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Kansas City Royals vs Athletics · MLB

Kansas City Royals

53-74

4 – 3

Final

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Athletics

49-77

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City · Missouri

Summary

The Kansas City Royals got by the Athletics 4-3 at Kauffman Stadium in front of 12,009. A three-run 9th set the Royals apart, over 9 innings. The Royals are now 53-74 and the Athletics 49-77.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:40 PM UTC · Aug 18
Event: MLB USA
Ground: Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City · Missouri
Crowd: 12,009
Match officials: Andy Fletcher (Home Plate Umpire), Alex Tosi (First Base Umpire), Cory Blaser (Second Base Umpire), Jansen Visconti (Third Base Umpire)

On TV

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USMLB.TVStreaming · National
USRoyals.TVStreaming · Home
USNBC Sports CATV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4
Athletics	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3

Player stats

Kansas City Royals

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Nick Loftin 3B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	19	.232	.321	.371
Isaac Collins LF	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	.226	.326	.349
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	1-3	3	0	1	1	1	1	24	.287	.361	.460
Jac Caglianone RF	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	13	.278	.329	.494
Maikel Garcia 3B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.264	.320	.372
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	0	9	.236	.320	.352
Salvador Perez DH	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	.214	.259	.363
John Rave RF	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.267	.418
Michael Massey 2B	1-3	3	1	1	0	1	0	19	.272	.306	.440
Carter Jensen C	1-2	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	.220	.301	.402
Kyle Isbel CF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	7	.229	.280	.333
Tyler Tolbert SS	1-1	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	.312	.369	.462
Team	9-31	31	4	9	4	5	6	149

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Daniel Lynch IV RP	4.0	2	1	1	2	1	45-27	2.83	45
Mason Black RP	3.0	2	2	2	3	1	51-30	3.77	51
Alex Lange RP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	6.10	11
Carlos Duran SP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-8	0.00	12
Team	9.0	5	3	3	5	3	119-74		119

Athletics

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Henry Bolte CF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.267	.340	.370
Zack Gelof 3B	0-2	2	2	0	0	2	0	20	.273	.333	.492
Jeff McNeil 2B	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	0	9	.262	.316	.358
Jonah Heim C	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	0	11	.213	.276	.395
Tommy White 1B	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	1	14	.267	.294	.343
Lawrence Butler RF	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	1	12	.211	.303	.353
Max Muncy 3B	0-2	2	0	0	1	1	0	13	.213	.284	.362
Carlos Cortes RF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.259	.335	.410
Alika Williams SS	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.262	.300	.390
Donovan Walton 2B	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.273	.361	.432
Darell Hernaiz SS	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.234	.312	.282
Team	5-31	31	3	5	3	5	3	119

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Brady Basso RP	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	32-23	3.91	32
Jack Perkins SP	3.2	1	0	0	1	4	53-34	6.96	53
Drew Rom RP	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	8-6	3.38	8
Luis Medina RP	1.1	0	0	0	3	0	24-11	3.51	24
Hogan Harris RP	0.2	3	3	2	1	0	30-17	3.79	30
Elvis Alvarado RP	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	4.62	2
Team	8.2	9	4	3	5	6	149-93		149

Standings

2026 American League West Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Houston	81	81	.500
2	Texas	80	82	.494
3	Seattle	76	86	.469
4	Athletics	64	98	.395
5	Los Angeles	62	100	.383

2026 American League Central Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Cleveland	85	77	.525
2	Chicago	84	78	.519
3	Minnesota	77	85	.475
4	Detroit	76	86	.469
5	Kansas City	69	93	.426

MLB table

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Rays	98	64	.605
2	Guardians	85	77	.525
3	Astros	81	81	.500
4	Yankees	93	68	.578
5	Red Sox	87	75	.537
6	White Sox	84	78	.519
7	Rangers	80	82	.494
8	Orioles	79	82	.491
···
13	Royals	69	93	.426
14	Athletics	64	98	.395

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