The Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on May 27, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- CJ Abrams went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Carl Edwards Jr. pitched 1.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corey Dickerson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Meneses | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Call | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous May 26, 2023: WSH 12, KC 10 · Next May 28, 2023: WSH 2, KC 3
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