The Kansas City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 7-6 on Jul 17, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Ty France went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Michael King pitched 5.0 innings for the Padres, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
San Diego Padres 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Merrill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Manny Machado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Andujar | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Sheets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Campusano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael King | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Adrian Morejon | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bradgley Rodriguez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Miller | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle Hart | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 40 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous Jul 12, 2026: TOR 4, SD 5 · Next Jul 18, 2026: SD 1, KC 6
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 12, 2026: KC 2, BAL 8 · Next Jul 18, 2026: SD 1, KC 6