The Royals fell 12-9 to the Guardians after their pitchers issued a season-high 13 walks and costly baserunning mistakes compounded the damage. Carter Jensen hit two home runs and set the season record for extra-base hits by a rookie catcher.
Salvador Perez hit his 324th career home run, tying him with Lance Parrish and Gary Carter on the all-time list for homers by a primary catcher. Cleveland’s magic number to win the division fell to two.
The next game was scheduled for 6:10 p.m., with Michael Wacha set for his final start of the season; he needed 5.2 innings to reach 200. Tanner Bibee was slated to start for Cleveland.
