Cleveland at Kansas City — MLB September 26, 2026

11 – 5

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	11	14	1
KC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	10	2

Decisions

Win T. Bibee CLE

6.0 IP · 7 H · 3 ER · 6 K · 4.36 ERA

Loss M. Wacha KC

6.1 IP · 6 H · 2 ER · 4 K · 3.32 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CLE	KC
Bottom 1st Bobby Witt Jr. steals (45) 2nd base. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Throwing error by catcher Patrick Bailey.	0	1
Bottom 1st Jac Caglianone doubles (30) on a ground ball to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	0	2
Bottom 1st Michael Massey singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Jac Caglianone scores.	0	3
Top 2nd Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Jo Adell scores. Travis Bazzana to 3rd.	1	3
Top 2nd Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Patrick Bailey homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Travis Bazzana scores.	3	3
Top 2nd Steven Kwan triples (3) on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brayan Rocchio scores.	4	3
Top 3rd Chase DeLauter homers (16) on a line drive to right center field.	5	3
Top 6th Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder John Rave. Travis Bazzana scores.	6	3
Top 7th Brayan Rocchio homers (14) on a fly ball to left field.	7	3
Bottom 8th Jac Caglianone doubles (31) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	7	4
Bottom 8th Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Jac Caglianone scores.	7	5
Top 9th Patrick Bailey homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.	8	5
Top 9th Brayan Rocchio homers (15) on a fly ball to right field.	9	5
Top 9th Nathaniel Lowe singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. José Ramírez scores. Jo Adell scores. Angel Genao to 2nd.	11	5

Closing line

Box score

Cleveland

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
S. Kwan CF-LF	4	0	3	1	1	0	.282
J. Ramírez 3B	5	1	0	0	0	0	.235
C. DeLauter RF	4	1	1	1	1	0	.287
J. Adell DH	5	2	1	0	0	0	.238
T. Bazzana 2B	4	2	3	0	0	1	.247
A. Genao 2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211
N. Lowe 1B	3	0	1	4	0	0	.252
A. Martínez LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.257
P. Halpin CF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224
P. Bailey C	5	2	2	3	0	2	.208
B. Rocchio SS	4	3	3	2	0	0	.253
Totals		11	14		4	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
T. Bibee W	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	94
S. Armstrong	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11
C. Yoho	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	10
C. Smith	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	5
S. Cecconi	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	4	1	2	0	1	0	.239
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	2	2	0	0	1	.283
J. Caglianone RF	4	2	2	2	0	1	.287
S. Perez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.229
V. Pasquantino 1B	3	0	1	1	0	2	.247
M. Massey 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.272
J. Rave CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.232
J. Rojas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.229
I. Collins LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.212
Totals		5	10		1	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Wacha L	6.1	6	6	2	1	4	90
A. Gose	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	14
J. Cuas	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	17
A. Lange	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	29
S. Bivens	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	23