KC 6, WSH 2 | Jun 17, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, June 17, 2026•Nationals Park•84°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

Luinder Avila

LOSS

Zack Littell

The Royals defeated the Nationals 6-2.

★Carter Jensen4-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 2: John Rave homers (1) on a line drive to center field.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 2:49Att: 17,643Venue: Nationals Park

Ump Audit

Bill Miller

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90.5%C

16 missed calls

+18.5% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

WSH WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	13	0
WSH	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Game 822721 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Carter JensenC	4	1	4	1	1	0	.235/.302/.416	105.5	.742	.747
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	0	1	1	1	0	.290/.364/.451	106.2	.321	.312
Jac Caglianone1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.267/.341/.431	106.5	.520	.475
Lane ThomasCF	4	1	1	1	1	1	.226/.358/.356	101.3	.381	.490
Michael Massey2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.261/.278/.466	105.6	.313	.487
Kameron MisnerDH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375/.412/.375	-	-	-
John RaveRF	4	2	2	1	0	1	.500/.600/1.750	106.3	.523	.819
Nick Loftin3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.238/.346/.381	99.4	.198	.236
Isaac CollinsLF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.221/.337/.304	104.9	.400	.362
Bench
Salvador PerezDH	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200/.244/.322	103.2	.059	.057
Luinder AvilaP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	37	6	13	6	4	3	-	-	-	-

HR:Jensen (1st off Littell, 0 on, 0 out); Rave (2nd off Littell, 0 on, 1 out); Thomas (3rd off Littell, 0 on, 1 out); Massey (3rd off Littell, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Jensen

3B:Rave

TB:28

RBI:Jensen; Collins; Rave; Massey; Thomas; Jr.

SB:Jensen; Jr.

CS:Misner

Team LOB:9

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
James WoodRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.277/.407/.547	104.5	.430

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Luinder AvilaW	5.2	3	1	1	1	5	91-59	91.6	5.50
Matt Strahm	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	6-4	87.8	5.73
Lucas Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-8	92.1	5.60
John Schreiber	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15-11	89.7	2.73
Alex Lange	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	19-13	93	4.01
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	142-95	-	-

HBP:Mead (by Lange)

Inherited runners-scored:Strahm 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Avila 91-59; Strahm 6-4; Erceg 11-8; Schreiber 15-11; Lange 19-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Avila 4-8; Strahm 0-0; Erceg 2-0; Schreiber 2-0; Lange 0-3

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Zack LittellL	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	4	99-63	88.3	5.45

Game Notes

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B6Replay review: Nationals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Dylan Crews singles on a line drive to right fielder John Rave. CJ Abrams scores. Dylan Crews out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder John Rave to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

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T9Replay review: Lane Thomas challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Lane Thomas called out on strikes.

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B9Passed ball

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Carter Jensen homers (9) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 96.4 mph💣 366 ftLA: 30°

Top 2 • KC

2-0

John Rave homers (1) on a line drive to center field.

EV: 106.3 mph💣 402 ftLA: 21°

Top 3 • KC

4-0

Michael Massey homers (7) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 105.6 mph💣 430 ftLA: 23°

3-0

Lane Thomas homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 100.8 mph💣 411 ftLA: 24°

Top 6 • KC

6-0

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to center fielder Dylan Crews. Isaac Collins scores. Carter Jensen to 3rd.

EV: 104.7 mph269 ftLA: 10°

5-0

Isaac Collins singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Luis García Jr. John Rave scores.

EV: 33.1 mph5 ftLA: -49°

Bot 6 • WSH

6-1

CJ Abrams doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Curtis Mead scores.

EV: 104.6 mph356 ftLA: 20°

6-2

Nationals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Dylan Crews singles on a line drive to right fielder John Rave. CJ Abrams scores. Dylan Crews out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder John Rave to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

EV: 76.6 mph160 ftLA: 14°

Bench
Zack LittellP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Mitchell ParkerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
PJ PoulinP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Paxton SchultzP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-