The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 4-2 on Sep 27, 2025 at Sutter Health Park.
Final · Sutter Health Park
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Shea Langeliers went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Elvis Alvarado pitched 1.1 innings for the Athletics, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Rave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Langeliers | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Cortes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lawrence Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Kurtz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Bleday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Alvarado | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hogan Harris | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 26, 2025: KC 3, ATH 4 · Next Sep 28, 2025: KC 9, ATH 2
- Athletics · 2025 season · Previous Sep 26, 2025: KC 3, ATH 4 · Next Sep 28, 2025: KC 9, ATH 2