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Never invent or estimate stats. - If something isn't in the file, say so plainly. - When you make a claim, name the section (and game/date) it came from. ============================================================================== # RECENT FORM + BOX SCORES — Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals Slate date: 2026-05-04 Generated: 2026-08-08 05:39:15 PM ET — all data is as of this moment Source: MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) | Packaged by PNN Game Packs Depth: last 3 completed game(s) per team and last 3 start(s) per probable starter Size: ~3.7K tokens (est., chars/4) ============================================================================== ## GAME DETAILS - First pitch: 7:40 PM ET - Venue: Kauffman Stadium (night game) - Series: Regular Season, game 1 of 4 - Status: Final — Cleveland Guardians 2, Kansas City Royals 6 (at generation time) - Away: Cleveland Guardians [CLE] — record 18-18 (.500) Probable starter: Tanner Bibee — 4-11, 3.85 ERA, 138.0 IP, 110 K / 38 BB, 1.13 WHIP (24 GS) - Home: Kansas City Royals [KC] — record 16-19 (.457) Probable starter: Michael Wacha — 5-8, 3.44 ERA, 144.0 IP, 112 K / 41 BB, 1.15 WHIP (23 GS) ## RECENT FORM — Cleveland Guardians [CLE] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 1-2 in last 3 | scored 19 (6.3/gm), allowed 21 (7.0/gm), combined 40 (13.3/gm) ### 2026-08-07 — W 8-2 @ Chicago White Sox Innings: CLE 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 | CWS 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 R/H/E: CLE 8/10/0 — CWS 2/8/0 Decisions: W: Parker Messick | L: Noah Schultz Conditions: Weather: 87 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 8 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:33. | Att: 33,750. CLE batting: 8 R, 10 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 SB, 12 LOB Steven Kwan (LF): 3-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .264 Chase DeLauter (DH): 2-5, 1 R, 1 K | avg .280 José Ramírez (3B): 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB | avg .234 Jo Adell (RF): 0-3, 1 R, 2 K, 2 HBP | avg .236 Angel Martínez (RF): 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 1 K | avg .231 Rhys Hoskins (1B): 1-4, 1 R, 2 K | avg .177 Brayan Rocchio (SS): 0-4 | avg .254 Austin Hedges (C): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .273 Angel Genao (2B): 0-4 | avg .385 CLE pitching: Parker Messick: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 97 pitches | season ERA 2.57 Franco Aleman: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 44 pitches | season ERA 3.31 CWS batting: 2 R, 8 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 12 K, 0 SB, 13 LOB Chase Meidroth (2B): 1-5, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .274 Munetaka Murakami (DH): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .236 Miguel Vargas (1B): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .234 Randal Grichuk (LF): 1-3, 1 K | avg .262 Sam Antonacci (LF): 0-1 | avg .277 Colson Montgomery (3B): 0-4, 3 K | avg .214 Brenton Doyle (CF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .214 Braden Montgomery (RF): 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .236 Edgar Quero (C): 1-4 | avg .195 Luisangel Acuña (SS): 2-4, 1 K | avg .249 CWS pitching: Noah Schultz: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 6.06 David Sandlin: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 96 pitches | season ERA 6.93 Trevor Richards: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 25 pitches | season ERA 3.31 Erick Fedde: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 4.30 ### 2026-08-06 — L 6-13 vs New York Mets Innings: NYM 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 4 0 | CLE 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 R/H/E: NYM 13/18/0 — CLE 6/10/0 Decisions: W: Nolan McLean | L: Foster Griffin Conditions: Weather: 84 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 7 mph, L To R. | First pitch: 1:10 PM. | T: 3:02. | Att: 26,764. NYM batting: 13 R, 18 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 6 BB, 11 K, 2 SB, 21 LOB Francisco Lindor (SS): 2-6, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 K | avg .230 Bo Bichette (3B): 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .257 Luis Robert Jr. (CF): 3-6, 2 R, 1 K | avg .203 Carson Benge (RF): 3-6, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .267 Francisco Alvarez (DH): 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB | avg .251 Marcus Semien (2B): 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .214 Eric Wagaman (1B): 1-2, 1 R, 1 K | avg .190 Jared Young (1B): 1-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB | avg .253 Luis Torrens (C): 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .234 Cristian Pache (LF): 0-2, 1 K | avg .000 A.J. Ewing (LF): 0-2, 1 K | avg .262 NYM pitching: Nolan McLean: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 94 pitches | season ERA 3.51 Nate Lavender: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 0.00 Kodai Senga: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 8.29 Xzavion Curry: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 28 pitches | season ERA 3.46 CLE batting: 6 R, 10 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 12 K, 1 SB, 13 LOB Travis Bazzana (DH): 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .243 Jo Adell (DH): 0-2, 1 K | avg .237 Chase DeLauter (RF): 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .279 José Ramírez (3B): 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB | avg .234 Rhys Hoskins (PH): 0-1 | avg .176 Nathaniel Lowe (1B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .269 Angel Martínez (LF): 1-5, 2 RBI, 2 K | avg .228 Brayan Rocchio (SS): 1-4, 1 K | avg .257 Petey Halpin (CF): 2-4, 1 K | avg .219 Patrick Bailey (C): 0-4, 1 K | avg .195 Angel Genao (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .556 CLE pitching: Foster Griffin: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 88 pitches | season ERA 3.31 Matt Festa: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 22 pitches | season ERA 4.37 Colin Holderman: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 24 pitches | season ERA 1.61 Craig Yoho: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 21 pitches | season ERA 3.91 Slade Cecconi: 0.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 30 pitches | season ERA 5.07 Tim Herrin: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 3.68 Austin Hedges: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 7 pitches | season ERA 6.75 ### 2026-08-05 — L 5-6 vs New York Mets Innings: NYM 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 | CLE 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 (10 inn) R/H/E: NYM 6/8/2 — CLE 5/11/3 Decisions: W: Chayce McDermott | L: Matt Festa | SV: Daniel Duarte Conditions: Weather: 81 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 5 mph, In From RF. | First pitch: 6:42 PM. | T: 3:15. | Att: 29,033. NYM batting: 6 R, 8 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 2 BB, 16 K, 0 SB, 13 LOB A.J. Ewing (LF): 1-5, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .264 Francisco Lindor (SS): 0-5, 1 R, 4 K | avg .228 Bo Bichette (3B): 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .256 Carson Benge (RF): 1-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .263 Jared Young (1B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .250 Francisco Alvarez (C): 0-4, 3 K | avg .251 Brett Baty (LF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .219 Luis Robert Jr. (CF): 0-1, 1 K | avg .189 Jorge Polanco (DH): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .144 Marcus Semien (2B): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .208 NYM pitching: Christian Scott: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 96 pitches | season ERA 3.15 Jefry Yan: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 22 pitches | season ERA 0.00 Dedniel Núñez: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 0.00 Chayce McDermott: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 39 pitches | season ERA 4.15 Daniel Duarte: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 1.26 CLE batting: 5 R, 11 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 BB, 13 K, 0 SB, 34 LOB Steven Kwan (CF): 1-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .260 Chase DeLauter (DH): 0-4, 2 BB, 1 K | avg .276 Jo Adell (RF): 0-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .238 Nathaniel Lowe (1B): 2-6, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .266 Travis Bazzana (2B): 1-5, 1 RBI, 3 K | avg .244 Brayan Rocchio (SS): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP | avg .257 Petey Halpin (CF): 0-2, 1 K | avg .209 Angel Martínez (LF): 1-2, 1 R, 1 K | avg .228 Patrick Bailey (C): 2-5, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .198 Angel Genao (3B): 4-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | avg .800 CLE pitching: Tanner Bibee: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 98 pitches | season ERA 3.85 Erik Sabrowski: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5 pitches | season ERA 3.73 Craig Yoho: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 2.86 Hunter Gaddis: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 3.58 Cade Smith: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 2.41 Matt Festa: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 4.27 ## RECENT FORM — Kansas City Royals [KC] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 1-2 in last 3 | scored 9 (3.0/gm), allowed 11 (3.7/gm), combined 20 (6.7/gm) ### 2026-08-07 — L 4-6 vs Chicago Cubs Innings: CHC 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | KC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 R/H/E: CHC 6/9/0 — KC 4/7/1 Decisions: W: Kevin Gausman | L: Daniel Lynch IV | SV: Jacob Webb Conditions: Weather: 85 degrees, Clear. | Wind: 5 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 7:10 PM. | T: 2:36. | Att: 26,083. CHC batting: 6 R, 9 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 1 SB, 15 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF): 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .289 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 2-5, 2 RBI | avg .272 Alex Bregman (3B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .248 Michael Busch (1B): 2-3, 1 BB, 1 HBP | avg .244 Nico Hoerner (2B): 0-5 | avg .257 Ian Happ (LF): 0-4, 4 K | avg .209 Carson Kelly (C): 1-4, 1 R | avg .265 Pedro Ramírez (DH): 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .300 Dansby Swanson (SS): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .216 CHC pitching: Kevin Gausman: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 96 pitches | season ERA 4.29 Caleb Thielbar: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 5.30 Trent Thornton: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 2.72 Jacob Webb: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 2.44 KC batting: 4 R, 7 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 7 K, 0 SB, 9 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .229 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 2-4, 1 2B | avg .256 Salvador Perez (DH): 1-4, 1 RBI | avg .216 Isaac Collins (LF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .239 Nick Loftin (3B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .245 Michael Massey (2B): 0-4 | avg .259 Starling Marte (RF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .250 John Rave (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .256 Tyler Tolbert (CF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .325 Kyle Isbel (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .241 KC pitching: Daniel Lynch IV: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 35 pitches | season ERA 2.45 Jose Cuas: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 2.25 Mason Black: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 86 pitches | season ERA 3.57 Lucas Erceg: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 6.21 ### 2026-08-06 — L 3-4 vs Minnesota Twins Innings: MIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 | KC 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 R/H/E: MIN 4/7/0 — KC 3/7/0 Decisions: W: Kody Funderburk | L: Aaron Bummer | SV: Yoendrys Gómez Conditions: Weather: 82 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 5 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:52. | Att: 16,036. MIN batting: 4 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 7 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 21 LOB Trevor Larnach (LF): 1-3, 1 K | avg .281 Austin Martin (LF): 1-2 | avg .236 Luke Keaschall (CF): 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .263 Kody Clemens (2B): 0-3 | avg .234 Ryan Jeffers (C): 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .281 Josh Bell (DH): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .246 Alex Jackson (DH): 0-1, 1 R, 1 K | avg .303 Royce Lewis (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP | avg .233 Brooks Lee (3B): 1-4, 2 RBI | avg .240 Alan Roden (RF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB | avg .222 Victor Caratini (1B): 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K | avg .226 Tristan Gray (SS): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .225 MIN pitching: Bailey Ober: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 74 pitches | season ERA 4.45 Kody Funderburk: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 3.09 Andrew Morris: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 3.19 Yoendrys Gómez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 3.35 KC batting: 3 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, 6 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .228 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 1-4, 2 RBI | avg .254 Salvador Perez (DH): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .215 Michael Massey (2B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .263 Isaac Collins (LF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .238 John Rave (RF): 0-2 | avg .263 Nick Loftin (RF): 0-1, 1 K | avg .249 Josh Rojas (3B): 1-3 | avg .234 Kyle Isbel (CF): 0-3 | avg .243 KC pitching: Michael Wacha: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 94 pitches | season ERA 3.44 Jose Cuas: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.70 Alex Lange: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 6.11 Aaron Bummer: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 10.26 Nate Pearson: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 2.92 Easton McGee: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 1.69 ### 2026-08-05 — W 2-1 vs Minnesota Twins Innings: MIN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | KC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x R/H/E: MIN 1/3/0 — KC 2/5/0 Decisions: W: Noah Cameron | L: A.J. Minter | SV: Steven Cruz Conditions: Weather: 81 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 4 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:13. | Att: 13,439. MIN batting: 1 R, 3 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, 6 LOB Austin Martin (RF): 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP | avg .234 Ryan Jeffers (C): 1-4, 1 K | avg .283 Josh Bell (DH): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .245 Kody Clemens (CF): 1-4, 2 K | avg .236 Royce Lewis (2B): 1-3 | avg .233 Victor Caratini (1B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .227 Brooks Lee (3B): 0-3, 2 K | avg .240 Trevor Larnach (LF): 0-3, 2 K | avg .280 Ryan Kreidler (SS): 0-3, 1 K | avg .232 MIN pitching: Dean Kremer: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 88 pitches | season ERA 5.93 Tommy Nance: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 7 pitches | season ERA 3.46 A.J. Minter: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.49 Jeff Hoffman: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 3.86 KC batting: 2 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 7 LOB Carter Jensen (DH): 0-4, 2 K | avg .228 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .281 Jac Caglianone (1B): 1-3 | avg .254 Salvador Perez (C): 0-3 | avg .214 Michael Massey (2B): 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .267 Isaac Collins (LF): 1-3 | avg .241 Nick Loftin (3B): 1-3 | avg .250 John Rave (RF): 0-2, 1 BB | avg .278 Kyle Isbel (CF): 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .247 KC pitching: Noah Cameron: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 106 pitches | season ERA 4.37 Steven Cruz: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 4.29 ============================================================================== End of packet. PNN Game Packs — LLM-ready MLB packets. Data © MLB Advanced Media, via the public Stats API.