Royals bats as cold as the Cleveland air, Royals lose 2-1
Where are the hits?
CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 07: Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals reacts during the eighth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on April 07, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) | Getty Images In the second inning, Rookie of the Year candidate Carter Jensen crushed a belt-high cutter to the empty right field bleachers for a line drive home run. The homer was Jensen’s third of the year, and put the Royals ahead 2-1 against their divisional rivals, the Guardians.
But that hit turned out to be the only Royals hit all afternoon. When you only get one hit, you’re gonna lose the game, and lose the game the Royals did in a 2-1 final score. Granted, today’s game was a little odd.
The Royals are speedrunning weird weather games, with their 13-run rainfest victory against the Twins last Wednesday an unusually wet and foggy contest as one example. Today’s contest was another example, and Nick Kappel—the Royals’ Director of Media Relations—pointed out that this was the third-coldest first pitch temperature at a balmy 33 degrees. Cleveland, baby!
Coldest 1st-pitch temperatures in @Royals history: 29° April 7, 2007 vs. DET 32° April 8, 2018 at CLE 33° April 7, 2026 (TODAY! ) at CLE — Nick Kappel (@NickKappel) April 7, 2026 Royals batters weren’t totally barred from the experience of running the bases.