The Kansas City Royals beat the Washington Nationals 8-5 on Aug 12, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- CJ Abrams went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Mitchell Parker pitched 5.1 innings for the Nationals, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 5 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Abrams | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wood | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Parker | 5.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Randal Grichuk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 11, 2025: WSH 4, KC 7 · Next Aug 13, 2025: WSH 8, KC 7
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 11, 2025: WSH 4, KC 7 · Next Aug 13, 2025: WSH 8, KC 7