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Kansas City Royals @ Washington Nationals

2026-06-16 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 25053 · 78°F, Clear · Wind 7 mph, Out To RF · 2:43

Washington Nationals defeated Kansas City Royals 6–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Nasim Nuñez triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Lane Thomas. Drew Millas scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Isaac Collins singles on a line drive to left fielder Dylan Crews. Lane Thomas scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores — worth 25% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lane Thomas RF	3	2	1	1	2	0
Bobby Witt SS	4	1	3	1	1	0
Jac Caglianone 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Isaac Collins LF	3	0	1	2	0	1
Maikel Garcia 3B	1	0	0	0	1	0
Starling Marte DH	4	0	1	0	0	0
Salvador Perez C	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Loftin 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1
Tyler Tolbert 2B	3	1	1	0	0	1
Michael Massey 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kameron Misner CF	4	0	0	0	0	3

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	4	0	1	2	0	1
Andres Chaparro 1B	0	1	0	0	1	0
Jorbit Vivas 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Tena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Garcia 1B	3	0	2	0	0	0
Curtis Mead 1B	3	1	1	3	1	0
CJ Abrams SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dylan Crews LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Daylen Lile DH	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Young CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Drew Millas C	4	1	2	0	0	0
Nasim Nuñez 2B	2	3	2	1	2	0