Athletics at Kansas City — MLB August 17, 2026

5 – 9

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

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

Decisions

Win M. Wacha KC

5.0 IP · 6 H · 4 ER · 3 K · 3.58 ERA

Loss M. Barnett ATH

2.2 IP · 7 H · 6 ER · 2 K · 7.08 ERA

Save S. Cruz KC

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 0 K · 4.08 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	ATH	KC
Top 1st Jeff McNeil homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.	1	0
Bottom 1st Maikel Garcia singles on a line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. Maikel Garcia to 2nd.	1	1
Bottom 1st Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte. Jac Caglianone scores. Maikel Garcia scores.	1	3
Bottom 2nd Bobby Witt Jr. homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Kyle Isbel scores.	1	5
Bottom 3rd Kyle Isbel singles on a line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte. Michael Massey scores. Isaac Collins to 3rd.	1	6
Top 5th Tommy White homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.	2	6
Top 5th Brian Serven homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Donovan Walton scores.	4	6
Bottom 6th Jac Caglianone singles on a line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	4	7
Bottom 8th Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (26) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Carlos Cortes. Carter Jensen scores.	4	8
Bottom 8th Jac Caglianone singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	4	9
Top 9th Jonah Heim grounds into a double play, second baseman Michael Massey to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Carlos Cortes scores. Tommy White to 3rd. Donovan Walton out at 2nd. Jonah Heim out at 1st.	5	9

Closing line

Box score

Athletics

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. McNeil 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.259
H. Bolte CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.268
L. Butler RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.210
Z. Gelof DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	.276
C. Cortes LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.260
T. White 3B	3	1	1	1	1	1	.267
D. Walton 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.277
A. Williams SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.266
J. Heim PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.215
B. Serven C	4	1	1	2	0	0	.200
Totals		5	8		3	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Barnett L	2.2	7	6	6	4	2	83
H. Juenger	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	21
S. Blewett	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	28
S. Johnson	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	15

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	5	1	1	0	0	1	.219
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	4	3	3	1	0	.286
J. Caglianone RF	5	1	3	2	0	0	.276
M. Garcia 3B	5	1	2	1	0	1	.264
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.232
S. Perez DH	3	0	1	2	0	1	.215
M. Massey 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.272
I. Collins LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.227
K. Isbel CF	3	1	1	1	1	1	.232
Totals		9	13		4	6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Wacha W	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	79
C. Thomas	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	11
J. Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9
N. Pearson	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	18
L. Erceg	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	14
S. Cruz S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8