The Kansas City Royals beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Jun 17, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 4-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Dylan Crews went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Zack Littell pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rave | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Tena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Littell | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mitchell Parker | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paxton Schultz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 16, 2026: KC 4, WSH 6 · Next Jun 18, 2026: STL 6, KC 14
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 16, 2026: KC 4, WSH 6 · Next Jun 19, 2026: WSH 2, TB 5