The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 16-12 on Jul 7, 2026 at Citi Field.
Final · Citi Field
Top performers
- Tyler Tolbert went 5-for-6 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 4.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- A.J. Ewing went 4-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Mets.
- Kodai Senga pitched 3.0 innings for the Mets, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 44 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 4.1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
New York Mets 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Soto | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Torrens | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Young | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Lindor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Baty | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Ewing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Carson Benge | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 39 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kodai Senga | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Huascar Brazoban | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A.J. Minter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cionel Perez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Warren | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 6, 2026: PHI 1, KC 15 · Next Jul 8, 2026: KC 2, NYM 6
- Mets · 2026 season · Previous Jul 6, 2026: NYM 7, ATL 6 · Next Jul 8, 2026: KC 2, NYM 6