The Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Apr 16, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ozzie Albies went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Braves.
- Kyle Wright pitched 5.2 innings for the Braves, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Rosario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vaughn Grissom | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Wright | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| A.J. Minter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Franmil Reyes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2023 season · Previous Apr 15, 2023: ATL 9, KC 3 · Next Apr 17, 2023: ATL 2, SD 0
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 15, 2023: ATL 9, KC 3 · Next Apr 17, 2023: TEX 4, KC 0