Kansas City at NY Mets — MLB July 8, 2026

2 – 6

Final

Citi Field, Flushing, Queens, NY

	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		6	9	0

Decisions

Win B. Raley NYM

1.0 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 0 K · 2.16 ERA

Loss A. Lange KC

0.2 IP · 3 H · 5 ER · 0 K · 5.92 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	NYM
Bottom 1st A.J. Ewing homers (7) on a fly ball to center field.	0	1
Top 6th Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto. Jac Caglianone scores.	1	1
Bottom 8th Jared Young hit by pitch. Francisco Lindor scores. Carson Benge to 3rd. Jorge Polanco to 2nd.	1	2
Bottom 8th Brett Baty singles on a line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Carson Benge scores. Tyrone Taylor scores. Jared Young to 3rd.	1	4
Bottom 8th Wild pitch by pitcher Jose Cuas. Jared Young scores. Brett Baty to 2nd.	1	5
Bottom 8th Francisco Alvarez singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brett Baty scores.	1	6
Top 9th Carter Jensen doubles (18) on a ground ball to right fielder Carson Benge. Josh Rojas scores.	2	6

Closing line

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	4	0	1	1	1	2	.247
B. Witt Jr. SS	5	0	1	0	0	2	.289
J. Caglianone 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.257
L. Thomas CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.233
S. Perez DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	.212
M. Massey 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.263
S. Marte PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266
N. Loftin 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.248
I. Collins LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.239
T. Tolbert RF-2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.373
J. Rojas PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	.160
Totals		2	8		3	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
S. Cruz	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	14
R. Dobnak	5.2	3	0	0	3	2	95
M. Strahm	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5
A. Lange L	0.2	3	5	5	1	0	38
J. Cuas	0.1	2	0	0	1	1	14

NY Mets

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
A. Ewing CF	5	1	2	1	0	1	.279
J. Soto LF	3	0	0	0	2	1	.295
B. Bichette 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.258
F. Lindor SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	.211
C. Benge RF	3	1	2	0	1	0	.265
J. Polanco DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.188
T. Taylor PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	.207
J. Young 1B	2	1	0	1	1	0	.227
B. Baty 2B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.218
F. Alvarez C	3	0	1	1	1	1	.253
Totals		6	9		5	6