{"id":2015767,"date":"2025-09-12T03:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2015767"},"modified":"2025-09-12T03:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:14:06","slug":"c-j-kayfus-8th-inning-blast-seals-guardians-series-win-over-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/c-j-kayfus-8th-inning-blast-seals-guardians-series-win-over-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"C.J. Kayfus\u2019 8th-inning blast seals Guardians\u2019 series win over Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Rookie C.J. Kayfus belted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians (75-71) moved within three games of the idle Seattle Mariners for the third and final American League wild-card spot. Kansas City (74-73) is 4 1\/2 games behind after dropping three of four in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Festa (4-3) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the victory, and Cade Smith recorded the final three outs for his 13th save in 18 opportunities. Cleveland is 3-1 on a seven-game homestand that continues with three games against the club with the AL\u2019s worst record, the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals went up 2-0 in the first on Vinnie Pasquantino\u2019s two-run homer off Gavin Williams, which followed a walk to Mike Yastrzemski. The long ball was the 30th of the year for Pasquantino, who joined George Brett, John Mayberry and Mike Moustakas as the only left-handed batters in Royals history to reach the figure in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland pulled within 2-1 in the fourth when Steven Kwan doubled and scored on Jose Ramirez\u2019s groundout, but the Guardians didn\u2019t advance another runner past second base until Kayfus\u2019 blast.<\/p>\n<p>Williams allowed two runs on four hits over six innings, walking three with six strikeouts. The right-hander, who is 5-1 with 70 strikeouts in 70 1\/3 innings over his past 12 starts, leads the majors with 79 bases on balls issued.<\/p>\n<p>Royals starter Stephen Kolek worked 6 2\/3 innings, giving up one run on three hits with four strikeouts and a walk. The right-hander is 1-0 with a 1.83 ERA since being acquired from the San Diego Padres on July 31.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v23.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kmjnow.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rookie C.J. Kayfus belted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. The Guardians (75-71) moved within three games of the idle Seattle Mariners for the third and final American League wild-card spot. 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