The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 4-0 on Jun 14, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-4 for the Astros.
- Spencer Arrighetti pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 7.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Houston Astros 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Loperfido | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Arrighetti | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
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. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jun 13, 2026: HOU 8, KC 7 · Next Jun 15, 2026: DET 9, HOU 3
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 13, 2026: HOU 8, KC 7 · Next Jun 15, 2026: KC 3, WSH 7