Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians Scoreless 1st Analysis

Scouting Sheet

Sorted by record — both starters' combined scoreless-1st rate, 1.60 — not a prediction

Kansas City Royals Starter Michael Wacha Scoreless 1st 3/5 (60%) Last 5 ERA 2.97 WHIP 0.92 K9 6.5 Rest 6d

Cleveland Guardians Starter Tanner Bibee Scoreless 1st 5/5 (100%) Last 5 ERA 4.31 WHIP 0.99 K9 7.5 Rest 6d

Kansas City Royals Lineup Confirmed

1 Carter Jensen OPS .720 (L10 .942) 4 PA, reached 1(H1/BB0) K1 HR0 OPS.500 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

2 Bobby Witt Jr. OPS .826 (L10 1.068) 29 PA, reached 14(H9/BB5) K5 HR3 OPS1.233

3 Jac Caglianone OPS .832 (L10 1.108) 4 PA, reached 1(H0/BB1) K1 HR0 OPS.250 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

4 Salvador Perez OPS .635 (L10 .746) 24 PA, reached 3(H1/BB2) K7 HR0 OPS.215

5 Vinnie Pasquantino OPS .715 (L10 1.116) 19 PA, reached 12(H10/BB2) K1 HR2 OPS1.808

6 Nick Loftin OPS .714 (L10 .744) 4 PA, reached 1(H1/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS.500 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

Cleveland Guardians Lineup Confirmed

1 Steven Kwan OPS .713 (L10 .826) 24 PA, reached 7(H7/BB0) K1 HR1 OPS.750

2 Chase DeLauter OPS .814 (L10 .990) 3 PA, reached 1(H0/BB1) K0 HR0 OPS.333 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

3 José Ramírez OPS .725 (L10 .808) 24 PA, reached 6(H5/BB1) K2 HR0 OPS.467

4 Jo Adell OPS .696 (L10 .874) 6 PA, reached 2(H1/BB1) K3 HR0 OPS.533 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

5 Nathaniel Lowe OPS .794 (L10 .555) 12 PA, reached 5(H3/BB2) K1 HR0 OPS.817

6 Travis Bazzana OPS .706 (L10 .685) 3 PA, reached 1(H1/BB0) K0 HR0 OPS.666 ⚠️ Small BvP sample

Team 1st-Inning Form

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

Head-to-Head

05-07 Cleveland Guardians 3-0 Kansas City Royals · 05-06 Cleveland Guardians 0-0 Kansas City Royals · 05-05 Cleveland Guardians 0-2 Kansas City Royals