Kansas City at Washington — MLB June 17, 2026

6 – 2

Final

Nationals Park, Washington, DC

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	12	0
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	0

Decisions

Win L. Avila KC

5.2 IP · 3 H · 1 ER · 5 K · 5.50 ERA

Loss Z. Littell WAS

5.0 IP · 7 H · 4 ER · 2 K · 5.45 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	WAS
Top 1st Carter Jensen homered (376 ft.) to deep right	1	0
Top 2nd John Rave homered (424 ft.) to deep center	2	0
Top 3rd Lane Thomas homered (432 ft.) to deep center	3	0
Top 3rd Michael Massey homered (450 ft.) to deep center	4	0
Top 6th Isaac Collins sacrificed, John Rave scored	5	0
Top 6th Bobby Witt Jr. singled to center, Carter Jensen to third, Isaac Collins scored	6	0
Bottom 6th CJ Abrams doubled to deep right center, Curtis Mead scored	6	1
Bottom 6th Dylan Crews singled to right, CJ Abrams scored. Dylan Crews out advancing on throw	6	2

Closing line

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	4	1	4	1	1	0	.235
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	0	1	1	1	0	.290
J. Caglianone 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.267
L. Thomas CF	4	1	1	1	1	1	.226
M. Massey 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.261
S. Perez DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200
K. Misner PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
J. Rave RF	4	2	2	1	0	1	.500
N. Loftin 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.238
I. Collins LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	.217
Totals		6	12		4	3

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
L. Avila W	5.2	3	1	1	1	5	91
M. Strahm	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	6
L. Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11
J. Schreiber	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15
A. Lange	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	19

Washington

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wood RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.277
L. García Jr. 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.260
C. Mead 3B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.233
C. Abrams SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	.284
D. Crews CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.189
D. Lile LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.257
K. Ruiz C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.282
J. Tena DH	3	0	1	0	0	2	.220
N. Nuñez 2B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.223
Totals		2	6		1	6