The Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Jun 1, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Lane Thomas went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Brandon Leibrandt pitched 6.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason Black | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Cincinnati Reds 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Edwin Arroyo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt McLain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Steer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Leibrandt | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 31, 2026: KC 3, TEX 6 · Next Jun 2, 2026: KC 3, CIN 4
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 31, 2026: ATL 4, CIN 6 · Next Jun 2, 2026: KC 3, CIN 4