The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 4-1 on Apr 28, 2026 at Sutter Health Park.
Final · Sutter Health Park
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Jacob Wilson went 1-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Aaron Civale pitched 5.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 0 earned runs 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. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Rooker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shea Langeliers | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Wilson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Kurtz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff McNeil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colby Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lawrence Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Cortes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Civale | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Sterner | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Perkins | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hogan Harris | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 26, 2026: LAA 9, KC 11 · Next Apr 29, 2026: KC 2, ATH 5
- Athletics · 2026 season · Previous Apr 26, 2026: ATH 2, TEX 1 · Next Apr 29, 2026: KC 2, ATH 5