Cleveland at Kansas City — MLB September 25, 2026

12 – 9

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	12	9	2
KC	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	9	13	1

Decisions

Win H. Gaddis CLE

1.0 IP · 3 H · 2 ER · 0 K · 2.98 ERA

Loss N. Pearson KC

0.2 IP · 0 H · 4 ER · 0 K · 4.17 ERA

Recap

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Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CLE	KC
Top 1st Angel Martínez singles on a ground ball to left fielder John Rave. Steven Kwan scores. José Ramírez scores. Jo Adell to 2nd.	2	0
Bottom 1st Jac Caglianone doubles (29) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Angel Martínez. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	2	1
Top 2nd Austin Hedges homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field.	3	1
Bottom 2nd Carter Jensen homers (26) on a fly ball to right field. John Rave scores.	3	3
Top 4th José Ramírez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Austin Hedges scores. Brayan Rocchio to 3rd.	4	3
Bottom 4th Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Steven Kwan. John Rave scores.	4	4
Bottom 4th Jac Caglianone singles on a line drive to right fielder Jo Adell. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	4	5
Top 5th David Fry homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Jo Adell scores.	6	5
Top 5th Brayan Rocchio grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Travis Bazzana scores. Austin Hedges to 3rd.	7	5
Bottom 8th Carter Jensen homers (27) on a fly ball to right center field. Kyle Isbel scores.	7	7
Top 9th José Ramírez walks. Patrick Bailey scores. Brayan Rocchio to 3rd. Steven Kwan to 2nd.	8	7
Top 9th Chase DeLauter walks. Brayan Rocchio scores. Steven Kwan to 3rd. José Ramírez to 2nd.	9	7
Top 9th Petey Halpin walks. Steven Kwan scores. José Ramírez to 3rd. Chase DeLauter to 2nd.	10	7
Top 9th Angel Martínez doubles (24) on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. José Ramírez scores. Chase DeLauter scores. Petey Halpin out at home on the throw, left fielder John Rave to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to catcher Carter Jensen.	12	7
Bottom 9th Salvador Perez homers (21) on a fly ball to left field. Maikel Garcia scores.	12	9

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	CLE	-133	-132
money	KC	+120	+122
spread	CLE	-1 (-102)	-1 (-101)
spread	KC	+1 (-112)	+1 (-111)
totals	CLE	O 8 (-101)	O 7 (-115)
totals	KC	U 8 (-113)	U 7 (+102)

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Box score

Cleveland

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
S. Kwan CF-LF	3	2	0	0	2	0	.279
J. Ramírez 3B	4	2	1	2	1	0	.237
C. DeLauter DH	4	1	1	1	2	1	.287
J. Adell RF	3	1	1	0	2	0	.239
P. Halpin PR-CF	0	0	0	1	1	0	.224
A. Martínez LF-RF	5	0	2	4	1	0	.260
D. Fry 1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	.194
N. Lowe PH-1B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.251
T. Bazzana 2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.243
A. Genao 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211
A. Hedges C	3	2	1	1	1	0	.249
P. Bailey PH-C	0	1	0	0	1	0	.205
B. Rocchio SS	4	1	1	1	1	1	.249
Totals		12	9		13	3

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
G. Williams	3.1	5	4	4	4	4	74
T. Herrin	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	18
S. Armstrong	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	19
D. Espino	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13
E. Sabrowski	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	18
H. Gaddis W	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	13
M. Festa	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	21

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	4	2	2	5	0	1	.237
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	2	1	0	1	1	.282
J. Caglianone RF	5	0	3	2	0	1	.286
M. Garcia 3B	4	1	2	0	1	0	.266
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	1	0	1	1	.246
S. Perez DH	4	1	1	2	1	0	.229
M. Massey 2B	5	0	1	0	0	2	.272
J. Rave LF	3	2	1	0	1	0	.232
K. Isbel CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.221
Totals		9	13		5	6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
N. Cameron	5.0	7	7	6	4	3	101
C. Thomas	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	22
L. Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	25
N. Pearson L	0.2	0	4	4	4	0	23
N. Hoffman	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	11