The Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Sep 14, 2024 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Oneil Cruz went 1-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Mitch Keller pitched 6.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tommy Pham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbie Grossman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kris Bubic | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oneil Cruz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Gonzales | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yasmani Grandal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Cook | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jared Triolo | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joey Bart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Keller | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Sep 13, 2024: KC 8, PIT 3 · Next Sep 15, 2024: KC 3, PIT 4
- Pirates · 2024 season · Previous Sep 13, 2024: KC 8, PIT 3 · Next Sep 15, 2024: KC 3, PIT 4