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Kansas City Royals @ San Francisco Giants

2025-05-19 · Night game · AT&T Park · Att: 28432 · 65°F, sunny · Wind 16 mph to CF · 2:24

Kansas City Royals defeated San Francisco Giants 3–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 8th — Vinnie Pasquantino homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Cavan Biggio scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Vinnie Pasquantino homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Cavan Biggio scores — worth 37% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — bakej902 (M): Obstruction non-call.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	10
SFN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

W: Kris Bubic L: Tyler Rogers SV: Carlos Estevez

Umpires — HP: Dan Merzel · 1B: Charlie Ramos · 2B: Jordan Baker · 3B: Stu Scheurwater · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jonathan India	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bobby Witt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino	4	1	2	2	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Maikel Garcia	4	1	2	0	0	2
Mark Canha	3	0	2	0	0	0
Michael Massey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hunter Renfroe	3	0	0	0	1	1
Kyle Isbel	4	0	2	1	0	0
Dairon Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heliot Ramos	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wilmer Flores	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jung Hoo Lee	4	0	1	1	0	1
Matt Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Willy Adames	3	0	0	0	1	1
Casey Schmitt	2	0	1	0	1	0
Tyler Fitzgerald	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luis Matos	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Huff	3	1	1	0	0	2
LaMonte Wade	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Yastrzemski	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Bubic	7.0	2	3	5
Daniel Lynch	0.1	2	0	0
John Schreiber	0.2	1	0	1
Carlos Estevez	1.0	1	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robbie Ray	7.0	6	1	7
Tyler Rogers	1.0	2	0	0
Jordan Hicks	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jonathan India: K
Bobby Witt: D8/L78XD
Vinnie Pasquantino: 13/G34S-.2-3
Salvador Perez: 8/F8D

Bot 1

Heliot Ramos: 3/F3DF/FL
Wilmer Flores: 4/F4MD
Jung Hoo Lee: 43/G34

Top 2

Maikel Garcia: K
Mark Canha: S5/G5S
Michael Massey: 8/L8
Hunter Renfroe: 53/G5

Bot 2

Matt Chapman: 5/P5SF/FL
Willy Adames: K
Casey Schmitt: 8/L8D

Top 3

Kyle Isbel: S7/L7S
Jonathan India: W.1-2
Bobby Witt: 6/L6+/DP.2X2(64)
Vinnie Pasquantino: 8/F8S

Bot 3

Tyler Fitzgerald: W
Luis Matos: 8/F8XD
Sam Huff: K
Heliot Ramos: 13/G1S-

Top 4

Salvador Perez: K
Maikel Garcia: S9/G4
Mark Canha: 7/F7D
Michael Massey: 4/P3F/FL

Bot 4

Wilmer Flores: 9/F9L
Jung Hoo Lee: 63/G6MD
Matt Chapman: K

Top 5

Hunter Renfroe: K
Kyle Isbel: 43/G4
Jonathan India: 8/L8D

Bot 5

Willy Adames: 3/F3DF/FL
Casey Schmitt: W
Tyler Fitzgerald: 13/G1S-.1-2
Luis Matos: 3/G3

Top 6

Bobby Witt: 43/G4
Vinnie Pasquantino: S8/G4M
Salvador Perez: FLE3
Salvador Perez: K
Maikel Garcia: K

Bot 6

Sam Huff: K
Heliot Ramos: 13/G6S-
Wilmer Flores: S49/G4
Jung Hoo Lee: K

Top 7

Mark Canha: S8/G6M
Michael Massey: POCS2(136)
Michael Massey: K
Hunter Renfroe: 6/F6D

Bot 7

Matt Chapman: 63/G6
Willy Adames: W
Casey Schmitt: D7/G5+.1-3
Tyler Fitzgerald: 6/L56/DP.3X3(65)

Top 8

Kyle Isbel: 13/G1S-
Jonathan India: D8/L78XD+
Bobby Witt: 7/F7D
Vinnie Pasquantino: HR/F9D.2-H
Salvador Perez: 53/G56

Bot 8

Luis Matos: 43/G4
Sam Huff: S8/L78
Heliot Ramos: S7/L7+.1-2
Wilmer Flores: K
Jung Hoo Lee: D9/L9L.2-H;1-3
Matt Chapman: 2/P2F/FL

Top 9

Maikel Garcia: S8/L8D+
Dairon Blanco: 14/SH/BG23.1-2
Michael Massey: 7/L78+
Hunter Renfroe: W
Kyle Isbel: S8/L8D.2-H;1X3(86)

Bot 9

Willy Adames: 2/P2F/FL
LaMonte Wade: S9/L89D+
Tyler Fitzgerald: 3/P3SF/FL
Mike Yastrzemski: DI.1-2
Mike Yastrzemski: K

Notes & reviews

Royals manager Matt Quatraro ejected by 2B umpire Jordan Baker for arguing obstruction should have been called on SS Willy Adames for blocking 2nd base.

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