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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/18/2026Royals Box Scores · 8/18/26Royals (53-74, W3, 5-5 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 65 | 59 | .524 | — | +45 | 37-24 | 28-35 | 6-4 | L1 |  Twins | 62 | 65 | .488 | 4.5 | -43 | 34-31 | 28-34 | 4-6 | W2 |  Guardians | 61 | 65 | .484 | 5 | -25 | 30-33 | 31-32 | 4-6 | W1 |  Tigers | 61 | 65 | .484 | 5 | +83 | 32-31 | 29-34 | 5-5 | L1 |  Royals | 53 | 74 | .417 | 13.5 | -106 | 31-30 | 22-44 | 5-5 | W3 |
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Kansas City Royals 4,  Athletics 3 |
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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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
W: Duran, C · L: Harris, H |
| Athletics | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Bolte cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .710 | .267 |  Gelof dh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .825 | .273 |  McNeil 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .674 | .262 |  Heim c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .671 | .213 |  White 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .637 | .267 |  Butler, L rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .656 | .211 |  Muncy lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .646 | .213 |  Cortes lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .745 | .259 |  Williams 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .690 | .262 |  Walton 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .793 | .273 |  Hernaiz ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .594 | .234 | | Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | | |
TB: Bolte; Butler, L; McNeil 2; White. RBI: McNeil (41); Muncy (22); White (4). E: Heim (4, catcher interference). DP: 3 (Hernaiz-Williams-McNeil; Williams-Hernaiz-McNeil; Medina-Hernaiz-McNeil). |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Loftin lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .692 | .232 |  Collins lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .675 | .226 |  Witt Jr. ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .821 | .287 |  Caglianone rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .823 | .278 |  Garcia, M 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .692 | .264 |  Pasquantino 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .672 | .236 |  Perez, S dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .622 | .214 |  Rave pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .685 | .200 |  Massey 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .746 | .272 |  Jensen c | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .703 | .220 |  Isbel cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .613 | .229 |  Tolbert ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .831 | .312 | | Totals | 31 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | |
2B: Caglianone (22, Rom); Pasquantino (13, Rom). TB: Caglianone 3; Garcia, M; Jensen; Massey; Pasquantino 3; Tolbert; Witt Jr. RBI: Pasquantino (34); Tolbert 2 (8); Witt Jr. (47). GIDP: Garcia, M; Isbel; Jensen. CS: Jensen (1, 2nd base by Perkins/Heim). |
| Athletics | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Basso p | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3.91 |  Perkins p | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6.96 |  Rom p (H, 3) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.38 |  Medina p (H, 7) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.51 |  Harris, H p (L, 3-2)(BS, 6) | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.79 |  Alvarado p | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.62 |
ST-PC: Basso (23-32), Perkins (34-53), Rom (6-8), Medina (11-24), Harris, H (17-30), Alvarado (2-2). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Lynch IV p | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2.83 |  Black p | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.77 |  Lange p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.10 |  Duran, C p (W, 1-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
ST-PC: Lynch IV (27-45), Black (30-51), Lange (9-11), Duran, C (8-12). |
Scoring Plays | 1st | 1–0 | White singled to left, Gelof scored, Heim to second, McNeil thrown out at home. | | 6th | 2–0 | McNeil singled to left, Bolte scored, Gelof to second. | | 6th | 3–0 | Muncy walked, Gelof scored, Butler to second, McNeil to third. | | 7th | 3–1 | Pasquantino doubled to right, Caglianone scored. | | 9th | 3–3 | Tolbert singled to left, Massey scored and Rave scored, Jensen to second. | | 9th | 3–4 | Witt Jr. singled to left, Jensen scored, Tolbert to second. |
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WP: Perkins; Medina; Duran, C. HBP: Witt Jr. (by Perkins). Umpires: 3B: Jansen Visconti. 2B: Cory Blaser. 1B: Alex Tosi. HP: Andy Fletcher. Weather: 86 degrees, Partly Cloudy. T: 2:42. Att: 12,009. 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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