KC 4, WSH 6 | Jun 16, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, June 16, 2026•Nationals Park•78°F, Clear

Royals

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

Paxton Schultz

LOSS

Daniel Lynch IV

SAVE

Gus Varland

The Nationals defeated the Royals 6-4.

★Bobby Witt Jr.3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Curtis Mead3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Curtis Mead homers (11) on a fly ball to center field. Nasim Nuñez scores. Andrés Chaparro scores.

Weather: 78°F, ClearWind: 7 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 10:45 PM UTCT: 2:43Att: 25,053Venue: Nationals Park

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87.4%D

19 missed calls

+0.9% WSH

+0.49 runs WSH

Win Probability

WSH WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	4	10	0
WSH	0	0	2	0	1	0	3

Game 822723 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Lane ThomasRF	3	2	1	1	2	0	.225/.356/.338	101.9	.288	.473
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	1	3	1	1	0	.290/.364/.454	96.5	.706	.657
Jac Caglianone1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.269/.344/.436	108.2	.236	.213
Isaac CollinsLF	3	0	1	2	0	1	.215/.335/.300	79.2	.757	.709
Starling MarteDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.256/.314/.333	88	.122	.115
Salvador PerezC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.200/.245/.325	96.1	.318	.306
Nick Loftin3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.245/.350/.392	95.2	.399	.380
Michael Massey2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261/.279/.452	94.7	.009	.015
Kameron MisnerCF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.375/.412/.375	104.8	.254	.502
Bench
Maikel Garcia3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	.266/.326/.378	102.5	.308	.283
Tyler Tolbert2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	.235/.316/.235
Totals	35	4	10	4	4	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Thomas (9th off Varland, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Loftin

TB:14

RBI:Collins 2; Thomas; Jr.

SB:Jr.

GIDP:Garcia; Caglianone

Team LOB:9

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
James WoodRF	4	0	1	2	0	1	.281/.412/.555	102	.126

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Michael Wacha	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	90-65	86.1	3.64
Daniel Lynch IVL	1.0	2	3	3	2	1	1	29-15	89.8	2.61
Connor Seabold	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	23-13	91.5	4.05
Totals	8.0	10	6	6	4	4	1	142-93	-	-

WP:IV

HBP:Lile (by Wacha)

Pitches-strikes:Wacha 90-65; IV 29-15; Seabold 23-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Wacha 9-5; IV 2-0; Seabold 1-2

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Foster Griffin	6.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	100-74	86	3.32

Bot 3 • WSH

0-1

Nasim Nuñez triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Lane Thomas. Drew Millas scores.

EV: 62.7 mph166 ftLA: 22°

0-2

James Wood out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kameron Misner. Nasim Nuñez scores.

EV: 85.5 mph299 ftLA: 23°

Top 5 • KC

1-2

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Tyler Tolbert scores. Lane Thomas to 3rd.

EV: 96.5 mph206 ftLA: 10°

Bot 5 • WSH

1-3

James Wood singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kameron Misner. Nasim Nuñez scores.

EV: 87.6 mph6 ftLA: -29°

Top 7 • KC

3-3

Isaac Collins singles on a line drive to left fielder Dylan Crews. Lane Thomas scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 79.2 mph240 ftLA: 18°

Bot 7 • WSH

3-6

Curtis Mead homers (11) on a fly ball to center field. Nasim Nuñez scores. Andrés Chaparro scores.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 424 ftLA: 25°

Top 9 • KC

4-6

Lane Thomas homers (4) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 101.9 mph💣 407 ftLA: 27°

HBP:Caglianone (by Griffin)

Inherited runners-scored:Lovelady 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Griffin 100-74; Ribalta 14-8; Lovelady 12-8; Schultz 15-11; Varland 23-14

Groundouts-flyouts:Griffin 7-4; Ribalta 0-1; Lovelady 1-1; Schultz 0-2; Varland 1-0

Bench
Luis García Jr.1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.264/.288/.463	106.5	.210	.190
José TenaPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217/.273/.357	104	.466	.919
Foster GriffinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Orlando RibaltaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Richard LoveladyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Paxton SchultzP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gus VarlandP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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