The New York Mets beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Jul 8, 2026 at Citi Field.
Final · Citi Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Randy Dobnak pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- A.J. Ewing went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Mets.
- Christian Scott pitched 5.0 innings for the Mets, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 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. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Dobnak | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 0.2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A.J. Ewing | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Lindor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Baty | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Soto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carson Benge | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Young | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Scott | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Tobias Myers | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xzavion Curry | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 7, 2026: KC 16, NYM 12 · Next Jul 9, 2026: KC 3, NYM 7
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