Athletics at Kansas City — MLB August 20, 2026

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Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

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

Decisions

Win C. Thomas KC

1.2 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 15.00 ERA

Loss G. Jump ATH

4.0 IP · 8 H · 5 ER · 3 K · 4.83 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	ATH	KC
Bottom 1st Bobby Witt Jr. homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field.	0	1
Bottom 3rd Isaac Collins singles on a line drive to left fielder Zack Gelof. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Salvador Perez scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd.	0	3
Bottom 4th Nick Loftin triples (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte, deflected by right fielder Carlos Cortes. Michael Massey scores.	0	4
Bottom 4th Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Bolte. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. John Rave to 2nd.	0	5
Top 5th Brian Serven singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Tolbert. Lawrence Butler scores. Max Muncy to 3rd. Carlos Cortes to 2nd.	1	5
Top 5th Donovan Walton grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Salvador Perez. Max Muncy scores. Carlos Cortes to 3rd. Brian Serven to 2nd.	2	5
Bottom 5th Michael Massey doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Carlos Cortes. Isaac Collins scores.	2	6

Closing line

Box score

Athletics

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
H. Bolte CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	.269
J. McNeil 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Z. Gelof LF	4	0	0	0	1	1	.269
L. Butler DH	3	1	2	0	1	0	.218
M. Muncy 3B	2	1	0	0	2	1	.216
C. Cortes RF	3	0	2	0	1	0	.260
B. Serven C	4	0	1	1	0	2	.205
D. Walton 2B	3	0	1	1	1	0	.281
D. Hernaiz SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	.236
Totals		2	8		7	6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
G. Jump L	4.0	8	5	5	3	3	86
T. Rashi	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	43
S. Blewett	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	26

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
N. Loftin RF-3B	4	0	1	1	1	1	.231
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	3	2	1	1	0	.286
M. Garcia 3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.269
J. Rave RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.194
S. Perez 1B	5	1	3	1	0	0	.219
V. Pasquantino DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	.244
I. Collins LF	3	1	1	2	1	1	.227
T. Tolbert CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.303
M. Massey 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	.278
L. Maile C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.200
Totals		6	12		5	6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
R. Dobnak	4.0	6	0	0	4	4	96
C. Duran	0.1	1	2	2	3	0	23
C. Thomas W	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	20
C. Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12
J. Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	13
N. Pearson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6