Kansas City at Cleveland — MLB August 26, 2024

9 – 4

Final

Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	9	15	2
CLE	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0

Decisions

Win S. Long KC

1.1 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 2.37 ERA

Loss L. Allen CLE

5.0 IP · 8 H · 5 ER · 1 K · 5.73 ERA

Save D. Lynch IV KC

3.0 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 5.61 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	CLE
Bottom 1st José Ramírez doubled to deep right center, Andrés Giménez scored, Steven Kwan scored	0	2
Bottom 1st José Ramírez scored	0	3
Top 2nd Paul DeJong homered (426 ft.) to deep left center	1	3
Top 3rd Salvador Perez grounded out, Bobby Witt Jr. to third, Maikel Garcia scored	2	3
Top 4th Garrett Hampson singled to deep center, Dairon Blanco to third, Paul DeJong scored	3	3
Top 4th Maikel Garcia hit sacrifice fly, Dairon Blanco scored	4	3
Bottom 4th Daniel Schneemann homered (411 ft.) to deep right center	4	4
Top 5th Salvador Perez homered (423 ft.) to deep left center	5	4
Top 6th Salvador Perez homered (470 ft.) to deep center, Vinnie Pasquantino scored, Bobby Witt Jr. scored, Maikel Garcia scored	9	4

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Garcia 2B	4	2	3	1	0	1	.240
B. Witt Jr. SS	3	1	1	0	2	0	.347
V. Pasquantino 1B	5	1	0	0	0	0	.264
S. Perez DH	4	2	2	6	1	1	.278
F. Fermin C	5	0	1	0	0	0	.299
P. DeJong 3B	4	2	2	1	1	1	.238
M. Melendez LF	5	0	3	0	0	1	.216
D. Blanco RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	.267
G. Hampson CF	4	0	2	1	1	0	.239
Totals		9	15		6	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
A. Marsh	4.2	5	4	2	1	2	87
S. Long W	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	26
D. Lynch IV S	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	34

Cleveland

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
S. Kwan LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.302
A. Giménez 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.249
J. Ramírez DH	4	1	3	1	0	0	.277
J. Naylor 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.234
J. Noel RF	3	0	0	0	1	3	.261
W. Brennan CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.249
L. Thomas PH-CF	1	0	0	0	1	0	.230
D. Schneemann 3B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.240
B. Naylor C	1	0	0	0	1	0	.206
D. Fry PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264
A. Hedges C	1	0	0	0	0	0	.147
B. Rocchio SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.207
Totals		4	7		3	5