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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

2026-04-30 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 9333 · 74°F, Sunny · Wind 2 mph, Out To RF · 2:40

Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 6–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Starling Marte singles on a line drive to right fielder Colby Thomas. Maikel Garcia scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. Nick Loftin to 2nd. Athletics took the lead in the 2nd — Nick Kurtz doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Jacob Wilson scores. Shea Langeliers scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Shea Langeliers doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Lawrence Butler scores. Jacob Wilson to 3rd — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	1
OAK	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	11

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maikel Garcia 3B	5	2	3	1	0	0
Bobby Witt SS	3	0	0	0	2	1
Lane Thomas CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jac Caglianone PH	1	0	1	0	0	0
Salvador Perez 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Loftin 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Massey 2B	1	0	0	0	1	1
Starling Marte RF	4	0	3	1	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carter Jensen DH	4	0	0	0	0	3
Isaac Collins LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Elias Diaz C	4	1	1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacob Wilson SS	5	2	2	0	0	0
Shea Langeliers DH	4	2	3	1	0	0
Nick Kurtz 1B	3	1	1	2	1	1
Jeff McNeil 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colby Thomas RF	2	0	0	0	1	0
Darell Hernaiz 3B	4	0	3	2	0	0
Carlos Cortes LF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Austin Wynns C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Zack Gelof CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lawrence Butler RF	3	1	0	0	1	1