The Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Jul 9, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ke'Bryan Hayes went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 2.1 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pham | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Bart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2025 season · Previous Jul 8, 2025: PIT 3, KC 4 · Next Jul 11, 2025: PIT 1, MIN 2
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