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Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals

41Belt meetings
21Guardians wins
20Royals wins
18Title changes

Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals have met 41 times with the MLB belt on the line, from May 13, 1970 to September 10, 2020. The belt changed hands in 18 of those games. Cleveland Guardians lead the belt series 21–20.

Belt gameDateResult
13,603May 13, 1970Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 1–0Title change
16,000May 15, 1985Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 5–1Defense
16,001May 16, 1985Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 7–1Defense
16,495May 20, 1988Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 4–3Defense
16,496May 21, 1988Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 9–5Title change
16,497May 22, 1988Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 8–7Defense
16,578Aug 19, 1988Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 4–2Title change
16,579Aug 20, 1988Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 4–2Title change
16,580Aug 21, 1988Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 3–1Defense
18,216Apr 12, 1999Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 5–2Defense
18,217Apr 14, 1999Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 11–4Defense
20,171Aug 27, 2010Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 15–4Title change
20,172Aug 28, 2010Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 4–3Defense
20,173Aug 29, 2010Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 6–2Title change
20,784Jun 10, 2014Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 9–5Title change
20,785Jun 11, 2014Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 4–1Defense
21,053Sep 25, 2015Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 6–0Title change
21,054Sep 26, 2015Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 9–5Defense
21,055Sep 27, 2015Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 3–0Title change
21,128Jun 2, 2016Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 5–4Defense
21,129Jun 3, 2016Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 6–1Defense
21,130Jun 4, 2016Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 7–1Defense
21,131Jun 5, 2016Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 7–0Defense
21,139Jun 13, 2016Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 2–1Title change
21,140Jun 14, 2016Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 3–2Defense
21,141Jun 15, 2016Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 9–4Defense
21,550Sep 27, 2018Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 2–1Title change
21,551Sep 28, 2018Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 14–6Title change
21,552Sep 29, 2018Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 9–4Title change
21,553Sep 30, 2018Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 2–1Title change
21,660Jul 19, 2019Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 10–5Defense
21,661Jul 20, 2019Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 1–0Title change
21,662Jul 21, 2019Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 5–4Title change
21,666Jul 25, 2019Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 5–4Defense
21,667Jul 26, 2019Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 8–3Defense
21,668Jul 27, 2019Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 9–1Defense
21,669Jul 28, 2019Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 9–6Title change
21,768Sep 7, 2020Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 5–2Defense
21,769Sep 8, 2020Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 8–6Title change
21,770Sep 9, 2020Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 3–0Defense
21,771Sep 10, 2020Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland Indians 11–1Defense

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