Overview

• Joey Cantillo delivered a career-best eight-plus scoreless innings, allowing four hits with five strikeouts and no walks.
• José Ramírez accounted for both runs with a first-inning homer and later scoring after a fourth-inning double.
• Cade Smith finished a tense ninth for his 12th save, striking out two after entering with the tying runs on base.
• Cleveland’s win pushed its streak to five and kept the club roughly two games from the final American League wild-card spot, pending other results.
• Royals rookie Noah Cameron struck out eight over seven innings, and Kansas City saw Bobby Witt Jr. return as Jonathan India was activated.