Athletics at Kansas City — MLB August 19, 2026

7 – 9

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATH	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	7	11	0
KC	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7		9	11	0

Decisions

Win C. Kimbrel KC

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 4.38 ERA

Loss D. Rom ATH

1.0 IP · 3 H · 4 ER · 0 K · 7.00 ERA

Recap

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Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	ATH	KC
Top 1st Jeff McNeil doubles (16) on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Henry Bolte scores.	1	0
Top 1st Zack Gelof singles on a ground ball to left fielder Tyler Tolbert. Jeff McNeil scores.	2	0
Bottom 4th Salvador Perez doubles (18) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.	2	1
Top 5th Henry Bolte singles on a ground ball to left fielder Tyler Tolbert. Donovan Walton scores. Max Muncy to 3rd. Henry Bolte to 2nd.	3	1
Top 5th Jeff McNeil singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Max Muncy scores. Henry Bolte to 3rd.	4	1
Top 5th Zack Gelof grounds into a force out, fielded by second baseman Nick Loftin. Henry Bolte scores. Jeff McNeil out at 2nd. Zack Gelof to 1st.	5	1
Bottom 6th Vinnie Pasquantino homers (7) on a fly ball to right field.	5	2
Bottom 8th Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Maikel Garcia scores.	5	3
Bottom 8th Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to left fielder Zack Gelof. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. Tyler Tolbert to 2nd.	5	4
Bottom 8th Isaac Collins out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Henry Bolte. Salvador Perez scores. Tyler Tolbert to 3rd. Kyle Isbel to 2nd.	5	5
Bottom 8th John Rave doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Tyler Tolbert scores. Kyle Isbel scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	5	8
Bottom 8th Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lawrence Butler. John Rave scores.	5	9
Top 9th Max Muncy homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Donovan Walton scores.	7	9

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	ATH	+129	+163
money	KC	-143	-178
spread	ATH	+1 (-115)	+1½ (-125)
spread	KC	-1 (+101)	-1½ (+113)
totals	ATH	O 8½ (-106)	O 8½ (-113)
totals	KC	U 8½ (-108)	U 8½ (+101)

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Box score

Athletics

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG
H. Bolte CF	5	2	2	1	1	.270
J. McNeil 2B	4	1	2	2	0	.264
Z. Gelof LF	4	0	1	2	1	.273
L. Butler RF	4	0	2	0	2	.214
T. White 1B	4	0	0	0	0	.257
C. Cortes DH	4	0	0	0	1	.255
J. Heim C	4	0	0	0	0	.210
D. Walton SS	4	2	2	0	0	.280
M. Muncy 3B	4	2	2	2	1	.219
Totals		7	11		6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Springs	5.2	5	2	2	3	1	85
S. Blewett	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	7
E. Alvarado	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10
H. Juenger	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	16
D. Rom L	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	26

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
N. Loftin 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.230
I. Collins PH-LF	1	0	0	1	0	0	.226
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	1	0	0	1	0	.284
J. Caglianone RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.279
J. Rave PH-RF	3	1	1	3	0	0	.207
M. Garcia 3B	5	1	2	1	0	0	.266
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	3	3	2	1	0	.243
S. Perez DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	.215
C. Jensen C	3	0	1	0	1	1	.221
T. Tolbert LF-2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.313
K. Isbel CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.229
Totals		9	11		6	2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	K	PC
S. Lugo	6.0	9	5	5	3	96
A. Lange	1.0	0	0	0	2	10
C. Kimbrel W	1.0	0	0	0	1	13
S. Cruz	1.0	2	2	2	0	17