The Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Apr 29, 2026 at Sutter Health Park.
Final · Sutter Health Park
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Athletics.
- Luis Severino pitched 7.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 8 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
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 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason Black | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shea Langeliers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Kurtz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff McNeil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Zack Gelof | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Wilson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Cortes | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Severino | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
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