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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2026-08-20 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 11867 · 80°F, Sunny · Wind 3 mph, In From RF · 2:58

Kansas City Royals defeated Athletics 6–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Bobby Witt Jr. homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Isaac Collins singles on a line drive to left fielder Zack Gelof. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Salvador Perez scores. Vinnie Pasquantino 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
OAK	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
KCA	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	13

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Henry Bolte CF	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jeff McNeil 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0
Zack Gelof LF	4	0	0	0	1	1
Lawrence Butler DH	3	1	2	0	1	0
Max Muncy 3B	2	1	0	0	2	1
Carlos Cortes RF	3	0	2	0	1	0
Brian Serven C	4	0	1	1	0	2
Donovan Walton 2B	3	0	1	1	1	0
Darell Hernaiz SS	3	0	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Loftin 3B	4	0	1	1	1	1
Bobby Witt SS	4	3	3	1	1	0
John Rave RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Maikel Garcia 3B	1	0	1	0	0	0
Salvador Perez 1B	5	1	3	1	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino DH	3	0	1	0	1	0
Isaac Collins LF	3	1	1	2	1	1
Tyler Tolbert CF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Massey 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0
Luke Maile C	4	0	0	0	0	2