Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · Kauffman Stadium · Final

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55-54 · L10 7-3

3–5
Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals

46-64 · L10 5-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TEX 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 0
KC 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 X 5 8 2
WP Steven Cruz (2-3) LP Nathan Eovaldi (10-8) SV Alex Lange (10)

Stars of the game

Jac Caglianone Stephen Kolek Steven Cruz

Season matchup

TEX leads 17 of 19 categories

TEX Metric KC
Offense
4.20 22nd Runs scored per game 4.18 25th
.724 16th Team On-Base Plus Slugging .711 19th
125 17th Team Home Runs 110 24th
.247 11th Team Batting Average .246 12th
13.7 11th Total position-player WAR 12.0 15th
Pitching
4.40 13th Runs allowed per game 5.04 27th
4.25 19th Team Earned Run Average 4.78 28th
1.26 10th Team Walks + Hits per Inning 1.43 28th
915 14th Team Strikeouts 812 28th
12.6 4th Rotation WAR 4.9 26th
4.8 7th Bullpen WAR -1.9 29th
Roster
7.7 16th Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 8.1 13th
19.6% 19th Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 15.3% 15th
56.2% 20th Share of position-player WAR from the top three 67.5% 13th
29.8 6th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 28.5 16th
Results
.509 11th Winning percentage .422 26th
-21 19th Run differential -93 28th
.479 19th Pythagorean winning percentage .416 28th
.655 1st Winning percentage in one-run games .469 18th
.528 12th Home winning percentage .491 19th
.491 14th Road winning percentage .357 28th

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 Joc Pederson DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .252 .842
2 Corey Seager SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .182 .667
3 Josh Jung 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .294 .802
4 Brandon Nimmo RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .266 .763
5 Wyatt Langford LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .277 .828
6 Ezequiel Duran 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .269 .771
7 Jake Burger 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .236 .721
8 Evan Carter CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .202 .667
9 Kyle Higashioka C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .218 .676
Team 35 3 9 0 2 2 8 .257 .640
2B:
Duran
3B:
Pederson
SB:
Carter
GIDP:
Higashioka
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Nathan Eovaldi L 5.2 4 4 4 3 3 1 88-58 4.05 1.17
Jalen Beeks 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 14-10 3.81 1.38
Cole Winn 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 5.94 1.35
Robby Ahlstrom 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14-9 4.71 1.33
Team 8.0 8 5 5 3 3 2 124-82 5.63 1.38

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Carter Jensen C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .235 .725
2 Bobby Witt SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279 .800
3 Maikel Garcia 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .261 .693
4 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .232 .663
5 Salvador Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .628
6 Jac Caglianone RF 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 .254 .768
7 Michael Massey 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266 .727
8 Isaac Collins LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .708
9 Kyle Isbel CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244 .651
Tyler Tolbert CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .866
Team 31 5 8 2 5 3 3 .258 .936
2B:
Jensen, Pasquantino, Massey
3B:
Garcia
HR:
Caglianone 2
SB:
Caglianone, Tolbert
CS:
Witt
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Stephen Kolek 5.0 8 2 1 1 3 0 86-55 4.50 1.24
Steven Cruz W 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10-9 4.38 1.26
Daniel Lynch 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13-7 2.00 0.93
John Schreiber 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-6 3.76 1.38
Alex Lange SV 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 19-10 6.33 1.55
Team 9.0 9 3 2 2 8 0 138-87 2.00 1.22
Win% = KC win prob.
Top 9th · TEX batting
3–5

Strikeout. Joc Pederson strikes out swinging.

100%
3–5

Strikeout. Kyle Higashioka strikes out swinging, catcher Carter Jensen to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Jake Burger to 3rd.

96%
3–5

Flyout. Evan Carter flies out to left fielder Isaac Collins.

90%
3–5

Walk. Jake Burger walks.

84% ▼8
Bot 8th · KC batting
3–5

Pop Out. Michael Massey pops out to pitcher Robby Ahlstrom.

92%
3–5

Single. Jac Caglianone singles on a ground ball to second baseman Ezequiel Duran.

93%
3–5

Groundout. Salvador Perez grounds out, third baseman Josh Jung to first baseman Jake Burger.

93%
3–5

Flyout. Vinnie Pasquantino flies out to center fielder Evan Carter.

93%
Top 8th · TEX batting
3–5

Pop Out. Ezequiel Duran pops out to second baseman Michael Massey.

94%
3–5

Strikeout. Wyatt Langford called out on strikes.

93%
3–5

Groundout. Brandon Nimmo grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

90%
Bot 7th · KC batting
3–5

Groundout. Maikel Garcia grounds out, shortstop Corey Seager to first baseman Jake Burger.

86%
3–5

Pop Out. Bobby Witt Jr. pops out to catcher Kyle Higashioka in foul territory.

88%
3–5

Lineout. Carter Jensen lines out sharply to right fielder Brandon Nimmo.

89%
3–5

Single. Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to left fielder Wyatt Langford.

90%
Top 7th · TEX batting
3–5

Groundout. Josh Jung grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

89%
3–5

Groundout. Corey Seager grounds out to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Joc Pederson scores.

87%
2–5

Triple. Joc Pederson triples (2) on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

86%
2–5

Strikeout. Kyle Higashioka called out on strikes.

92%
Bot 6th · KC batting
2–5

Groundout. Isaac Collins grounds out, third baseman Josh Jung to first baseman Jake Burger.

89%
2–5

Double. Michael Massey doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Brandon Nimmo.

91%
2–5

Home Run. Jac Caglianone homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.

90% ▲17
2–3

Pop Out. Salvador Perez pops out to first baseman Jake Burger in foul territory.

73%
2–3

Double. Vinnie Pasquantino hits a ground-rule double (10) on a fly ball to center field. Maikel Garcia scores.

76% ▲10
2–2

Triple. Maikel Garcia triples (2) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Carter Jensen scores.

66% ▲17
2–1

Groundout. Bobby Witt Jr. grounds out, second baseman Ezequiel Duran to first baseman Jake Burger. Carter Jensen to 3rd.

48%
2–1

Double. Carter Jensen doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Brandon Nimmo.

50% ▲11
Top 6th · TEX batting
2–1

Pop Out. Evan Carter pops out to second baseman Michael Massey.

40%
2–1

Lineout. Jake Burger lines out sharply to left fielder Isaac Collins.

38%
2–1

Strikeout. Ezequiel Duran called out on strikes.

37%
Bot 5th · KC batting
2–1

Groundout. Kyle Isbel grounds out, shortstop Corey Seager to first baseman Jake Burger.

34%
2–1

Lineout. Isaac Collins lines out to center fielder Evan Carter.

36%
2–1

Flyout. Michael Massey flies out to center fielder Evan Carter.

38%
2–1

Home Run. Jac Caglianone homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field.

42% ▲13
Top 5th · TEX batting
2–0

Flyout. Wyatt Langford flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

29%
2–0

Single. Brandon Nimmo singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Josh Jung to 3rd.

25%
2–0

Single. Josh Jung singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.

27%
2–0

Strikeout. Carter Jensen challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Corey Seager called out on strikes.

28%
2–0

Pop Out. Joc Pederson pops out to third baseman Maikel Garcia in foul territory.

27%
Bot 4th · KC batting
2–0

Flyout. Salvador Perez flies out to right fielder Brandon Nimmo.

25%
2–0

Flyout. Vinnie Pasquantino flies out to center fielder Evan Carter.

26%
2–0

Strikeout. Maikel Garcia challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Maikel Garcia called out on strikes.

28%
Top 4th · TEX batting
2–0

Flyout. Kyle Higashioka flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

31%
1–0

Single. Evan Carter singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.

40%
1–0

Groundout. Jake Burger grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

42%
1–0

Flyout. Ezequiel Duran flies out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.

40%
Bot 3rd · KC batting
1–0

Forceout. Bobby Witt Jr. grounds into a force out, shortstop Corey Seager to second baseman Ezequiel Duran. Kyle Isbel out at 2nd.

38%
1–0

Lineout. Carter Jensen lines out to center fielder Evan Carter.

40%
1–0

Walk. Kyle Isbel walks.

44%
1–0

Flyout. Isaac Collins flies out to right fielder Brandon Nimmo.

41%
Top 3rd · TEX batting
1–0

Pop Out. Wyatt Langford pops out to second baseman Michael Massey.

44%
1–0

Single. Brandon Nimmo singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Josh Jung to 3rd.

39%
1–0

Single. Josh Jung singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

41%
1–0

Strikeout. Corey Seager strikes out on a foul tip.

43%
1–0

Groundout. Joc Pederson grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

41%
Bot 2nd · KC batting
1–0

Groundout. Michael Massey grounds out to first baseman Jake Burger.

39%
1–0

Walk. Jac Caglianone walks.

41%
1–0

Groundout. Salvador Perez grounds out, shortstop Corey Seager to first baseman Jake Burger.

40%
1–0

Groundout. Vinnie Pasquantino grounds out, second baseman Ezequiel Duran to first baseman Jake Burger.

42%
Top 2nd · TEX batting
1–0

Grounded Into DP. Kyle Higashioka grounds into a double play, third baseman Maikel Garcia to second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Evan Carter out at 2nd. Kyle Higashioka out at 1st.

44% ▲8
1–0

Fielders Choice Out. Evan Carter reaches on a fielder's choice out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to catcher Carter Jensen. Ezequiel Duran out at home. Jake Burger to 2nd.

36%
1–0

Single. Jake Burger singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. Wyatt Langford scores. Ezequiel Duran to 3rd.

29%
0–0

Double. Ezequiel Duran doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Wyatt Langford to 3rd.

36% ▼11
0–0

Walk. Wyatt Langford walks.

46%
Bot 1st · KC batting
0–0

Strikeout Double Play. Maikel Garcia strikes out swinging and Bobby Witt Jr. caught stealing 2nd, catcher Kyle Higashioka to second baseman Ezequiel Duran to catcher Kyle Higashioka.

50%
0–0

Walk. Bobby Witt Jr. walks.

55%
0–0

Strikeout. Carter Jensen called out on strikes.

53%
Top 1st · TEX batting
0–0

Strikeout. Brandon Nimmo strikes out swinging.

55%
0–0

Lineout. Josh Jung lines out to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

53%
0–0

Single. Corey Seager singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins.

50%
0–0

Flyout. Joc Pederson flies out to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

52%