Wednesday, July 8, 2026 · Citi Field · Final

Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals

46-63 · L10 4-6

2–6
New York Mets logo New York Mets

46-63 · L10 4-6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
KC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 0
NYM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 X 6 9 0
WP Brooks Raley (4-5) LP Alex Lange (1-6)

Stars of the game

Christian Scott Randy Dobnak A.J. Ewing

Season matchup

NYM leads 10 of 18 categories

KC Metric NYM
Offense
4.18 25th Runs scored per game 4.12 26th
.711 19th Team On-Base Plus Slugging .688 27th
110 24th Team Home Runs 129 13th
.246 12th Team Batting Average .234 25th
12.0 15th Total position-player WAR 7.7 27th
Pitching
5.04 27th Runs allowed per game 4.59 19th
4.78 28th Team Earned Run Average 4.13 11th
1.43 28th Team Walks + Hits per Inning 1.29 13th
812 28th Team Strikeouts 989 5th
4.9 26th Rotation WAR 7.3 19th
-1.9 29th Bullpen WAR 2.6 19th
Roster
8.1 13th Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 5.9 29th
15.3% 15th Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 23.0% 23rd
67.5% 13th Share of position-player WAR from the top three 76.6% 6th
28.5 16th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 28.3 20th
Results
.422 26th Winning percentage .422 26th
-93 28th Run differential -51 24th
.416 28th Pythagorean winning percentage .451 24th
.469 18th Winning percentage in one-run games .333 30th
.491 19th Home winning percentage .436 26th
.357 28th Road winning percentage .407 24th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Carter Jensen C 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .237 .727
2 Bobby Witt SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .279 .800
3 Jac Caglianone 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .251 .757
4 Lane Thomas CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .229 .718
5 Salvador Perez DH 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .214 .634
6 Michael Massey 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .270 .737
Starling Marte RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .625
7 Nick Loftin 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .257 .756
8 Isaac Collins LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .238 .700
9 Tyler Tolbert 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .324 .859
Josh Rojas PH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .264 .668
Team 35 2 8 0 2 3 7 .229 .632
2B:
Jensen, Caglianone, Thomas, Loftin
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Steven Cruz 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14-9 4.38 1.26
Randy Dobnak 5.2 3 0 0 3 2 0 95-58 1.04 1.19
Matt Strahm 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5-3 6.75 1.44
Alex Lange L 0.2 3 5 5 1 0 0 38-22 6.33 1.55
Jose Cuas 0.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 14-9 2.84 1.58
Team 8.0 9 6 6 5 6 1 166-101 6.75 1.75

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 A.J. Ewing CF 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 .273 .762
2 Juan Soto LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .283 .947
3 Bo Bichette 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .256 .668
4 Francisco Lindor SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .226 .728
5 Carson Benge RF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .262 .717
6 Jorge Polanco DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .144 .418
Tyrone Taylor DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .781
7 Jared Young 1B 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .253 .759
8 Brett Baty 2B 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 .224 .625
9 Francisco Alvarez C 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .258 .781
Team 33 6 9 1 5 5 6 .273 .779
2B:
Ewing
HR:
Ewing
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Christian Scott 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 90-56 2.99 1.24
Tobias Myers 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 39-25 6.26 1.39
Brooks Raley W 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11-8 2.09 1.14
Xzavion Curry 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 22-12 3.00 1.17
Team 9.0 8 2 2 3 7 0 162-101 2.00 1.22
Win% = NYM win prob.
Top 9th · KC batting
2–6

Strikeout. Bobby Witt Jr. strikes out on a foul tip.

100%
2–6

Double. Carter Jensen doubles (18) on a ground ball to right fielder Carson Benge. Josh Rojas scores.

100%
1–6

Walk. Josh Rojas walks.

100%
1–6

Groundout. Isaac Collins grounds out to first baseman Jared Young.

100%
1–6

Groundout. Nick Loftin grounds out, shortstop Francisco Lindor to first baseman Jared Young.

100%
Bot 8th · NYM batting
1–6

Strikeout. Bo Bichette strikes out swinging.

99%
1–6

Intent Walk. Jose Cuas intentionally walks Juan Soto.

100%
1–6

Double. A.J. Ewing doubles (8) on a line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Francisco Alvarez to 3rd.

100%
1–6

Single. Francisco Alvarez singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brett Baty scores.

99%
1–4

Single. Brett Baty singles on a line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Carson Benge scores. Tyrone Taylor scores. Jared Young to 3rd.

97% ▲10
1–2

Hit By Pitch. Jared Young hit by pitch. Francisco Lindor scores. Carson Benge to 3rd. Jorge Polanco to 2nd.

88% ▲24
1–1

Single. Jorge Polanco singles on a soft ground ball to first baseman Jac Caglianone. Francisco Lindor to 3rd. Carson Benge to 2nd.

64%
1–1

Walk. Carson Benge walks. Francisco Lindor to 2nd.

59%
1–1

Single. Francisco Lindor singles on a line drive to right fielder Starling Marte.

55%
1–1

Groundout. Bo Bichette grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

53%
1–1

Groundout. Juan Soto grounds out, second baseman Tyler Tolbert to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

56%
Top 8th · KC batting
1–1

Groundout. Starling Marte grounds out sharply, second baseman Brett Baty to first baseman Jared Young.

61% ▲8
1–1

Flyout. Salvador Perez flies out to center fielder A.J. Ewing.

53%
1–1

Double. Lane Thomas doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to center fielder A.J. Ewing.

45% ▼9
1–1

Flyout. Jac Caglianone flies out sharply to right fielder Carson Benge.

55%
Bot 7th · NYM batting
1–1

Strikeout. A.J. Ewing called out on strikes.

50%
1–1

Walk. Francisco Alvarez walks.

54%
1–1

Strikeout. Brett Baty strikes out swinging.

52%
1–1

Groundout. Jared Young grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

55%
Top 7th · KC batting
1–1

Lineout. Bobby Witt Jr. lines out to right fielder Carson Benge.

59% ▲8
1–1

Walk. Francisco Alvarez challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Carter Jensen walks.

51%
1–1

Lineout. Tyler Tolbert lines out sharply to center fielder A.J. Ewing.

53%
1–1

Strikeout. Isaac Collins called out on strikes.

46%
1–1

Double. Nick Loftin doubles (15) on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto.

39% ▼11
Bot 6th · NYM batting
1–1

Groundout. Jorge Polanco grounds out sharply, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

50%
1–1

Single. Carson Benge singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Tyler Tolbert, deflected by second baseman Michael Massey.

54%
1–1

Groundout. Francisco Lindor grounds out to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

52%
1–1

Lineout. Bo Bichette lines out sharply to left fielder Isaac Collins.

54%
Top 6th · KC batting
1–1

Lineout. Michael Massey lines out to first baseman Jared Young.

58%
1–1

Single. Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto. Jac Caglianone scores.

54% ▼14
0–1

Groundout. Lane Thomas grounds out, third baseman Bo Bichette to first baseman Jared Young. Jac Caglianone to 3rd.

68%
0–1

Double. Jac Caglianone doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Carson Benge.

63%
0–1

Pop Out. Bobby Witt Jr. pops out to second baseman Brett Baty.

70%
Bot 5th · NYM batting
0–1

Flyout. Juan Soto flies out to left fielder Isaac Collins.

66%
0–1

Groundout. A.J. Ewing grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

67%
0–1

Groundout. Francisco Alvarez grounds out, third baseman Nick Loftin to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

69%
Top 5th · KC batting
0–1

Strikeout. Carter Jensen strikes out swinging.

71%
0–1

Strikeout. Tyler Tolbert strikes out swinging.

69%
0–1

Flyout. Isaac Collins flies out to center fielder A.J. Ewing.

67%
Bot 4th · NYM batting
0–1

Groundout. Brett Baty grounds out to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

64%
0–1

Lineout. Jared Young lines out to right fielder Tyler Tolbert.

66%
0–1

Forceout. Jorge Polanco grounds into a force out, second baseman Michael Massey to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Carson Benge out at 2nd. Jorge Polanco to 1st.

69%
0–1

Single. Carson Benge singles on a ground ball to second baseman Michael Massey.

72%
Top 4th · KC batting
0–1

Flyout. Nick Loftin flies out to center fielder A.J. Ewing.

69%
0–1

Single. Michael Massey singles on a ground ball to right fielder Carson Benge.

66%
0–1

Groundout. Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Francisco Lindor to first baseman Jared Young.

67%
0–1

Lineout. Lane Thomas lines out sharply to left fielder Juan Soto.

65%
Bot 3rd · NYM batting
0–1

Flyout. Francisco Lindor flies out to right fielder Tyler Tolbert.

62%
0–1

Single. Bo Bichette singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Juan Soto to 2nd.

66%
0–1

Walk. Juan Soto walks.

64%
0–1

Lineout. A.J. Ewing lines out to right fielder Tyler Tolbert.

63%
0–1

Strikeout. Francisco Alvarez strikes out swinging.

65%
Top 3rd · KC batting
0–1

Groundout. Jac Caglianone grounds out, second baseman Brett Baty to first baseman Jared Young.

67%
0–1

Strikeout. Bobby Witt Jr. called out on strikes.

66%
0–1

Groundout. Carter Jensen grounds out to first baseman Jared Young.

64%
Bot 2nd · NYM batting
0–1

Groundout. Brett Baty grounds out to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

61%
0–1

Walk. Jared Young walks.

63%
0–1

Groundout. Jorge Polanco grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

62%
0–1

Groundout. Carson Benge grounds out, pitcher Randy Dobnak to first baseman Jac Caglianone.

64%
Top 2nd · KC batting
0–1

Pop Out. Tyler Tolbert pops out to second baseman Brett Baty.

66%
0–1

Single. Isaac Collins singles on a line drive to center fielder A.J. Ewing. Nick Loftin to 3rd.

60%
0–1

Walk. Nick Loftin walks.

63%
0–1

Flyout. Michael Massey flies out to right fielder Carson Benge.

65%
0–1

Groundout. Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Francisco Lindor to first baseman Jared Young.

63%
Bot 1st · NYM batting
0–1

Strikeout. Francisco Lindor strikes out swinging.

60%
0–1

Groundout. Bo Bichette grounds out, first baseman Jac Caglianone to pitcher Steven Cruz.

61%
0–1

Strikeout. Juan Soto strikes out swinging.

63%
0–1

Home Run. A.J. Ewing homers (7) on a fly ball to center field.

65% ▲10
Top 1st · KC batting
0–0

Strikeout. Lane Thomas called out on strikes.

55%
0–0

Groundout. Jac Caglianone grounds out, third baseman Bo Bichette to first baseman Jared Young. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd.

52%
0–0

Single. Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a ground ball to third baseman Bo Bichette.

50%
0–0

Strikeout. Carter Jensen called out on strikes.

52%