The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Aug 6, 2023 at Citizens Bank Park.
Final · Citizens Bank Park
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Bryson Stott went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Phillies.
- Taijuan Walker pitched 7.0 innings for the Phillies, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samad Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 4.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| James McArthur | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Philadelphia Phillies 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Castellanos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Trea Turner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Schwarber | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Edmundo Sosa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bohm | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryson Stott | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryce Harper | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Stubbs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taijuan Walker | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 5, 2023: KC 6, PHI 9 · Next Aug 7, 2023: KC 2, BOS 6
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