The Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Mar 28, 2026 at Truist Park.
Final · Truist Park
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Braves.
- Reynaldo Lopez pitched 6.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 1 earned run with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Atlanta Braves 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dominic Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ozzie Albies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynaldo Lopez | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Dylan Lee | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Bummer | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Payamps | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
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