{"id":2363242,"date":"2026-04-07T22:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2363242"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:05:55","slug":"brayan-rocchio-delivers-winning-run-in-9th-as-guardians-top-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brayan-rocchio-delivers-winning-run-in-9th-as-guardians-top-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Brayan Rocchio delivers winning run in 9th as Guardians top Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Brayan Rocchio delivered a tie-breaking RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday afternoon, sending the host Cleveland Guardians to a 2-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Rocchio started 0-for-3 until facing John Schreiber (0-1) with runners at first and second in the ninth, poking a single through the right side. Lane Thomas came up cleanly with Rocchio\u2019s hit but could not throw out CJ Kayfus at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Kayfus had singled, and Bo Naylor drew a walk to put him in scoring position.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander Cade Smith (2-0) earned the victory, striking out two in a 1-2-3 ninth. Guardians pitchers limited the Royals to one hit, a solo home run by Carter Jensen in the second inning. Royals batters walked eight times, were stranded seven, and struck out 14 times.<\/p>\n<p>The game\u2019s start was moved forward by five hours due to impending frigid weather. While the sun shone at Progressive Field, game-time temperatures hit the lower 30s with wind chills in the 20s.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen took right-hander Gavin Williams deep in the second for this third homer of the season and his second in two games. Jensen\u2019s homer Monday helped Kansas City win the series opener 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>Williams struck out eight and walked five in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Left-hander Noah Cameron allowed a run, six hits and a walk to go with five strikeouts over 5 2\/3 innings for the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Kwan lined a two-out RBI single in the fifth to tie the score.<\/p>\n<p>The series concludes Wednesday with another afternoon game. The two sides will face off at 1:10 p.m.<\/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>Brayan Rocchio delivered a tie-breaking RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday afternoon, sending the host Cleveland Guardians to a 2-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals. 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