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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2026-02-27 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 4785 · 88°F, Sunny · Wind 3 mph, Varies · 2:43

Kansas City Royals defeated Athletics 7–6. Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Max Muncy doubles (2) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Tyler Soderstrom scores. Austin Wynns scores. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 2nd — Bobby Witt Jr. homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jonathan India scores. Josh Rojas scores. Athletics took the lead in the 5th — Max Muncy homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 7th — Nick Loftin doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Cade Marlowe. Connor Kaiser scores. Luca Tresh scores. Peyton Wilson to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Nick Loftin doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Cade Marlowe. Connor Kaiser scores. Luca Tresh scores. Peyton Wilson to 3rd — worth 38% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	12
KCA	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	10

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leo De Vries SS	2	0	2	0	0	0
Jacob Wilson SS	3	1	1	2	0	1
Tyler Soderstrom DH	3	1	1	0	0	1
Euribiel Angeles DH	2	0	0	0	0	1
Austin Wynns C	2	1	0	0	1	0
Bryan Lavastida C	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cade Marlowe LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Cortes LF	3	1	1	0	0	1
Max Muncy 3B	3	1	2	3	0	0
Brett Harris 3B	2	0	1	0	0	1
Darell Hernaiz 2B	1	0	0	1	2	0
Michael Stefanic 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Junior Perez CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Denzel Clarke CF	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy White 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Meneses 1B	2	1	1	0	1	0
Henry Bolte RF	3	0	1	0	0	0
Clark Elliott RF	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Witt SS	2	1	2	3	1	0
Kameron Misner RF	1	0	0	0	1	0
Maikel Garcia 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Daniel Vazquez SS	2	0	0	0	0	2
Omar Hernandez C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Collins LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dairon Blanco LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	3	1	1	0	0	0
Connor Kaiser 1B	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jonathan India DH	1	2	0	0	2	1
Luca Tresh DH	0	1	0	0	1	0
Carson Roccaforte CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	2	0	2	0	1	0
Josh Rojas 2B	3	1	1	2	0	0
Peyton Wilson 2B	0	0	0	0	1	0
Drew Waters RF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Loftin 3B	2	0	1	2	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Geoff Hartlieb	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Wander Suero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Kelly	1.0	2	1	1	1	0
Brady Basso	1.0	2	2	2	2	0
Elvis Alvarado	1.1	1	0	0	1	1
Jeffrey Springs	1.2	3	4	4	2	0
Kenya Huggins	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
Jamie Arnold	1.0	1	0	0	1	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching