Guardians vs Royals Game Highlights (6/27/24) | MLB Highlights

Royals right hander, Michael Wacha prepares to face his second start since returning from the injured list. Yeah, look, if he can fill up the strike zone like he did the last time against the Rangers, they should be fine. Although he's going to have to try to find a way to miss bats, stephen Kwan to lead off against Michael Waka Waka 1 to 2 to left center. And Kyle Isbell glides into the gap to make the catch one away. So a good start for Michael Waka who is looking for another good start. First seven had some up and downs. The last six have been solid swing and a miss strike three. Michael Walka dials up 96 for his first K of the night. Look, we're not used to seeing him at that level of that mark, but he's putting that by him. And you know that walker being the veteran one of four here, he want to set a tone switch hitting third baseman batting left handed jose Ramirez having another MVP type season swung on line to left, that's a base hit. Well, you give jose Ramirez the second chance and he delivers with an opposite field single and he went down and got that ball and shot it in the left for a two out single pitch and change up on and down goes Naylor, two strikeouts in the inning. Right. And Ben lively on the mound making his 13th start, but he's been very consistent. He's allowed three or fewer runs in 11 of his 1st 12 starts and the club is 84 in those starts. The 12 garcia out looking at a fastball 90 MPH. There's one of the elite players in the game. Bobby Witt Junior swung on line drive to left. Comes on, makes the catch two out for Patino on bounced weekly to first handled by Naylor. Oh my goodness. How about that? Barely worked up a sweat and the Royals are done in the first and we go to the second. So a couple of walks in this inning for Walker, both ball four were on that fastball down and in two down, two on no score , second inning inside it hit him. How about that? The last thing Walker wanted to do was hit the number nine hitter and have to face Steven. So the bases are loaded with two down in the second inning on the ground left side with back in the first and Michael walker escapes, he strands the bases loaded DDO Perez laid off the second inning. Ben Lively made eight pitches to retire the Royals in order in the first Shelby helps his cause first hit of the game for the Royals. Looking in the middle. That's all you're looking for that two seam fastball belt high. Salvi says, you know, if I got that a half an inch, we'd be up 1 to 0 runner on first for Michael Messi. And he sends a little weak fly ball to center fires the bat away. He was unhappy, fooled on the change up as freeman pulls it down in center. Here's Nick Lofton bring up bottom of the zone at the knees for a called strike out. He's got two strikeouts. Both of them have been called 798 home runs and 40 hits to left a long way to, he's there and makes the get. Here's Jose ramirez singled his first time up fair ball right field, jose on the run. He's going to, he's going Renfro's throw a good one and Jose is safe now out, took the hand off the base. Repro has a good arm and I knew that jose was going to challenge him. He was originally called safe, but the hand must have come off the bag and wit had it applied and got him and he's upset with it. Good throw by Renfroe right on the money. Swung on, bounced back to Waka on one hop. He'll jog to first and underhand Vinny and that's that. So thanks to the outfield assist Michael Waka faces only three in the top of the third and no score. Tough part of the order for Ben. Lively. The Guardian's starting pitcher facing Bobby Witt Junior for the Royals, he hits another one and this time he's got to hit to show for it. Leadoff single for Bobby Witt Jr , his 103rd hit of the season 111. That was not hit softly either. So he's on lively. Let's hope that some of these other guys can get on him too. That's a hanging breaking ball to first. Taylor goes to second. There's one back to first double play nicely turned by Naylor. That's never easy. The 363, but he got the job done with a good feed to the second base bag where the shortstop arias was waiting and he has an absolute cannon swung on ground ball to short by Arias fires to first in time for the out side retired. We head to the fifth. Still no score. Guardians and Royals, Tyler Freeman has a hit to start things off that will bring up stephen. A magical year bounced off the glove of the first baseman Pasin and it trickles down the right field line on his way to third is Freeman and he'll stop right there as the Royals get it in quickly and into second base with a double. And now the Guardians have the game's best scoring opportunity. 2nd and 3rd. Nobody out here in the fifth inning is in a jam two in scoring position. Nobody out swung on and there's a high fly ball to right center under it is Renfroe. He makes the catch tagging heading for home and scoring is freeman as the throw came into third, freeman scores the game's first run and the Guardians take the lead 1 to 2 on the ground. Garcia is there, Ramirez is out , got himself out. Perfect goes to third. Doesn't get a ton easier. Josh Naylor coming to the plate now you might be 0 to 2 but he's got the third most RBIs in the American League. Smack to deep left Melendez is back out of the track up against the fence. He makes the catch, Mike. I Waka limits the damage. 2nd and 3rd. Nobody out. The Guardians only get one run. The Royals have hung their hat on, hitting with runners in scoring position all season long , 0 to 1. The count on the Royals right fielder. Tap to third. Ramirez charges, Lofton evades the tag but he's out of the base and Gibson calls him out and Matt Quire comes right out of the dugout has an argument here. There's no doubt about it. He didn't go that far out of the line. He just went around the tag. Lof has to go around him in some way. Right. Right. That's a little bit over 3 ft. But where is he supposed to go and just got ejected. Not the first time tonight? That Gibson has caused a little bit of ire and so is out of the game and the Royals are out of the inning down 1 to 0 to the sixth runner at second one out. Gabriel Arias comes to the plate. He is zero to 21 to center field that will get down coming around third tout to stop him. He couldn't, he didn't get the read off of it is Bell got off a good throw to the cut off man in the center of the diamond, but the Guardians have him at the corners with one out. That result leads to the pitching change five and one third innings of one run ball for Michael Waka as it stands now, there are runners on 1st and 3rd with one out and it's up to lefty Sam Long to keep him from scoring a 1 to 2, swung on and missed strike three, a huge second out. Sam Long got exactly what he needed in that spot. So the bases are loaded for Stephen Kwan. Second time today, the Kwan's come to the plate with the bases loaded, got him swinging. Strike 31 of the hardest batters in the game to strike out and long doesn't to stram the bases loaded. That's momentum. You get that swinging back in your dugout. Now, let's see if these guys can put the ball in play like they did in the eighth inning, lifted to right back and it's extra base for the, there's the spark. It was a triple yesterday that led to a Royals two out rally. Maybe the triple does it again tonight. Down the line base hit garcia. This game is tied at one and Miquel garcia has got extra bases now he wants three and garcia and this is loud and I told you the momentum from that strikeout was huge by long and that's what you do in this game. Runner at third one down again. The infield in and Vinny Pao, he thrives in situations like this gets the job done into right center Freeman makes the catch garcia tags from third. The Royals have the lead perfect execution. Once again, Sam Long is going to stand to at least start his second ending of work as Cleveland now trails city two to one. John Kenzie Noel pinch hits for Daniel Schieman came up and made his big league debut on Wednesday right hand batter swings and misses and strikes out, struck out on a curveball in the dirt. Strike three. How about that? Batters faced four strikeouts right back to him. Long Bobbles recovers makes the play. How about Sam Long tonight? Five straight scoreless appearances for Macarthur one out away from another one out away from a Thursday night statement. Everybody is on their feet at Kauffman Stadium. It's a dribbler mcarthur's got it Royals win. They take down the best team in the American League 2 to 1. The final and they win game one of this four game series.