{"id":2406938,"date":"2026-05-08T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406938"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:59:00","slug":"bo-naylor-guardians-fend-off-royals-for-series-split-fox-sports-radio-94-7-fm-and-1230-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bo-naylor-guardians-fend-off-royals-for-series-split-fox-sports-radio-94-7-fm-and-1230-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Naylor, Guardians fend off Royals for series split | Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Bo Naylor hit a three-run home run and the Cleveland Guardians held on for an 8-5 win over the host Kansas City Royals on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Manzardo drove in two for the Guardians, who have won the last two to split the four-game series.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Witt Jr. was 4-for-4 with a walk as he and Vinnie Pasquantino homered for the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Lane Thomas\u2019 sacrifice fly in the eighth pulled Kansas City to within 8-5. But Cleveland\u2019s Cade Smith pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save.<\/p>\n<p>Slade Cecconi (2-4) allowed two runs in 5 1\/3 innings, giving up six hits and walking three. He struck out three.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Lugo (1-2) allowed four runs and seven hits in four innings with four walks and five strikeouts. He threw 102 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the first but Cecconi got Jac Caglianone on a groundout.<\/p>\n<p>Petey Halpin\u2019s two-out, run-scoring single in the third put Cleveland up 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>Maikel Garcia put Kansas City on the board in the fifth with an RBI single. Witt followed with an infield single on which second baseman Travis Bazzana had to dive towards first to keep on the infield. Garcia tried to go from first to third, but Bazzana threw him out.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians scored in the sixth on Royals catcher Carter Jensen\u2019s passed ball for a 5-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Loftin\u2019s bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth pulled Kansas City within 5-2. It loaded the bases again with two outs but reliever Connor Brogdon got Garcia to fly out.<\/p>\n<p>Naylor\u2019s three-run homer off Eric Cerantola in the seventh made it 8-2. It was Naylor\u2019s second home run of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Witt and Pasquantino hit back-to-back home runs leading off the bottom of the seventh off Brogdon for an 8-4 count. It was Witt\u2019s fourth and Pasquantino\u2019s fifth.<\/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.lvfoxsports.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bo Naylor hit a three-run home run and the Cleveland Guardians held on for an 8-5 win over the host Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Kyle Manzardo drove in two for the Guardians, who have won the last two to split the four-game series. 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