{"id":1203,"date":"2026-09-27T23:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=kansas-city-royals-end-season-with-home-win-over-cleveland"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:41:53","slug":"kansas-city-royals-end-season-with-home-win-over-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"sjc_news","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=kansas-city-royals-end-season-with-home-win-over-cleveland","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Royals end season with home win over Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ROYALS-PIC.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KQTV) &#8211; It was another season of disappointment for the Kansas City Royals but at least the team was able to finish the season with a win on Sunday with a 3-2 home victory over the playoff bound Cleveland Guardians. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vinnie Pasquantino&#8217;s home run out to right field in the 8th inning was the difference. Pasquantino hit 2 homers on Sunday, including a 434 footer in the 5th inning. He finished 2-for-4 with 2 RBI. Salvador Perez finished 1-for-3 with 1 RBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Royals finish the year with 69 wins and 93 defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/sports\/kansas-city-royals\/2026\/09\/27\/kansas-city-royals-end-season-with-home-win-over-cleveland\/\">Kansas City Royals end season with home win over Cleveland<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\">KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather &amp; Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KQTV) &#8211; It was another season of disappointment for the Kansas City Royals but at least the team was able to finish the season with a win on Sunday with a 3-2 home&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1204,"template":"","class_list":["post-1203","sjc_news","type-sjc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sjc_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}