Royals vs. Guardians Game Highlights (8/28/24) | MLB Highlights

Well today Cleveland and Kansas City start the day in a dead heat. They are the two best teams in the American League's central division as they share the top spot with a record of 75 and 58. It's really been a one sided season series. The Royals have just dominated Cleveland Tanner by will pitch today for Cleveland in the hopes that the Guardians can avoid the sweep at the hands of the Kansas City Royals. Michael Massey leads off just one for two in his career against that was a home line right field and go on. It's off the top of the fence and bounces into the stands. Leadoff home run, Michael Massey. That's how you start the game with a bang one nothing Royals, one batter into the game swing and a miss brings up in past Quentin with the bases empty and one out. And Patino who was hitless in the series. Here's the pitch curveball laced high in the air deep to right field, noels to the track noels out of Rome. It's gone second home run of the inning for Vinny Pasquin. He joins Michael Massey going deep to right field and the Royals lead 20 in the top of the first inning. Cleveland has got to be reeling from what the Royals have done in the first three games of the series. Michael walks on the mound for the bottom of the first inning. He is 11 and six. This is three years in a row. He's had a very impressive win percentage, hit the fast ball, hit him on the hit the left right at Melendez but he misplays it. He didn't judge it well and Naylor will get the third fry in the second with a two out double. That was a screaming line drive popped up and Young makes the play. So Michael Waka strands a pair in scoring position. John Kenzie Noel, the leadoff Cleveland's second inning down on strikes on a good changeup, got a good changeup today back to back getting Noel and Schieman two down changeup and he struck out the side with that pitch getting Noel Schneeman and Naylor one down. Bobby Witt Junior. I mean, for the most part, Cleveland's kept Bobby Witt in check. He's had one huge hit the game winning home run in the eighth inning in game one. Monday that's out over the plate into the left field corner and gone up onto the patio and the Royals have their third home run of the game. Number 28 on the year for number seven is 95 RB. I so three runs all three solo homers off of by so far. And all the top three guys in the order all at home, Michael Walker is on Cruz control right now. He's delivered back to back six pitch innings. The 2 to 1 swung on and that's looped out to shallow. Right. It gets down for a base hit. That's the Guardian's first hit since the first inning. It, there, there you go. That was a cut fastball to Daniel S back to back hitters taking it the other way. And now the Guardians have something brewing here. He squares again. Gets the bunt down. The pitcher will look to first and now the tying runs are in scoring position for Stephen Kwan. I saw it earlier in the ballgame with Will Brennan at the plate when he was there with two outs , had a couple of men in scoring position and popped up great chance here with one away to tie the game for. Here's the 12 swung on and he locks it to shallow left. There goes wit and the shortstop can't make the catch. It drops fair right near the left field line. Scoring on the play is Noel, there's your break. That was a changeup. Witt had a chance to catch it where the run wouldn't score and all of a sudden it's a 3 to 2 game. Got him fastball up and in two on and two out Guardians down a run and now he contends with jose ramirez so often this season, he has come up big in key spots. Can he do it again here in the fifth? And ramirez grounds it to second. Massey throws him out and Waka comes up big, got jose ramirez to ground out to end the inning and strand a pair. This is one of those days where we have watched Tanner compete. He has not had his best stuff, he has not had his best command , but he's out there trying with what he has runners at the corners with nobody out the strikeout or pop out here in this situation. You don't want to give up another one. Center field that's down. The Royals get the run right back. MJ Melendez leadoff walk turns into run number four for the Royals and manager Stephen Vogt will go to the bullpen, Tim Herron 61st appearance right back to her. He goes to second and get the out there. Haren's really upset with himself. He had a double play ball and took a while for anyone to get to second. Then he kind of lollipop the throw to second game is again, kind of hanging in the balance, center field base hit and he gets that first pitch hit of the year and the Royals stretch the lead to five two. And again, this has been three days of four games in which the Royals have had an answer for everything works here in the sixth inning. He has gone further than any other starter in this series for the Royals already. Josh Naylor drives one to deep, right is off the top of the wall. He'll have to hustle the throw is not in time. Got him looking with a runner at second and nobody out. And now Brennan require a throw down to first base. He's down on strikes and that's seven for, get him. Schieman taps it back to Waka who throws him out for a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning. Work it and he gets around that leadoff double. They lead by three. Here's the one out to Vinny and he'll swing and line it off the glove of the shortstop. It trickles into right center for rear high four hits for Vinny and that's baseball. He had been zero for 15 coming into the game has had another very good day. He has a three run lead pitching in the seventh inning with 91 pitches. He has 99 career wins. He's got some good run support and help him reach 100 career wins. He'll get the 91 and two hitters. There you go deep. Right Feld Frazier back. He's out of room. It's out. Naylor's 11th home run on the year gets the Guardians their third run of the afternoon. 5 to 3. Kansas City with the lead, but Bo Naylor got into one and now it's a two run game. Cleveland is three for three against walker in the bottom of the seventh and they're two on and nobody out. Walker did his job. No question about it. Now, it's like they got a little life to him. Who knows? This could be the game right here. Bottom of the seventh inning with two on and nobody out. And the Royals best out of the bullpen against the Guardian's best fly ball. Shallow center quad is not tagging and Melendez cuts in front of Isbel one down for josh Naylor 1st and 3rd yet. The pitch, a swing and a fly ball to shallow center again. This is dropping base hit and the score is juan that somehow foul Gras and we've got a one run game another fly ball to center field. So now two outs in the inning as sick tries to preserve this lead , which is now 541 point. The Royals lead 52 and the Guardians have the tying run at second. The go ahead run at first line drive base hit center field. Here comes the tying run Jimenez to the plate. He scored and Cleveland has scored three to tie it at five here in the seventh and this is the kind of rally Cleveland hasn't had in a long time and big Christmas will be the eighth man to bat in the frame. They need another big out 22 out hit here. There it is Zeal. It's gonna drop around third with the go ahead run. Josh Naylor will score well, they have put together a big inning that hasn't happened in a while. 6 to 5. Cleveland, they trailed 5 to 2 when the innings started and down goes Schieman, but Cleveland takes the lead. It did not look good. They were down 5 to 2 going into the bottom of the seventh inning and they erupted for six hits a leaping catch by Jimenez. That's unbelievable. Just give him the platinum again. And what a play on the backhanded side. I thought that was by him easily. I didn't think he had a chance but the timing is impeccable. Take a bow. I think so. Now runners at the corners and the batter Andre Jimenez, juan is running, Jimenez with a fly ball to deep right field. Frazier. Racing back makes the catch on the warning track lane. Thomas will tag and score and it's 75. Cleveland and Cleveland's got a 7 to 5 lead and Cleveland here in the last few innings has gotten back to doing the little things. Yeah, this bullpen has been so good all year long. They have an opportunity now to do what they've done all year long and that's slammed the door Lasse on to try and save him. And if he converts, he will tie cody Allen for the franchise lead in. Saves the 22, bring him up one down first pitch to Bobby Wood Junior smack through the right side of base hit in the right field Bobby Wood Juniors on base and the Royals bring the potential tying run to the plate in Vinnie Pasquin Naylor has it. He'll take the out at first two down. 19,000. 722 have been thoroughly entertained here this afternoon. Sole possession of first place on the line and the two strike pitch, a swing and a drive deep center field. Schneeman near the track makes a catch ball game for a minute. 19,000 held their breath and he is now tied the great Cody Allen for the all time saves lead in franchise history. The Guardians with a mammoth come from behind win take over first by a game beating the Royals 7 to 5.