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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2026-08-18 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 12009 · 86°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, R To L · 2:42

Kansas City Royals defeated Athletics 4–3. Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Tommy White singles on a ground ball to left fielder Nick Loftin. Zack Gelof scores. Jeff McNeil out at home on the throw, left fielder Nick Loftin to catcher Carter Jensen. Jonah Heim to 2nd. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 9th — Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a fly ball to left fielder Carlos Cortes. Carter Jensen scores. Tyler Tolbert to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a fly ball to left fielder Carlos Cortes. Carter Jensen scores. Tyler Tolbert to 2nd — worth 39% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Henry Bolte CF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Zack Gelof DH	2	2	0	0	2	0
Jeff McNeil 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jonah Heim C	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy White 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lawrence Butler RF	3	0	1	0	1	1
Carlos Cortes LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Muncy LF	2	0	0	1	1	0
Donovan Walton 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alika Williams 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Darell Hernaiz SS	4	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Isaac Collins LF	1	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Loftin LF	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Witt SS	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jac Caglianone RF	4	1	2	0	0	1
Maikel Garcia 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0
Salvador Perez DH	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Rave PR	0	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0
Carter Jensen C	2	1	1	0	2	0
Tyler Tolbert PH	1	0	1	2	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	3	0	0	0	0	1