The New York Mets beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Jul 9, 2026 at Citi Field.
Final · Citi Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Tyrone Taylor went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Mets.
- Sean Manaea pitched 7.0 innings for the Mets, allowing 2 earned runs 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Maile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
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 | 4.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Ewing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brett Baty | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Young | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Torrens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Benge | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Soto | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Vientos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Manaea | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Devin Williams | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Huascar Brazoban | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 8, 2026: KC 2, NYM 6 · Next Jul 10, 2026: KC 3, BAL 5
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