The Kansas City Royals beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Mar 29, 2026 at Truist Park.
Final · Truist Park
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Braves.
- Grant Holmes pitched 5.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Harris II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Mateo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominic Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Holmes | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Didier Fuentes | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Mar 28, 2026: KC 2, ATL 6 · Next Mar 30, 2026: MIN 1, KC 3
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