The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 9-5 on Aug 17, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Brian Serven went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Athletics.
- Mason Barnett pitched 2.2 innings for the Athletics, allowing 6 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Athletics 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff McNeil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Serven | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Cortes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Donovan Walton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawrence Butler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy White | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Bolte | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alika Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Heim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Barnett | 2.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Blewett | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seth Johnson | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Thomas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2026 season · Previous Aug 16, 2026: TEX 2, ATH 5 · Next Aug 18, 2026: ATH 3, KC 4
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 16, 2026: KC 3, LAA 0 · Next Aug 18, 2026: ATH 3, KC 4