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 Kansas City Royals 9,  Athletics 5 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | | Royals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | x | 9 | 13 | 0 |
W: Wacha · L: Barnett · Sv: Cruz |
| Athletics | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 McNeil 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .670 | .259 |  Bolte cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .713 | .268 |  Butler, L rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .654 | .210 |  Gelof dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .827 | .276 |  Cortes lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .748 | .260 |  White 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .642 | .267 |  Walton 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .803 | .277 |  Williams ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .700 | .266 |  Heim ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .676 | .215 |  Serven c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .679 | .200 | | Totals | 32 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | |
2B: Walton (11, Wacha). HR: McNeil (6, 1st inning off Wacha, 0 on, 0 out); White (2, 5th inning off Wacha, 0 on, 0 out); Serven (3, 5th inning off Wacha, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Bolte; Butler, L; Cortes; Gelof; McNeil 4; Serven 4; Walton 2; White 4. RBI: McNeil (40); Serven 2 (7); White (3). GIDP: Cortes 2; Heim. E: Serven (1, catcher interference). DP: (White-Walton-McNeil). |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .698 | .219 |  Witt Jr. ss | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .820 | .286 |  Caglianone rf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .819 | .276 |  Garcia, M 3b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .695 | .264 |  Pasquantino 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .665 | .232 |  Perez, S dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .626 | .215 |  Massey 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .744 | .272 |  Collins lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .675 | .227 |  Isbel cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .622 | .232 | | Totals | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | | |
2B: Pasquantino (12, Blewett); Jensen (25, Johnson, S); Witt Jr. (26, Johnson, S). HR: Witt Jr. (15, 2nd inning off Barnett, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Caglianone 3; Garcia, M 2; Isbel; Jensen 2; Massey; Pasquantino 2; Perez, S; Witt Jr. 7. RBI: Caglianone 2 (60); Garcia, M (31); Isbel (16); Perez, S 2 (54); Witt Jr. 3 (46). GIDP: Garcia, M. SB: Witt Jr. (33, 2nd base off Blewett/Serven). CS: Garcia, M (4, 2nd base by Barnett/Serven). DP: 3 (3 Massey-Witt Jr.-Pasquantino). |
| Athletics | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Barnett p (L, 1-4) | 2.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7.08 |  Juenger p | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.14 |  Blewett p | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 |  Johnson, S p | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7.29 |
ST-PC: Barnett (45-83), Juenger (14-21), Blewett (22-28), Johnson, S (13-15). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Wacha p (W, 6-8) | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 3.58 |  Thomas p (H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18.41 |  Schreiber p (H, 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.60 |  Pearson p (H, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.73 |  Erceg p | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.23 |  Cruz p (S, 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.08 |
ST-PC: Wacha (49-79), Thomas (8-11), Schreiber (8-9), Pearson (10-18), Erceg (6-14), Cruz (5-8). |
Scoring Plays | 1st | 1–0 | McNeil homered to right (375 feet). | | 1st | 1–1 | Garcia singled to right, Witt Jr. scored, Garcia to second, Caglianone to third. | | 1st | 1–3 | Perez singled to center, Caglianone scored and Garcia scored. | | 2nd | 1–5 | Witt Jr. homered to left center (390 feet), Isbel scored. | | 3rd | 1–6 | Isbel singled to center, Massey scored, Collins to third. | | 5th | 2–6 | White homered to left center (401 feet). | | 5th | 4–6 | Serven homered to left (386 feet), Walton scored. | | 6th | 4–7 | Caglianone singled to right, Witt Jr. scored. | | 8th | 4–8 | Witt Jr. doubled to left, Jensen scored. | | 8th | 4–9 | Caglianone singled to right, Witt Jr. scored. | | 9th | 5–9 | Heim grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Cortes scored, Walton out at second, White to third. |
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WP: Barnett 2; Erceg. HBP: Bolte (by Pearson). Umpires: 2B: Alex Tosi. 1B: Andy Fletcher. HP: Jansen Visconti. 3B: Cory Blaser. Weather: 85 degrees, Clear. T: 2:45. Att: 12,438. Kauffman Stadium. |
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Kansas City Royals Team Statistics | Hitters | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OPS | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 124 | 476 | 46 | 105 | 17 | 59 | 20 | 102 | 1 | .221 | .638 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 115 | 448 | 72 | 129 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 90 | 35 | .288 | .824 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 122 | 438 | 59 | 120 | 22 | 60 | 29 | 124 | 6 | .274 | .812 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 124 | 432 | 58 | 96 | 17 | 58 | 52 | 141 | 2 | .222 | .708 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 120 | 375 | 41 | 86 | 6 | 38 | 51 | 98 | 6 | .229 | .676 | | #19 Michael Massey 2b (IL) | 110 | 340 | 46 | 94 | 11 | 44 | 19 | 62 | 2 | .276 | .754 | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 88 | 326 | 40 | 79 | 8 | 38 | 42 | 60 | 5 | .242 | .703 |  #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 95 | 291 | 36 | 69 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 54 | 2 | .237 | .714 | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 73 | 283 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 5 | .269 | .709 | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 75 | 223 | 25 | 53 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 54 | 6 | .238 | .646 |  #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 63 | 109 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 20 | .294 | .783 |  #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 30 | 76 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .224 | .556 |  #16 John Rave rf | 30 | 73 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | .233 | .752 |  #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 17 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .623 |  #18 Luke Maile c | 10 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .179 | .528 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 26 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 162.2 | 141 | 63 | 42 | 126 | 3.49 | 1.13 |  #67 Seth Lugo | 27 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 150.1 | 161 | 77 | 47 | 116 | 4.61 | 1.38 |  #65 Noah Cameron | 25 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 143.1 | 128 | 64 | 46 | 128 | 4.02 | 1.21 |  #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 71 | 43 | 42 | 61 | 5.53 | 1.61 |  #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 58.1 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 43 | 2.93 | 1.03 |  #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 4.50 | 1.24 |  #62 Randy Dobnak | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51.2 | 50 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 1.92 | 1.37 |  #56 Alex Lange | 49 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 50.2 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 53 | 5.86 | 1.48 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50.2 | 44 | 25 | 19 | 54 | 4.44 | 1.24 | | #46 John Schreiber | 54 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 48.1 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 3.72 | 1.30 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 |  #26 Craig Kimbrel | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39.0 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 35 | 4.15 | 1.23 |  #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 4.84 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.2 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 2.41 | 1.22 |  #47 Mason Black (IL) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 4.31 | 1.60 |  #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 5.25 | 1.71 |  #44 Beck Way (IL) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 3.86 | 1.59 |  #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19.1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 5.12 | 1.50 |  #74 Jose Cuas | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2.08 | 1.69 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13.06 | 2.23 |  #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 21.21 | 3.00 |  #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8.59 | 2.18 |  Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.93 |  #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.75 |  Luke Little (IL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.00 |  #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 162.00 | 18.00 |
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Kansas City Royals Advanced Stats | Hitters | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | K% | BB% | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 517 | .221 | .266 | .372 | .151 | 19.7% | 3.9% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 508 | .288 | .366 | .458 | .170 | 17.7% | 10.8% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 473 | .274 | .326 | .486 | .212 | 26.2% | 6.1% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 492 | .222 | .305 | .403 | .181 | 28.7% | 10.6% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 437 | .229 | .329 | .347 | .118 | 22.4% | 11.7% | | #19 Michael Massey 2b (IL) | 366 | .276 | .310 | .444 | .168 | 16.9% | 5.2% | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 374 | .242 | .329 | .374 | .132 | 16.0% | 11.2% | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 341 | .237 | .329 | .385 | .148 | 15.8% | 10.6% | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 309 | .269 | .324 | .385 | .116 | 15.2% | 7.8% | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 247 | .238 | .283 | .363 | .125 | 21.9% | 4.9% | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 126 | .294 | .361 | .422 | .128 | 18.3% | 8.7% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 80 | .224 | .253 | .303 | .079 | 16.3% | 3.8% | | #16 John Rave rf | 82 | .233 | .300 | .452 | .219 | 20.7% | 8.5% | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 58 | .167 | .310 | .313 | .146 | 22.4% | 13.8% | | #18 Luke Maile c | 29 | .179 | .207 | .321 | .142 | 37.9% | 3.4% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 162.2 | 6.97 | 2.32 | 3.00 | 1.22 | 1.13 | | #67 Seth Lugo | 150.1 | 6.94 | 2.81 | 2.47 | 0.96 | 1.38 | | #65 Noah Cameron | 143.1 | 8.04 | 2.89 | 2.78 | 0.88 | 1.21 | | #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 70.0 | 7.84 | 5.40 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 58.1 | 6.63 | 2.62 | 2.53 | 0.62 | 1.03 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 54.0 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 1.24 | | #62 Randy Dobnak | 51.2 | 5.92 | 3.66 | 1.62 | 0.52 | 1.37 | | #56 Alex Lange | 50.2 | 9.41 | 4.62 | 2.04 | 1.07 | 1.48 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 50.2 | 9.59 | 3.38 | 2.84 | 2.13 | 1.24 | | #46 John Schreiber | 48.1 | 6.70 | 4.10 | 1.64 | 1.30 | 1.30 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 39.0 | 8.08 | 4.15 | 1.94 | 0.92 | 1.23 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 35.1 | 11.46 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 33.2 | 7.49 | 4.81 | 1.56 | 0.27 | 1.22 | | #47 Mason Black (IL) | 31.1 | 5.46 | 5.74 | 0.95 | 1.72 | 1.60 | | #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 24.0 | 7.50 | 4.13 | 1.82 | 0.75 | 1.71 | | #44 Beck Way (IL) | 23.1 | 8.10 | 3.86 | 2.10 | 1.54 | 1.59 | | #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 19.1 | 6.98 | 5.12 | 1.36 | 0.93 | 1.50 | | #74 Jose Cuas | 13.0 | 9.69 | 5.54 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 1.69 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 10.1 | 6.10 | 5.23 | 1.17 | 3.48 | 2.23 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 9.1 | 5.79 | 8.68 | 0.67 | 2.89 | 3.00 | | #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 7.1 | 8.59 | 4.91 | 1.75 | 2.45 | 2.18 | | Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 4.2 | 3.86 | 5.79 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.93 | | #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 1.1 | 6.75 | 20.25 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.75 | | Luke Little (IL) | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | - | 9.00 | 2.00 | | #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 0.1 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 18.00 |
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Upcoming Games | Thu, Aug 27 | at |  Toronto Blue Jays | 7:07 PM ET | | Fri, Aug 28 | at |  Cleveland Guardians | 7:10 PM ET | | Sat, Aug 29 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 4:10 PM ET | | Sun, Aug 30 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 1:40 PM ET | | Tue, Sep 1 | vs |  Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Wed, Sep 2 | vs | Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET |
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Transactions Selected Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LHP Anthony Gose from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled 3B Josh Rojas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 2B Michael Massey on the 7-day injured list retroactive to August 26, 2026. Concussion. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Mason Black to Omaha Storm Chasers. | Assigned Kansas City Royals sent RHP Tony Gonsolin on a rehab assignment to Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled LF Matthew Lugo from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Jose Cuas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 3B Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list. Left hamstring strain. |
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