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Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Dodgers

2026-08-12 · Night game · Dodger Stadium · Att: 47578 · 75°F, Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, Out To CF · 2:31

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Josh Rojas singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Tyler Tolbert scores. Los Angeles Dodgers took the lead in the 3rd — Shohei Ohtani homers (27) on a fly ball to left center field. Miguel Rojas scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Shohei Ohtani homers (27) on a fly ball to left center field. Miguel Rojas 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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
LAN	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	2

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Loftin RF	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Witt SS	5	0	2	0	0	1
Jac Caglianone 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Salvador Perez C	2	0	1	1	0	0
Luke Maile C	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Rave CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Starling Marte RF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Carter Jensen DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tyler Tolbert CF	2	1	0	0	1	2
Michael Massey 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Rojas 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shohei Ohtani DH	4	1	2	2	0	1
Andy Pages CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Freddie Freeman 1B	2	0	1	0	1	1
Tommy Edman 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Tucker RF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mookie Betts SS	3	1	2	1	1	0
Max Muncy 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Teoscar Hernandez LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hunter Feduccia C	3	1	1	1	0	1
Enrique Hernandez 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Rojas 2B	2	1	1	0	1	0