The Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Jun 16, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Lane Thomas went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Curtis Mead went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- Foster Griffin pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
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 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor Seabold | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Washington Nationals 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Crews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drew Millas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Chaparro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Griffin | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Gus Varland | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paxton Schultz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 15, 2026: KC 3, WSH 7 · Next Jun 17, 2026: KC 6, WSH 2
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