Guardians Lose Game and Shortstop

CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 6: Brayan Rocchio #4 of the Cleveland Guardians rounds the bases after hitting a home run to left field on a 2-1 count with no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field on April 6, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Russell Lee Verlinger/Cleveland Guardians/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Guardians lost to the Royals in the series opener tonight 4-2. They also lost Gabriel Arias to hamstring tightness – we will see for how long.

The Guardians continued to get good starting pitching, this time for 4 and 2/3rds from Tanner Bibee who gave up 1 run on 5 hits and 1 walk, striking out 3. Tim Herrin finished out the fifth and Peyton Pallette pitched two innings, giving up a homer to Carter Jensen. Kolby Allard finished off the game and gave up a two-run homer to Johnathan India.

The Guardians had one of those “hit the ball hard and got nothing to show for it” games, and were generally stymied by Michael Wacha. But, there were some positive signs – Steven Kwan and Brayan Rocchio hit their first homers of the season, and Jose took two walks. Steven Kwan gets us on the board first with his first homer of the season!

#GuardsBall pic. twitter. com/1KFcsnh9No — Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 6, 2026 Brayan Rocchio gets us closer with his first homer of the season!