The Kansas City Royals beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on May 28, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ildemaro Vargas went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- MacKenzie Gore pitched 7.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 11 strikeouts.
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Call | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Meneses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous May 27, 2023: WSH 4, KC 2 · Next May 29, 2023: WSH 1, LAD 6
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous May 27, 2023: WSH 4, KC 2 · Next May 29, 2023: KC 7, STL 0