The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Aug 28, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ke'Bryan Hayes went 4-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-3 for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McCutchen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alika Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endy Rodriguez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2023 season · Previous Aug 27, 2023: CHC 10, PIT 1 · Next Aug 29, 2023: PIT 6, KC 3
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 27, 2023: KC 2, SEA 3 · Next Aug 29, 2023: PIT 6, KC 3