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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 9/4/2026Royals Box Scores · 9/4/26Royals (63-78, W1, 6-4 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 73 | 67 | .521 | — | +39 | 41-27 | 32-40 | 5-5 | L2 |  Guardians | 70 | 70 | .500 | 3 | -11 | 33-38 | 37-32 | 6-4 | L2 |  Twins | 67 | 73 | .479 | 6 | -38 | 38-34 | 29-39 | 4-6 | L1 |  Tigers | 64 | 75 | .460 | 8.5 | +47 | 34-35 | 30-40 | 3-7 | W1 |  Royals | 63 | 78 | .447 | 10.5 | -85 | 37-32 | 26-46 | 6-4 | W1 |
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 Toronto Blue Jays 9, Kansas City Royals 2 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Blue Jays | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | | Royals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
W: Mantiply · L: Lynch IV · Sv: Lorenzen |
| Blue Jays | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Bateman cf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .784 | .330 |  Springer dh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .741 | .251 |  Guerrero Jr. 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .691 | .262 |  Keys 1b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .631 | .214 |  Kirk c | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .758 | .274 |  Okamoto 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .739 | .227 |  McAdoo 2b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .631 | .237 |  Smith 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .634 | .219 |  Clement ss | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .690 | .276 |  Lukes rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .705 | .265 |  Straw lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .649 | .236 | | Totals | 38 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | | |
2B: Clement (30, Lynch IV); Kirk (7, Lynch IV); Springer (21, Hoffman, N). HR: Keys (2, 9th inning off McGee, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Bateman; Clement 3; Guerrero Jr. 2; Keys 4; Kirk 3; Lukes; Okamoto; Springer 2; Straw 2. RBI: Clement 2 (46); Keys (7); Kirk 2 (34); Okamoto (79); Springer 2 (48); Straw (24). DP: 2 (Guerrero Jr.; McAdoo-Clement-Guerrero Jr.). |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .759 | .231 |  Maile c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .449 | .152 |  Witt Jr. ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .812 | .283 |  Tolbert ss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .805 | .307 |  Caglianone rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .823 | .281 |  Perez, S dh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .645 | .224 |  Lugo, M ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .250 |  Pasquantino 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .710 | .241 |  Loftin 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .714 | .237 |  Massey 2b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .761 | .280 |  Collins lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .668 | .226 |  Isbel cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .629 | .232 | | Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | |
2B: Jensen (28, Lorenzen). HR: Witt Jr. (17, 1st inning off Taillon, 0 on, 1 out); Pasquantino (10, 9th inning off Lorenzen, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Jensen 2; Massey; Pasquantino 4; Perez, S 2; Witt Jr. 4. RBI: Pasquantino (43); Witt Jr. (51). GIDP: Collins; Pasquantino. DP: (Loftin-Massey). |
| Blue Jays | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Taillon p | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5.65 |  Mantiply p (W, 2-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.57 |  Fisher p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.21 |  Little, B p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7.54 |  Lorenzen p (S, 1) | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7.03 |
ST-PC: Taillon (18-29), Mantiply (14-23), Fisher (7-14), Little, B (18-31), Lorenzen (27-33). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Lynch IV p (L, 4-5) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.51 |  Hoffman, N p | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.87 |  McGee p | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6.97 |
ST-PC: Lynch IV (46-70), Hoffman, N (21-31), McGee (19-33). |
Scoring Plays | 1st | 1–0 | Kirk singled to right, Bateman scored, Guerrero Jr. to third. | | 1st | 2–0 | Okamoto singled to left, Guerrero Jr. scored, Kirk to second. | | 1st | 4–0 | Clement doubled to left, Kirk scored and McAdoo scored. | | 1st | 4–1 | Witt Jr. homered to left (410 feet). | | 2nd | 5–1 | Kirk doubled to center, Straw scored, Guerrero Jr. to third. | | 6th | 6–1 | Straw hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Clement scored, Lukes to second. | | 6th | 8–1 | Springer doubled to right, Bateman scored and Lukes scored. | | 9th | 9–1 | Keys homered to right (399 feet). | | 9th | 9–2 | Pasquantino homered to right (369 feet). |
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HBP: Bateman (by Lynch IV). Umpires: HP: Mark Ripperger. 1B: Shane Livensparger. 2B: Dan Merzel. 3B: Dan Bellino. Weather: 97 degrees, Clear. T: 2:21. Att: 18,218. 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 | 130 | 502 | 47 | 111 | 18 | 64 | 21 | 107 | 1 | .221 | .641 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 121 | 474 | 78 | 135 | 16 | 50 | 56 | 92 | 38 | .285 | .809 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 128 | 465 | 65 | 131 | 23 | 67 | 30 | 131 | 6 | .282 | .826 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 130 | 455 | 63 | 103 | 21 | 64 | 58 | 148 | 2 | .226 | .739 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 125 | 391 | 42 | 90 | 6 | 40 | 53 | 102 | 6 | .230 | .679 | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 93 | 345 | 41 | 83 | 9 | 41 | 45 | 63 | 5 | .241 | .704 | | #19 Michael Massey 2b | 111 | 344 | 46 | 96 | 11 | 45 | 19 | 62 | 3 | .279 | .761 | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 100 | 311 | 40 | 74 | 7 | 41 | 38 | 58 | 3 | .238 | .721 |  #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 73 | 283 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 5 | .269 | .709 | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 80 | 240 | 26 | 55 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 59 | 6 | .229 | .628 | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 67 | 114 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 20 | .307 | .805 |  #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 35 | 89 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .258 | .661 |  #16 John Rave rf | 34 | 86 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 4 | .221 | .702 |  #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 17 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .623 | | #18 Luke Maile c | 13 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .152 | .449 | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .666 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |  #52 Michael Wacha | 27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 170.2 | 145 | 63 | 42 | 136 | 3.32 | 1.10 |  #65 Noah Cameron | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 154.1 | 139 | 70 | 49 | 138 | 4.08 | 1.22 |  #67 Seth Lugo | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 154.0 | 170 | 86 | 49 | 118 | 5.03 | 1.42 |  #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 71 | 43 | 42 | 61 | 5.53 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 61.2 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 46 | 3.06 | 1.05 |  #62 Randy Dobnak | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 57.2 | 57 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 2.65 | 1.39 |  #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 4.50 | 1.24 |  #56 Alex Lange | 52 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 53.2 | 54 | 36 | 27 | 55 | 6.04 | 1.51 |  #64 Steven Cruz | 49 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 51.2 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 56 | 4.35 | 1.26 |  #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 |  #26 Craig Kimbrel | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 41.0 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 3.95 | 1.20 |  #61 Nate Pearson | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 35.2 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 2.27 | 1.21 |  #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 4.84 | 1.42 |  #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 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2.93 | 1.83 |  #50 Connor Thomas | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.1 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 11.48 | 2.10 |  #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 21.21 | 3.00 | | #51 Easton McGee | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7.56 | 1.92 | | #35 Nolan Hoffman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.18 | 1.59 |  #34 Anthony Gose | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.27 |  #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 | 544 | .221 | .266 | .375 | .154 | 19.7% | 3.9% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 536 | .285 | .360 | .449 | .164 | 17.2% | 10.4% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 501 | .282 | .331 | .495 | .213 | 26.1% | 6.0% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 521 | .226 | .313 | .426 | .200 | 28.4% | 11.1% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 455 | .230 | .329 | .350 | .120 | 22.4% | 11.6% | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 397 | .241 | .330 | .374 | .133 | 15.9% | 11.3% | | #19 Michael Massey 2b | 370 | .279 | .313 | .448 | .169 | 16.8% | 5.1% | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 363 | .238 | .329 | .392 | .154 | 16.0% | 10.5% | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 309 | .269 | .324 | .385 | .116 | 15.2% | 7.8% | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 266 | .229 | .278 | .350 | .121 | 22.2% | 5.3% | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 132 | .307 | .375 | .430 | .123 | 18.2% | 9.1% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 95 | .258 | .290 | .371 | .113 | 15.8% | 4.2% | | #16 John Rave rf | 97 | .221 | .295 | .407 | .186 | 20.6% | 9.3% | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 58 | .167 | .310 | .313 | .146 | 22.4% | 13.8% | | #18 Luke Maile c | 34 | .152 | .176 | .273 | .121 | 32.4% | 2.9% | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 170.2 | 7.17 | 2.21 | 3.24 | 1.16 | 1.10 | | #65 Noah Cameron | 154.1 | 8.05 | 2.86 | 2.82 | 0.93 | 1.22 | | #67 Seth Lugo | 154.0 | 6.90 | 2.86 | 2.41 | 1.05 | 1.42 | | #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 70.0 | 7.84 | 5.40 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 61.2 | 6.71 | 2.77 | 2.42 | 0.73 | 1.05 | | #62 Randy Dobnak | 57.2 | 6.24 | 3.59 | 1.74 | 0.78 | 1.39 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 54.0 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 53.2 | 9.22 | 4.53 | 2.04 | 1.34 | 1.51 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 51.2 | 9.75 | 3.31 | 2.95 | 2.09 | 1.26 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 41.0 | 7.90 | 3.95 | 2.00 | 0.88 | 1.20 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 35.2 | 7.57 | 4.54 | 1.67 | 0.25 | 1.21 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 35.1 | 11.46 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 1.42 | | #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 | 15.1 | 9.39 | 5.87 | 1.60 | 0.00 | 1.83 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 13.1 | 6.07 | 4.72 | 1.29 | 2.70 | 2.10 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 9.1 | 5.79 | 8.68 | 0.67 | 2.89 | 3.00 | | #51 Easton McGee | 8.1 | 8.64 | 4.32 | 2.00 | 2.16 | 1.92 | | #35 Nolan Hoffman | 5.2 | 4.76 | 4.76 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.59 | | #34 Anthony Gose | 3.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.27 | | #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 | Sat, Sep 5 | vs | Toronto Blue Jays | 7:10 PM ET | | Sun, Sep 6 | vs | Toronto Blue Jays | 2:10 PM ET | | Mon, Sep 7 | vs |  Arizona Diamondbacks | 2:10 PM ET | | Tue, Sep 8 | vs | Arizona Diamondbacks | 7:40 PM ET | | Wed, Sep 9 | vs | Arizona Diamondbacks | 7:40 PM ET | | Fri, Sep 11 | at |  Boston Red Sox | 7:10 PM ET |
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Transactions Outrighted Kansas City Royals sent LF Drew Waters outright to Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals activated 2B Michael Massey from the 7-day injured list. Designated for Assignment Kansas City Royals designated LF Drew Waters for assignment. Status Change Kansas City Royals activated LF Drew Waters. | Selected Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LF Drew Waters from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Easton McGee from Omaha Storm Chasers. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Mason Black to Omaha Storm Chasers. |
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