Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

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Cleveland Guardians

52-30, 26-21 Away

Final
2 - 6

Kansas City Royals

47-39, 30-16 Home

Lugo gets MLB-high 11th win and Perez powers Royals to 6-2 victory over Guardians

Bobby Witt Jr. had a run-scoring triple among his three hits for the Royals, who took three of four from the AL Central leaders. Vinnie Pasquantino also had three hits and an RBI.

Lugo (11-2) allowed four hits and one walk in his third straight start with eight or more strikeouts. It was his third double-digit strikeout game of the season.

“I thought it went pretty well,” Lugo said. “I was able to keep them off balance. ... Was able to stay focused and make the right pitches."

Perez had an RBI groundout in the first inning and added a two-run shot to left field that made it 6-0 in the seventh. He leads the Royals with 14 home runs.

“We need to do that kind of offense regularly against every type of team,” Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said. “To get the early lead was nice and the two in the middle innings was nice, but the Perez home run was huge to expand the lead there."

Logan Allen (8-4) lasted 4 1/3 innings for the Guardians, giving up three runs and six hits with three strikeouts.

“I thought Allen battled today,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “Early in the game he was getting in tough counts, but he made pitches when he needed to and gave us a chance.”

Witt had his ninth three-hit game of the season. This one came after he went 0 for 4 on Saturday, which snapped a 23-game home hitting streak.

Garrett Hampson doubled home an early run for the Royals. Pasquantino finished the series with six RBI.

Jose Ramírez put Cleveland on the board with a two-out RBI double in the eighth. That tied him with Hall of Fame slugger Jim Thome for third in franchise history with 620 extra-base hits. Josh Naylor followed with an RBI single.

Bo Naylor had three hits for the Guardians, who finished 14-11 in June.

Kansas City went 12-15 in June, its first losing month this season. But it was the most wins in June for the club since racking up 17 in 2017.

ROSTER MOVES

Cleveland activated RHP Gavin Williams from the 60-day injured list and optioned struggling RHP Triston McKenzie to Triple-A Columbus. RHP Darren McCaughan was designated for assignment.

“It was a tough day for all of us,” Vogt said. “We love Triston. We need him here; we want him to be here. He is ready to go down, put his head down and work.”

Guardians: Carlos Carrasco (3-6, 5.27 ERA) pitches Tuesday at home against the Chicago White Sox.

Royals: Continue a 10-game homestand Tuesday against Tampa Bay. Kansas City had not announced a scheduled starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 60.1%

Guardians: 39.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Freeman grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Bo Naylor out at second.
	9th Inning	Bo Naylor singled to center.
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	McArthur relieved Long
	8th Inning	Garcia grounded out to pitcher.
	8th Inning	Blanco grounded out to second.

Statistics

CLE		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	15
13	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
143	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	19
35	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.0	Runs Created	6.9
.235	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.559
.088	Secondary Average	.324
.257	On Base Percentage	.361
.551	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.920
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.8
20.0	Batter Rating	47.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.09	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.059	Isolated Power	.235
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
71.5	MLB Rating	95.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0