Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians Scoreless 1st Analysis

Scouting Sheet

Sorted by record — both starters' combined scoreless-1st rate, 1.10 — not a prediction

Kansas City Royals Starter Daniel Lynch IV Scoreless 1st 2/4 (50%) Last 5 ERA 6.08 WHIP 1.35 K9 6.1 Rest 6d

Cleveland Guardians Starter Foster Griffin Scoreless 1st 3/5 (60%) Last 5 ERA 5.33 WHIP 1.58 K9 7.8 Rest 6d

Kansas City Royals Lineup Confirmed

1 Carter Jensen OPS .723 (L10 .994) No BvP history

2 Bobby Witt Jr. OPS .823 (L10 .861) 3 PA, reached 2(H2/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS1.334 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

3 Jac Caglianone OPS .833 (L10 .978) 3 PA, reached 0(H0/BB0) K2 HR0 OPS.333 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

4 Salvador Perez OPS .634 (L10 .727) 3 PA, reached 1(H1/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS.666 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

5 Nick Loftin OPS .705 (L10 .744) 3 PA, reached 1(H1/BB0) K1 HR0 OPS.666 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

6 John Rave OPS .705 (L10 .565) No BvP history

Cleveland Guardians Lineup Confirmed

1 Petey Halpin OPS .584 (L10 .630) No BvP history

2 Chase DeLauter OPS .811 (L10 .924) 1 PA, reached 0(H0/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS.000 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

3 José Ramírez OPS .718 (L10 .729) 19 PA, reached 11(H6/BB5) K2 HR0 OPS1.194

4 Jo Adell OPS .695 (L10 .776) No BvP history

5 Angel Martínez OPS .698 (L10 .646) 1 PA, reached 0(H0/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS.000 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

6 Nathaniel Lowe OPS .785 (L10 .506) 3 PA, reached 2(H1/BB1) K0 HR0 OPS1.667 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

Team 1st-Inning Form

Kansas City Royals L5 [0, 1, 0, 2, 0]=3 runs · Cleveland Guardians L5 [3, 0, 0, 0, 0]=3 runs

Head-to-Head

08-28 Kansas City Royals 0-0 Cleveland Guardians · 05-07 Cleveland Guardians 3-0 Kansas City Royals · 05-06 Cleveland Guardians 0-0 Kansas City Royals