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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 9/5/2026Royals Box Scores · 9/5/26Royals (63-79, L1, 5-5 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 74 | 67 | .525 | — | +42 | 42-27 | 32-40 | 6-4 | W1 |  Guardians | 72 | 70 | .507 | 2.5 | -9 | 35-38 | 37-32 | 6-4 | W2 |  Twins | 67 | 74 | .475 | 7 | -41 | 38-34 | 29-40 | 4-6 | L2 |  Tigers | 64 | 77 | .454 | 10 | +45 | 34-35 | 30-42 | 3-7 | L2 |  Royals | 63 | 79 | .444 | 11.5 | -92 | 37-33 | 26-46 | 5-5 | L1 |
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 Toronto Blue Jays 4, Kansas City Royals 3 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Blue Jays | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | | Royals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
W: Fluharty · L: Kimbrel · Sv: Varland, L |
| Blue Jays | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Bateman cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .779 | .327 |  Springer dh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .736 | .248 |  Guerrero Jr. 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .689 | .261 |  Kirk c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .272 |  Lukes rf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .712 | .270 |  Okamoto 3b | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .233 |  Giménez ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .644 | .243 |  Clement 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .689 | .275 |  Straw lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .647 | .236 | | Totals | 39 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | |
2B: Okamoto 2 (23, Lugo, S, Lugo, S). TB: Bateman; Clement; Giménez; Guerrero Jr.; Kirk; Lukes 3; Okamoto 6; Straw. RBI: Lukes (36); Okamoto 2 (81). SB: Springer (12, 2nd base off Kimbrel/Jensen). DP: (Rogers, Ty-Giménez-Guerrero Jr.). |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .755 | .230 |  Witt Jr. ss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .811 | .283 |  Caglianone rf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .825 | .283 |  Loftin 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .714 | .238 |  Perez, S dh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .647 | .226 |  Lugo, M dh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .250 |  Pasquantino 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .703 | .238 |  Massey 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .758 | .280 |  Rave cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .741 | .225 |  Rojas, J 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .633 | .247 |  Tolbert rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .798 | .304 |  Isbel ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .626 | .231 |  Collins lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .665 | .224 | | Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | |
2B: Witt Jr. (29, Scherzer). HR: Rave (4, 4th inning off Scherzer, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Caglianone; Loftin; Massey; Perez, S 2; Rave 4; Witt Jr. 2. RBI: Caglianone (70); Perez, S (66); Rave (9). GIDP: Pasquantino. E: Rojas, J (3, throw); Witt Jr. (9, throw). |
| Blue Jays | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Scherzer p | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6.03 |  Fluharty p (W, 6-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.32 |  Sewald p (H, 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.28 |  Rogers, Ty p (H, 31) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.84 |  Varland, L p (S, 33) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.15 |
ST-PC: Scherzer (50-76), Fluharty (11-20), Sewald (4-7), Rogers, Ty (7-12), Varland, L (10-13). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Lugo, S p | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5.04 |  Cuas p | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.81 |  Thomas p | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.20 |  Kimbrel p (L, 1-3) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.80 |  Gose p | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |  Lange p | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.93 |
ST-PC: Lugo, S (61-95), Cuas (14-17), Thomas (2-2), Kimbrel (14-22), Gose (10-14), Lange (6-9). |
Scoring Plays | 1st | 1–0 | Kirk reached on infield single to third, Guerrero Jr. scored on throwing error by third baseman Rojas, Kirk to second. | | 1st | 2–0 | Lukes singled to left, Kirk scored. | | 1st | 2–1 | Caglianone reached on infield single to second, Jensen scored, Witt Jr. to third. | | 1st | 2–2 | Perez singled to right, Witt Jr. scored, Caglianone to third. | | 3rd | 3–2 | Okamoto doubled to left, Lukes scored, Okamoto out stretching at third. | | 4th | 3–3 | Rave homered to right (366 feet). | | 7th | 4–3 | Okamoto singled to center, Springer scored, Lukes to third. |
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Balk: Scherzer. HBP: Jensen (by Scherzer). Umpires: HP: Shane Livensparger. 3B: Mark Ripperger. 1B: Dan Merzel. 2B: Dan Bellino. Weather: 97 degrees, Partly Cloudy. T: 2:36. Att: 20,547. 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 | 132 | 509 | 47 | 114 | 18 | 65 | 21 | 108 | 1 | .224 | .645 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 123 | 480 | 79 | 136 | 17 | 51 | 58 | 93 | 38 | .283 | .812 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 130 | 473 | 66 | 133 | 23 | 69 | 30 | 131 | 6 | .281 | .823 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 132 | 463 | 66 | 107 | 22 | 67 | 58 | 150 | 2 | .231 | .759 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 127 | 398 | 42 | 90 | 6 | 40 | 53 | 103 | 6 | .226 | .668 | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 95 | 353 | 42 | 85 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 64 | 5 | .241 | .710 | | #19 Michael Massey 2b | 113 | 350 | 46 | 98 | 11 | 45 | 20 | 62 | 3 | .280 | .761 | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 102 | 317 | 40 | 75 | 7 | 41 | 38 | 60 | 3 | .237 | .714 |  #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 73 | 283 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 5 | .269 | .709 | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 82 | 246 | 28 | 57 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 60 | 6 | .232 | .629 | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 69 | 114 | 31 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 21 | .307 | .805 | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 36 | 91 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .253 | .647 | | #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 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .152 | .449 | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |  #52 Michael Wacha | 28 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 176.2 | 151 | 66 | 44 | 143 | 3.36 | 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 | 52 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 66.2 | 53 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 3.51 | 1.10 |  #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 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 52.2 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 57 | 4.27 | 1.23 |  #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 41.2 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 3.89 | 1.18 |  #61 Nate Pearson | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37.0 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 2.19 | 1.16 |  #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 |  #51 Easton McGee | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6.97 | 1.94 |  #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 21.21 | 3.00 |  #35 Nolan Hoffman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5.87 | 1.70 | | #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 | 551 | .224 | .268 | .377 | .153 | 19.6% | 3.8% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 544 | .283 | .360 | .452 | .169 | 17.1% | 10.7% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 509 | .281 | .330 | .493 | .212 | 25.7% | 5.9% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 529 | .231 | .316 | .443 | .212 | 28.4% | 11.0% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 462 | .226 | .324 | .344 | .118 | 22.3% | 11.5% | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 405 | .241 | .328 | .382 | .141 | 15.8% | 11.1% | | #19 Michael Massey 2b | 377 | .280 | .315 | .446 | .166 | 16.4% | 5.3% | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 369 | .237 | .326 | .388 | .151 | 16.3% | 10.3% | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 309 | .269 | .324 | .385 | .116 | 15.2% | 7.8% | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 272 | .232 | .279 | .350 | .118 | 22.1% | 5.1% | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 132 | .307 | .375 | .430 | .123 | 18.2% | 9.1% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 97 | .253 | .284 | .363 | .110 | 15.5% | 4.1% | | #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 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .000 | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 176.2 | 7.28 | 2.24 | 3.25 | 1.22 | 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 | 66.2 | 6.21 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 0.67 | 1.10 | | #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 | 52.2 | 9.74 | 3.25 | 3.00 | 2.05 | 1.23 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 41.2 | 7.99 | 3.89 | 2.06 | 0.86 | 1.18 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 37.0 | 7.54 | 4.38 | 1.72 | 0.24 | 1.16 | | #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 | | #51 Easton McGee | 10.1 | 7.84 | 4.35 | 1.80 | 2.61 | 1.94 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 9.1 | 5.79 | 8.68 | 0.67 | 2.89 | 3.00 | | #35 Nolan Hoffman | 7.2 | 5.87 | 4.70 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 1.70 | | #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 | 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 | | Sat, Sep 12 | at | Boston Red Sox | 4:10 PM ET |
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Transactions Outrighted Kansas City Royals sent LF Drew Waters outright to Omaha Storm Chasers. Designated for Assignment Kansas City Royals designated LF Drew Waters for assignment. Status Change Kansas City Royals activated 2B Michael Massey from the 7-day injured list. Status Change Kansas City Royals activated LF Drew Waters. | Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Easton McGee from Omaha Storm Chasers. Selected Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LF Drew Waters from Omaha Storm Chasers. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Mason Black to Omaha Storm Chasers. |
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