
KC
74-72

CLE
74-71
Postgame · final
Line score, top performers, model verdict against Vegas, and how the closing line shaped up vs the actual outcome.
Final
KC wins
KC 4 · CLE 3 (by 1)
Model verdict
✗ Missed
Picked CLE +5pp
Against the spread
No spread
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Final play
“End of the 9th inning”
What's next
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Data via ESPN · MLB Stats API · Baseball Savant
Recap · MLB
ansas City Royals went into Cleveland Guardians and beat them, 4–3. It came down to the final possession.
ESPN didn't ship a closing line for this game; book settlement summary unavailable.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
KC · top performer

Bobby Witt Jr.
SS
4-2
AB-H
1
R
0
RBI
CLE · top performer

Kyle Manzardo
1B
3-1
AB-H
1
R
2
RBI
MLB · Box scoreSTATCAST


KC
74-72
| Batting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT27.765 | ||||||||
| 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT30.399+ | ||||||||
| 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT25.411 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
SPRINT27.765 | ||||||||
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT2872 | ||||||||
| Team | 8-35 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Pitching | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR |
| 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
CLE
74-71
| Batting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
| 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT26.530 | ||||||||
| 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
SPRINT25.513 | ||||||||
| 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
SPRINT25.411 | ||||||||
| 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
SPRINT27.354 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT27.354 | ||||||||
| 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 7-32 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Pitching | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR |
| 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Pitcher arsenals · per-pitch detail
Statcast · via Baseball SavantKC
CLE
Stat compare
Headline stats · full table below
8
Hits
7
4
Runs
3
0
Errors
2
Current series
CLE wins series 5-2
Season series
CLE leads series 7-5
Headlines · top performers
Biggest swing: 32pp · Top 7th Inning
B. Witt Jr.
SSBatter of the game
2-for-4 · 1 R · 1.000 OPS
J. Bowlan
RPStarting pitcher
2.0 IP · 3 K · 2 ER · 3 H · 1 BB
K. Manzardo
1BBatter of the game
1-for-3 · 1 HR · 1.833 OPS
L. Allen
RPStarting pitcher
5.0 IP · 2 K · 1 ER · 6 H
How it ended
KC beat CLE 4-3. Loftin's play in the top 7th inning drove the biggest swing of the night (32pp).
Last play
End of the 9th inning
Win probability
CLE vs KC
Clutch moments · top swings
ranked by WP impactManzardo · homered to right (436 feet), Valera scored.
Naylor · singled to right, Martínez scored, Rocchio to third.
Loftin · singled to left, Tolbert scored on error, Loftin to second, Loftin safe at third on throwing error by catcher Naylor.
Linescore (innings)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Period scoring
KC won 2 · CLE won 2
Inn 1
India 1
Manzardo 2
Inn 2
Inn 3
Pasquantino 1
Inn 4
Naylor 1
Inn 5
Inn 6
Inn 7
Loftin 1
Inn 8
Inn 9
Play-by-play · 577 plays
End of the 9th inning
KC 4·CLE 3
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KC 4·CLE 3
Kwan lined out to left.
·
KC 4·CLE 3
−3pp
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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KC 4·CLE 3
Carlos Estevez pitches to Steven Kwan
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KC 4·CLE 3
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Naylor flied out to left.
·
KC 4·CLE 3
−4pp
Pitch 9 : Ball In Play
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 8 : Ball 3
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KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
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KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 6 : Ball 2
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KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Carlos Estevez pitches to Bo Naylor
·
KC 4·CLE 3
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KC 4·CLE 3
Rocchio popped out to shortstop.BIG MOMENT
·
KC 4·CLE 3
−8pp
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Carlos Estevez pitches to Brayan Rocchio
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Estévez relieved Erceg
·
KC 4·CLE 3
Yastrzemski in right field.
KC 4·CLE 3
Grichuk in left field.
KC 4·CLE 3
Bottom of the 9th inning
KC 4·CLE 3
Middle of the 9th inning
KC 4·CLE 3
Team stats
KC
Away
Stat
CLE
Home
4
Runs
3
8
Hits
7
0
Errors
2
10
TB
11
0
HR
1
1
BB
5
6
K
6
12
LOB
12
Player projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
125
projections · 83 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
53.3%
ensemble · CLE favored
Elo Static
54.5%
P(CLE win)
33%
weight
Elo Pitching
54.0%
P(CLE win)
33%
weight
Bullpen Park
54.6%
P(CLE win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.26 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
98% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.
STATCAST · Tonight’s standouts
1 of 14 players in cohortHistorical comparables
basis · elo_diff + win_prob + day_of_year + total_runs