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Major League Baseball
Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 6, 2023
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Brennan Miller, 2B - Derek Thomas, 3B - Jordan Baker
Attendance: 17464

Andres Gimenez, Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor each blasted solo home runs to help the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-1 win against the visiting Kansas City Royals in the opener of their four-game series on Thursday night.

Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee allowed one run and four hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked four.

Eli Morgan (4-1), Enyel De Los Santos, Trevor Stephan and Nick Sandlin followed with scoreless innings apiece for the Guardians, who have won four of six to remain within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Minnesota Twins in the AL Central.

Royals starter Jordan Lyles was aiming to win back-to-back starts after losing his first 11 decisions this season, but he departed after five innings with the score tied 1-1. He surrendered six hits, struck out five and didn't walk a batter.

Drew Waters had two hits for Kansas City, which has lost four straight.

Amir Garrett (0-1) relieved Lyles to start the sixth and was immediately tagged for back-to-back home runs by Ramirez and Naylor to give the Guardians a 3-1 lead.

Cleveland wasn't finished, as Gimenez walked, stole second and third and came home on a fielding error by second baseman Nicky Lopez with the infield drawn in to make it 4-1.

Bo Naylor came up with two outs in the inning and doubled into the right-field corner, scoring Will Brennan from first base to extend the lead to 5-1.

Guardians center fielder Myles Straw, who saved a run with a sliding catch to end the fourth, added an RBI single in the eighth to make it 6-1.

After rain delayed the start of the game 81 minutes, Bobby Witt Jr. singled with one out in the first and stole second before coming home on a single by Nick Pratto to give Kansas City a 1-0 lead.

Gimenez fouled off a pair of 0-2 pitches to lead off the second before lifting a home run over the right field fence to tie the score 1-1.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Cleveland
Jordan Lyles Player Tanner Bibee
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.0
5 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 4
1.80 ERA 1.80
Hitting
Kansas City   Cleveland
Drew Waters Player Andres Gimenez
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 6 0 7 .176 20 8 1 5 3 1
Cleveland 11 3 21 .314 15 7 5 2 3 1