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Field Level Media<\/span> Stephen Kolek allowed only a three-run homer over six solid innings of his 2026 debut, and Michael Massey clubbed a go-ahead, two-run shot in the fourth as the surging Kansas City Royals<\/a> won their season-high fifth straight, 5-3 over the visiting\u00a0Cleveland\u00a0Guardians\u00a0on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Isaac Collins also homered and was a triple shy of the cycle for the Royals, who have won the first two of this four-game set by a combined 11-5 margin and are 10-3 since losing eight in a row.<\/p>\n Kolek (1-0) was activated off the 15-day injury list from an oblique strain to take the mound in place of Noah Cameron, who was scratched with low back tightness.<\/p>\n The right-hander yielded three of his four hits in the fourth, when Rhys Hoskins went deep with two on. Kolek allowed only one other hit, didn’t walk a batter and retired the final eight\u00a0Guardians<\/a>\u00a0he faced.<\/p>\n The Royals, meanwhile, wasted no time getting to\u00a0Cleveland’s Gavin Williams (5-2). He walked Maikel Garcia to open the bottom of the first and Bobby Witt Jr. followed with a double into the right-field gap. Two batters later, Salvador Perez drove both home with his single to center.<\/p>\n In the fourth, Kolek allowed singles to Chase DeLauter<\/a> and Kyle Manzardo, and both scored when Hoskins sent a drive off the left-field foul pole to give the\u00a0Guardians<\/a>\u00a0a 3-2 edge.<\/p>\n However, the Royals regained the lead in the bottom of the frame. Collins cracked a one-out double and scored on Massey’s shot well over the right-field wall.<\/p>\n Kansas City added on in the sixth when Collins barely cleared the right-field fence with two out in the frame off Williams, who allowed a season-high eight hits while striking out seven with two walks over six innings.<\/p>\n Cleveland, which has dropped three in a row after winning three straight, had won six consecutive starts made by Williams entering this contest.<\/p>\n Witt had two hits and Kansas City relievers Nick Mears, Daniel Lynch IV and Lucas Erceg (10th save) didn’t yield a hit over three innings.<\/p>\n The Akron Beacon\u00a0Journal\u00a0sports department can be contacted via email at\u00a0bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.beaconjournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Field Level Media \u00a0|\u00a0 Akron Beacon Journal Stephen Kolek allowed only a three-run homer over six solid innings of his 2026 debut, and Michael Massey clubbed a go-ahead, two-run shot in the fourth as the surging Kansas City Royals won their season-high fifth straight, 5-3 over the visiting\u00a0Cleveland\u00a0Guardians\u00a0on Tuesday night. 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