The Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Aug 17, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Julio Rodriguez went 5-for-5 with 1 home run and 5 RBI for the Mariners.
- George Kirby pitched 6.0 innings for the Mariners, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Angel Zerpa pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
Seattle Mariners 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teoscar Hernandez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ty France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Julio Rodriguez | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Caballero | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dylan Moore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sam Haggerty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Raleigh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Canzone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kirby | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Brash | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Zerpa | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John McMillon | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Mariners · 2023 season · Previous Aug 16, 2023: SEA 6, KC 5 · Next Aug 18, 2023: SEA 2, HOU 0
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 16, 2023: SEA 6, KC 5 · Next Aug 18, 2023: KC 4, CHC 3