Guardians Crush Royals, Extend Perfect Series Streak

0:00It's April 8th. This is MLB News today, your AI-powered source for everything, MLB. Cleveland Guardians smashed the Kansas City Royals 10-2 on Wednesday night. Angel Martinez crushed a Grand Slam and gnoshed a career-high 4 hits while Rookie chased a lotter smack the two-run double. Reese Hoskins ripped 3 doubles, helping Cleveland tie their season high with 16 hits total. That Grand Slam came in the 8th off Steven Cruz, turning a 5-2 game into a blowout, as the Guardians added 5 more runs. Starter Joey Cantillo earned his first win, striking out 9 over 5 and 2-3's innings, giving up just 1 earned run. Matt Festa closed it out with 1 and 1-3 scoreless frames for his first save since July 7th, 2022. Daylater leads all Rookies with 5 homers and 11 RBI's, driving in Jose Ramirez and David Fry early. Royals pitcher Cole Reagan's took a comeback or to his left thumb, left after 2-3rds of an inning and got diagnosed with the contusion he's charged, with 3 runs.

1:03Kansas City clawed back to 4-1 on Bobbywood Jr.'s double, then added 1 more on an error. Cleveland committed 2 errors after just 1 in their first 12 games, but Ramirez and Juan Brito added RBI doubles to seal it. The Guardians stayed perfect at 3-0-1 in series this season. Royals outfielder Tyler Tolbert even pitched 2-3rds of a scoreless inning in his debut. His head to Atlanta Friday, with slates a coni on the mound, while Kansas City hosts the White Sox Thursday behind Seth Lugo. Big momentum for Cleveland rolling into the weekend.