The Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Apr 21, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Coby Mayo went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Orioles.
- Shane Baz pitched 6.1 innings for the Orioles, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Michael Massey went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Baltimore Orioles 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnar Henderson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Alonso | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Ward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Leody Taveras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adley Rutschman | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Weston Wilson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Coby Mayo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Jackson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blaze Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colton Cowser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Basallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Baz | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Rico Garcia | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Grant Wolfram | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Orioles · 2026 season · Previous Apr 20, 2026: BAL 7, KC 5 · Next Apr 22, 2026: BAL 8, KC 6
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 20, 2026: BAL 7, KC 5 · Next Apr 22, 2026: BAL 8, KC 6