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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/25/2026Royals Box Scores · 8/25/26Royals (58-74, W8, 9-1 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 68 | 63 | .519 | — | +34 | 39-27 | 29-36 | 5-5 | L1 |  Guardians | 66 | 66 | .500 | 2.5 | -7 | 31-34 | 35-32 | 7-3 | W5 |  Twins | 64 | 68 | .485 | 4.5 | -51 | 35-31 | 29-37 | 4-6 | W1 |  Tigers | 61 | 70 | .466 | 7 | +70 | 32-32 | 29-38 | 1-9 | L6 |  Royals | 58 | 74 | .439 | 10.5 | -91 | 36-30 | 22-44 | 9-1 | W8 |
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Kansas City Royals 5,  Toronto Blue Jays 3 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Royals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | | Blue Jays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
W: Lugo, S · L: Scherzer |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .702 | .219 |  Witt Jr. ss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .823 | .288 |  Pasquantino 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .711 | .245 |  Perez, S dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .643 | .222 |  Massey 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .754 | .276 |  Tolbert 2b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .779 | .290 |  Loftin 3b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .713 | .237 |  Collins lf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .679 | .231 |  Rave rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .767 | .232 |  Isbel cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .655 | .241 | | Totals | 35 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | | |
TB: Collins 2; Isbel; Jensen; Loftin; Pasquantino; Perez, S; Rave 2; Tolbert. RBI: Jensen (58); Perez, S (59); Rave (8). SF: Jensen. GIDP: Perez, S. SB: Pasquantino (5, 2nd base off Little, B/Kirk); Tolbert (19, 2nd base off Rogers, Ty/Kirk). E: Massey (4, throw). DP: 2 (Massey-Witt Jr.-Pasquantino; Tolbert-Witt Jr.-Pasquantino). |
| Blue Jays | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Bateman cf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .768 | .328 |  Lukes rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .691 | .263 |  Guerrero Jr. 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .689 | .262 |  Okamoto 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .738 | .229 |  Sánchez, J dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .745 | .262 |  Clement 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .709 | .283 |  Giménez ss | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .649 | .243 |  Valenzuela c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .689 | .227 |  Kirk c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .780 | .280 |  Straw lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .604 | .217 |  Springer ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .707 | .239 |  Cameron lf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .807 | .294 | | Totals | 33 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | | |
2B: Giménez (20, Lugo, S); Guerrero Jr. (20, Pearson). TB: Bateman 3; Cameron; Clement; Giménez 3; Guerrero Jr. 2; Lukes 2. RBI: Lukes 2 (28); Sánchez, J (34). SF: Sánchez, J. GIDP: Kirk; Valenzuela. E: Guerrero Jr. (8, throw). DP: (Giménez-Clement-Guerrero Jr.). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Lugo, S p (W, 6-7) | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4.61 |  Schreiber p (H, 14) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.72 |  Thomas p (H, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.06 |  Pearson p (H, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.41 |  Cruz p | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.44 |
ST-PC: Lugo, S (53-89), Schreiber (10-13), Thomas (5-10), Pearson (13-25), Cruz (9-12). |
| Blue Jays | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Scherzer p (L, 1-7) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7.02 |  Fisher p | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.41 |  Fluharty p | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.59 |  Sewald p | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.65 |  Little, B p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8.55 |  Rogers, Ty p | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.94 |
ST-PC: Scherzer (51-92), Fisher (7-12), Fluharty (7-9), Sewald (14-22), Little, B (11-21), Rogers, Ty (12-18). |
Scoring Plays | 1st | 1–0 | Perez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Jensen scored, Pasquantino out at second, Witt Jr. to third. | | 1st | 1–1 | Sánchez hit sacrifice fly to left, Bateman scored. | | 5th | 2–1 | Perez singled to left, Witt Jr. scored, Pasquantino to third. | | 6th | 3–1 | Isbel hit sacrifice bunt, Loftin scored, Isbel to first on throwing error by first baseman Guerrero Jr., Isbel to second, Rave to third. | | 6th | 4–1 | Jensen hit sacrifice fly to center, Rave scored. | | 9th | 5–1 | Rave singled to center, Tolbert scored. | | 9th | 5–3 | Lukes singled to left, Cameron scored and Bateman scored, Lukes out stretching at second. |
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WP: Fluharty. IBB: Witt Jr. (by Fluharty). HBP: Giménez (by Thomas); Sánchez, J (by Pearson). Umpires: HP: Carlos Torres. 1B: Nate Tomlinson. 2B: Mark Wegner. 3B: Jacob Metz. Weather: 72 degrees, Clear. T: 2:58. Att: 43,245. Rogers Centre. |
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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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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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