The Kansas City Royals came back from a two-run deficit to beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-4 on Monday, September 18.

Cleveland held a 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth inning before the Royals erupted for four runs off of Trevor Stephan.

Nelson Velazquez homered and Drew Waters drove in a pair of runs with two hits at Kansas City won the opener of a three-game series.

Brady Singer allowed four runs on eight hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out four. James McArthur earned the save.

The Royals sit at 49-102, the second worst record in Major League Baseball.

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The Royals will look for the series win on Tuesday, September 19. Logan Allen gets the start for Cleveland. Kansas City has not announced a starter. Pregame is at 6 p.m., with first pitch at 6:40 on KMMO FM 102.9.