The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 9-2 on Sep 28, 2025 at Sutter Health Park.
Final · Sutter Health Park
Top performers
- Mike Yastrzemski went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 4.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Nick Kurtz went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Athletics.
- Brady Basso pitched 1.1 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Frazier | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Rave | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 42 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby Thomas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Muncy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Kurtz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brett Harris | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlos Cortes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Rooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Basso | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Alvarado | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 27, 2025: KC 4, ATH 2 · Next Feb 20, 2026: KC 7, TEX 3
- Athletics · 2025 season · Previous Sep 27, 2025: KC 4, ATH 2 · Next Feb 21, 2026: ATH 2, CHW 11