The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 5-3 on May 18, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Brent Rooker went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Lucas Erceg pitched 1.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Kyle Isbel went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
Athletics 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Rooker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| JJ Bleday | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shea Langeliers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J.D. Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2024 season · Previous May 17, 2024: ATH 2, KC 6 · Next May 19, 2024: ATH 4, KC 8
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 17, 2024: ATH 2, KC 6 · Next May 19, 2024: ATH 4, KC 8