The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Aug 30, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Bryan Reynolds went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- David Bednar pitched 1.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Angel Zerpa pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh Pirates 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endy Rodriguez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alika Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Borucki | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Samad Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Zerpa | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2023 season · Previous Aug 29, 2023: PIT 6, KC 3 · Next Sep 1, 2023: PIT 4, STL 2
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 29, 2023: PIT 6, KC 3 · Next Sep 1, 2023: BOS 2, KC 13