The Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Royals 12-10 on May 26, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Corey Dickerson went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- Patrick Corbin pitched 6.1 innings for the Nationals, allowing 6 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs and 5 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Meneses | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corey Dickerson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Call | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin | 6.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Erasmo Ramirez | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous May 25, 2023: SD 8, WSH 6 · Next May 27, 2023: WSH 4, KC 2
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous May 24, 2023: DET 6, KC 4 · Next May 27, 2023: WSH 4, KC 2