The Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Jun 3, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Blake Dunn went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Reds.
- Chase Burns pitched 6.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Dunn | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Steer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dane Myers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin Arroyo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Noelvi Marte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Burns | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tejay Antone | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Santillan | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 2, 2026: KC 3, CIN 4 · Next Jun 4, 2026: KC 8, MIN 6
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous Jun 2, 2026: KC 3, CIN 4 · Next Jun 5, 2026: CIN 3, STL 10