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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

2026-04-29 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 9399 · 80°F, Clear · Wind 5 mph, R To L · 2:32

Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 5–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Salvador Perez lines into a force out, shortstop Jacob Wilson to second baseman Jeff McNeil. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Carter Jensen out at 2nd. Salvador Perez to 1st. Athletics took the lead in the 4th — Lawrence Butler homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Jacob Wilson scores. Jeff McNeil scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Lawrence Butler homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Jacob Wilson scores. Jeff McNeil scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1
OAK	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	5	11

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maikel Garcia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	4	2	2	0	0	1
Carter Jensen C	3	0	1	0	1	1
Salvador Perez 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	3	0	0	1	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jac Caglianone DH	3	0	0	0	1	3
Lane Thomas RF	2	0	1	0	1	1
Kyle Isbel CF	3	0	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Kurtz 1B	4	0	2	1	1	2
Shea Langeliers C	4	0	1	0	1	0
Carlos Cortes LF	3	0	2	0	1	1
Brent Rooker DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Wilson SS	3	2	2	0	1	0
Jeff McNeil 2B	3	1	2	1	1	0
Zack Gelof CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Lawrence Butler RF	4	1	1	3	0	1
Darell Hernaiz 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1