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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Michael Massey	Head	08-25-2026Probable for Aug 26
Beck Way	Back	08-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 26
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028
Jac Caglianone	Ankle	08-25-2026Probable for Aug 26

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
Chase DeLauter	Hamstring	08-25-2026Probable for Aug 26

	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	114	445	72	128	48	16	54	89	.288	.365	.458	.823	26	1	35	7	398
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	123	429	58	94	58	17	51	141	.219	.301	.401	.702	25	1	1	1	271
S. Perez DH	123	472	46	105	59	17	20	100	.222	.268	.375	.643	19	1	1	0	266
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
I. Collins LF	119	373	41	86	38	6	51	96	.231	.330	.349	.679	20	3	6	5	225
V. Pasquantino 1B	87	322	40	79	38	8	42	60	.245	.332	.379	.711	15	2	5	0	224
N. Loftin 3B	94	287	36	68	40	6	36	53	.237	.330	.383	.713	20	2	2	1	204
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	74	220	25	53	23	6	12	53	.241	.287	.368	.655	8	1	6	0	129
T. Tolbert SS	62	107	27	31	8	3	11	23	.290	.358	.421	.779	5	0	19	3	115
J. Rave RF	29	69	14	16	8	3	7	17	.232	.303	.464	.767	5	1	4	0	60
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	133	4449	565	1098	538	136	419	1043	.247	.316	.399	.715	235	18	106	29	2702

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	27	27	6-7	0	0	150.1	4.61	161	85	77	16	47	116	.279	1.38	266
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	48	2	2-3	5	6	50.2	4.44	44	26	25	12	19	54	.233	1.24	123
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	115
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
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	13	0	1-1	2	3	12.2	0.71	6	1	1	0	5	11	.140	0.87	91
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
J. Schreiber RP	54	0	1-3	1	4	48.1	3.72	41	23	20	7	22	36	.236	1.30	78
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	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.182	0.67	-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	133	133	59-74	33	56	1169.1	4.71	1150	654	612	163	492	971	.258	1.40	2270

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. DeLauter RF	111	414	52	119	59	13	50	67	.287	.362	.449	.811	22	3	9	2	329
J. Ramirez 3B	99	367	58	88	44	10	54	56	.240	.336	.384	.720	23	0	30	4	327
J. Adell RF	19	70	8	17	18	4	7	24	.243	.325	.486	.811	5	0	1	0	316
S. Kwan LF	123	431	65	118	26	2	70	50	.274	.378	.332	.710	15	2	9	3	298
B. Rocchio SS	127	446	49	110	54	10	32	72	.247	.308	.363	.671	18	2	16	5	297
T. Bazzana 2B	98	364	41	87	40	9	48	89	.239	.332	.371	.703	17	2	18	5	254
N. Lowe 1B	17	63	7	15	11	2	3	11	.238	.261	.397	.658	4	0	0	0	215
A. Martinez LF	92	311	36	76	45	12	10	73	.244	.278	.424	.702	18	1	11	3	210
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	128
A. Hedges C	67	174	20	47	21	5	18	33	.270	.338	.397	.735	7	0	1	1	113
P. Halpin CF	60	142	19	31	9	3	6	30	.218	.258	.324	.582	4	1	9	1	84
D. Fry LF	72	144	16	26	13	6	25	52	.181	.302	.333	.635	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	17	62	9	18	3	1	5	8	.290	.353	.387	.740	3	0	1	0	40
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	133	4435	539	1045	516	124	486	1078	.236	.315	.370	.685	200	13	128	27	3237

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Griffin SP	4	4	3-1	0	0	20.0	4.05	21	11	9	4	8	19	.269	1.45	410
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	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	52	0	6-3	1	2	52.0	2.25	30	14	13	1	19	50	.166	0.94	143
A. Hedges C	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	6.75	4	2	2	0	0	1	.333	1.50	113
E. Sabrowski RP	49	0	5-2	0	2	38.0	3.08	23	16	13	3	25	64	.172	1.26	109
M. Festa RP	57	0	2-3	1	2	56.0	3.70	58	27	23	6	16	62	.264	1.32	102
H. Gaddis RP	52	0	1-3	1	3	44.2	3.22	42	16	16	5	18	43	.241	1.34	76
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	9	0	0-1	0	0	8.1	7.56	10	7	7	2	6	9	.294	1.92	60
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	5	1	0-0	0	0	12.1	2.92	14	7	4	2	4	13	.275	1.46	19
D. Espino RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	5	3	3	1	4	12	.217	1.50	12
Total	133	133	67-66	39	52	1179.2	3.75	1049	544	491	152	435	1246	.236	1.26	3149

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