The Kansas City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 on Jul 18, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Fernando Tatis Jr. went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Griffin Canning pitched 3.2 innings for the Padres, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Randy Dobnak pitched 4.1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Andujar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Merrill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Sheets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Manny Machado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ty France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Canning | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Matt Waldron | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Marinaccio | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
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 | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
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