8	14	.275	1.69	21
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	132	132	58-74	33	56	1160.1	4.72	1140	651	609	163	490	964	.258	1.40	2245

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. DeLauter RF	110	413	52	119	59	13	50	66	.288	.363	.450	.813	22	3	9	2	330
J. Ramirez 3B	97	357	58	84	39	10	54	53	.235	.335	.375	.710	20	0	29	3	315
J. Adell RF	17	62	8	16	17	4	5	21	.258	.329	.532	.861	5	0	0	0	311
B. Rocchio SS	125	437	47	109	53	10	32	70	.249	.311	.368	.679	18	2	16	5	294
S. Kwan LF	121	421	61	111	25	2	69	50	.264	.370	.323	.693	15	2	9	2	286
T. Bazzana 2B	97	359	40	86	39	9	47	88	.240	.332	.370	.702	16	2	18	5	250
N. Lowe 1B	13	45	6	12	9	2	3	9	.267	.300	.489	.789	4	0	0	0	214
A. Martinez LF	90	302	35	74	45	12	9	72	.245	.278	.427	.705	17	1	11	3	206
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	66	170	19	46	19	4	18	32	.271	.340	.382	.722	7	0	1	1	107
P. Halpin CF	58	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	16	59	8	17	3	1	4	7	.288	.344	.390	.734	3	0	1	0	37
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	131	4360	527	1024	504	123	475	1060	.235	.314	.370	.684	195	13	126	25	3180

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Griffin SP	3	3	2-1	0	0	15.0	4.20	16	9	7	4	5	15	.271	1.40	410
G. Williams SP	26	26	12-7	0	0	154.2	3.72	120	67	64	25	48	201	.211	1.09	405
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	107
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	56	0	2-3	1	2	54.1	3.81	58	27	23	6	15	60	.270	1.34	97
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	55	0	2-4	0	1	45.1	3.38	34	18	17	5	24	41	.219	1.28	70
C. Yoho RP	8	0	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	8	7	7	2	6	8	.286	2.00	57
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	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	2.89	12	6	3	1	4	11	.300	1.71	14
D. Espino RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	5	3	3	1	4	12	.217	1.50	12
Total	131	131	65-66	37	50	1160.2	3.75	1034	536	483	149	432	1223	.237	1.26	3073

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