{"id":669708,"date":"2026-04-08T05:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669708\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:53:41","slug":"guardians-walk-off-royals-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669708\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians Walk Off Royals 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"AThe Guardians’ dramatic ninth-inning comeback against the Royals is captured in a cubist-inspired illustration that deconstructs the game action.Kansas City Today<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Royals took an early lead but couldn’t hold on, as the Cleveland Guardians rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 2-1 on a walk-off single.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

This close loss is a tough blow for the Royals, who were looking to build momentum after a slow start to the season. The Guardians, meanwhile, show their resilience by coming back to win a tight game.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

Carter Jensen hit a solo home run in the second inning to give the Royals a 1-0 lead, but that was the only hit they managed all game. The Guardians tied it up in the fifth on an RBI single by Steven Kwan. In the bottom of the ninth, the Guardians loaded the bases against Royals reliever John Schreiber, and Brayan Rocchio delivered the game-winning hit to score CJ Kayfus.<\/p>\n

The game was played on April 7, 2026 at Progressive Field in Cleveland.The Royals took the lead in the second inning with Jensen’s home run.The Guardians tied the game in the fifth inning with Kwan’s RBI single.The Guardians won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning on Rocchio’s walk-off single.<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Carter Jensen<\/p>\n

Royals outfielder who hit a solo home run to give Kansas City an early lead.<\/p>\n

Gavin Williams<\/p>\n

Guardians starting pitcher who allowed just one run over 5.2 innings.<\/p>\n

Steven Kwan<\/p>\n

Guardians outfielder who tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

Brayan Rocchio<\/p>\n

Guardians infielder who delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

John Schreiber<\/p>\n

Royals relief pitcher who took the loss after allowing the game-winning hit in the ninth.<\/p>\n

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\n What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had our chances, but just couldn’t capitalize. Hats off to the Guardians for battling back and finding a way to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Matheny, Royals Manager<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

The Royals will look to bounce back and win the series finale on Sunday, with Cole Ragans taking the mound against Joey Cantillo.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

This was a tough loss for the Royals, who had the lead late but couldn’t hold on. However, the Guardians showed their resilience by rallying in the ninth to steal the victory. The Royals will need to regroup quickly to try and take the series finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Guardians’ dramatic ninth-inning comeback against the Royals is captured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-669708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-kansas","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-royals","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascityroyals","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116367538340688636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}