The Scorecard · August 28, 2026

Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

Michael Wacha struck out ten in eight innings and Cleveland never scored.

Final · Kansas City Royals 3, Cleveland Guardians 0 · W Michael Wacha · L Tanner Bibee · S Steven Cruz · Plate Dexter Kelley (graded)

Box score

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

Kansas City Royals	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JensenCarter Jensen C	5	1	1	2	0	2
WittBobby Witt Jr. SS	5	1	1	0	0	1
CaglianoneJac Caglianone RF	4	0	2	0	0	1
PerezSalvador Perez DH	4	0	1	1	0	1
PasquantinoVinnie Pasquantino 1B	2	0	1	0	1	0
LoftinNick Loftin 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
CollinsIsaac Collins LF	3	0	2	0	1	0
TolbertTyler Tolbert PR-LF	0	1	0	0	0	0
RojasJosh Rojas 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1
IsbelKyle Isbel CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	34	3	9	3	2	9

2B: Witt, Collins, Rojas. HR: Jensen.

Cleveland Guardians	AB	H	SO
KwanSteven Kwan LF	4	0	1
DeLauterChase DeLauter DH	4	1	2
RamírezJosé Ramírez 3B	4	0	1
AdellJo Adell RF	4	1	2
LoweNathaniel Lowe 1B	4	0	3
BazzanaTravis Bazzana 2B	3	0	2
BaileyPatrick Bailey C	3	2	0
GenaoAngel Genao PH	1	0	0
HalpinPetey Halpin CF	3	1	0
RocchioBrayan Rocchio SS	3	1	1
Totals	33	6	12

Kansas City Royals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
WachaMichael WachaW	8.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	103-75
CruzSteven CruzS	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	22-16

Cleveland Guardians	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
BibeeTanner BibeeL	6.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	93-57
HerrinTim Herrin	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-5
YohoCraig Yoho	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	25-20

Ten strikeouts, no walks, four hits in eight innings — Michael Wacha threw 103 pitches and Cleveland could not solve him. It was 1-0 until the ninth, when Carter Jensen jacked a two-run homer to right-center on a 90.1 mph cutter, giving Kansas City the only margin they did not need. Tanner Bibee gave up one run in six innings and took the loss, because the man across from him struck out ten.

Fever Baseball · Scored on the record

Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

Progressive Field · August 28, 2026 · Final: KC 3, CLE 0 · W: Michael Wacha

First pitch 7:10 PM · Final out 9:33 PM · Time of game 2:23

Umpires — HP Dexter Kelley · 1B Quinn Wolcott · 2B Paul Clemons · 3B Adrian Johnson

ABSKC CLE ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

Scored play-by-play by the FVR engine from the official MLB feed — every mark reconciled, or the card refuses to print. Tap any box for the pitches that made the mark.

Kansas City Royals

3R9H0E8LOB

Batter

Vinnie Pasquantino1B KC

Nick Loftin2B KC

Isaac CollinsLF KC

PRTyler TolbertLF KC

pinch-ran, did not bat

Josh Rojas3B KC

Kyle IsbelCF KC

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Michael WachaW8.040001010375

Steven CruzSV1.0200022216

Cleveland Guardians

0R6H1E7LOB

Batter

Jo AdellRF CLE

PHAngel GenaoPH CLE

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Tanner BibeeL6.0711259357

Tim Herrin1.00000195

Craig Yoho2.0222032520

Excitement 2.84 of win probability moved, per nine inningsComeback 2.8 — the winner's floor was 36%Biggest swing +0.130 in the 5th, at leverage 3.1

The hit chart

Where every ball landed

KC — visitors

CLE — home

hit

out

14 of 15 hits located — 1 the stringer didn’t place (a bunt, an infield chop). We draw what we can see. Coordinates are the game’s own, from the same feed the engine reads.

Reading the marks · no black boxes

1–9 the nine fielders (1 P, 2 C, 3 1B … 9 RF)

6‑3 ground out, shortstop to first

3U put out unassisted

K strikeout · K called (backward)

F8 fly · P6 pop · L7 line (to that fielder)

1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

◆ diamond fills = run scored

⚫ the out it made (1, 2, or 3), in that runner’s box

2‑4 a runner retired on the bases (caught stealing, picked off), written small in his box as the chain that got him

one dot per run driven in (RBI)

PH · PR · → a substitute badged by his name — pinch hitter, pinch runner, or defensive sub

A ABS (Automated Ball‑Strike) challenge — filled = overturned

The diamond fills teal when the run scores; the out lands in the box of the runner it was made on. Names link to their pages at www.feverbaseball.com. New to the marks? The primer scores a full inning from scratch. Every pitch under these marks is typed, clocked and located off the same official feed. A hand-scorer could record what happened; nobody could record the pitch that did it.

Home plate: Dexter Kelley · Blue Notes for this game → · his road to the plate →Crew: 1B Quinn Wolcott · 2B Paul Clemons · 3B Adrian Johnson

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