The Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6 on Apr 22, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Coby Mayo went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Orioles.
- Chris Bassitt pitched 5.1 innings for the Orioles, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Carter Jensen went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 5 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dylan Beavers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Alonso | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Leody Taveras | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colton Cowser | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Coby Mayo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremiah Jackson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Samuel Basallo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Ward | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bassitt | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Tyler Wells | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yennier Cano | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Nunez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
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. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Black | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Orioles · 2026 season · Previous Apr 21, 2026: BAL 5, KC 6 · Next Apr 24, 2026: BOS 3, BAL 10
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 21, 2026: BAL 5, KC 6 · Next Apr 24, 2026: LAA 3, KC 6