The Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3 on Apr 15, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Sean Murphy went 3-for-3 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Braves.
- Bryce Elder pitched 5.1 innings for the Braves, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Pillar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Albies | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eli White | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vaughn Grissom | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Elder | 5.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kirby Yates | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dylan Lee | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesse Chavez | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 2.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2023 season · Previous Apr 14, 2023: ATL 10, KC 3 · Next Apr 16, 2023: ATL 5, KC 4
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