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Michael Wacha Tagged With Loss in Royals-Guardians Match

Cleveland got 7 innings of work from Gavin Williams en route to a 4-2 victory over Kansas City on Monday at Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium.

Cleveland was an underdog by -105 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 8.

Gavin Williams earned the victory for the Guardians, throwing 7 innings of work, striking out 6, walking 2, and allowing 1 hits and 1 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Lane Thomas in the win.

Kansas City got a 1-inning outing from Carlos Hernandez in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 0 walks and 1 hits in his time on the mound, while Yuli Gurriel had 1 hits in the loss for the Royals.

The battle of the bats favored Cleveland as they had 9 hits, while Kansas City only had 2.

The game was closed out by Emmanuel Clase who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 0 batters to earn the save.