The Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Jul 8, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Oneil Cruz went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Mitch Keller pitched 6.2 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Nick Loftin went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Pham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
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 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Before and after
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