The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 5-1 on May 7, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ramon Laureano went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Mason Miller pitched 6.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Ryan Yarbrough pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
Athletics 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Laureano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Allen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesus Aguilar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Perez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Bleday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Eaton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Yarbrough | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2023 season · Previous May 6, 2023: ATH 5, KC 4 · Next May 8, 2023: ATH 2, NYY 7
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous May 6, 2023: ATH 5, KC 4 · Next May 8, 2023: CHW 5, KC 12