Kansas City Royals at Athletics

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Kansas City Royals

82-80, 39-42 Away

Final
9 - 2

Athletics

76-86, 36-45 Home

Yastrzemski homers twice as Royals rout A's to finish season with a winning record

Yastrzemski hit a homer deep to right in the seventh inning off Michael Kelly and homered to right off Osvaldo Bido in the eighth. Yastrzemski hit 17 homers, including nine with the Royals after he was traded from the Giants at the deadline.

Michael Massey had four of Kansas City’s 15 hits. Catcher Carter Jensen had three, including a homer just after Yastrzemski’s seventh-inning home run.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run double in the seventh. The Kansas City shortstop led the majors in hits for the second straight year. He had 184 this season after collecting 211 in 2024.

Ragans limited the A’s to two hits and a walk. Lefty Daniel Lynch IV (6-2) got the victory. Lynch entered the game with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth and escaped the jam by striking out Nick Kurtz.

Kurtz hit an opposite-field two-run homer off lefty Sam Long in the eighth. The Athletics’ first baseman leads all rookies in home runs (36), RBI (86), runs (90) and walks (63).

Brady Basso (1-1), the first of seven Athletics pitchers, took the loss.

Key moment Ragans struck out four consecutive hitters over the third and fourth innings. Max Muncy, Willie MacIver, Colby Thomas and Kurtz each went down on a swinging strike three.

Key stat The three homers the A’s allowed Sunday boosted their season total to 222, a franchise record. The previous mark was 220, set by the 1964 Kansas City A’s.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Thomas flied out to center.
	9th Inning	MacIver struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Muncy struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bleday doubled to right, B. Harris to third.
	9th Inning	B. Harris walked.
	9th Inning	Avila relieved Long

Statistics

KC		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
8	Strikeouts	14
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
28	Total Bases	12
47	Plate Appearances	37
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
7	Extra Base Hits	3
11.0	Runs Created	3.3
.357	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.667	Slugging Percentage	.353
.429	Secondary Average	.235
.404	On Base Percentage	.270
1.071	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.623
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
10.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
67.0	Batter Rating	22.0
14.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.32	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.310	Isolated Power	.147
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.21
.085	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.071	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
17.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
111.8	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0