Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves

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Kansas City Royals

0-2, 0-2 Away

Final
2 - 6

Atlanta Braves

2-0, 2-0 Home

Dominic Smith hits walk-off grand slam as Braves rally past Royals 6-2

Michael Harris II ties it for the Braves in the 9th

Smith hit a 3-2 pitch from Carlos Estévez (0-1) over the right field wall as the Braves won for the second straight night.

Osvaldo Bido (1-0) picked up the win in his Braves debut after striking out all three batters in the ninth inning.

Michael Harris II was 3 for 4 with an RBI, and Mike Yastrzemski was 2 for 4 with an RBI.

The Braves trailed 2-0 entering the ninth, but Yastrzemski and Harris had RBI singles to tie it before Smith ended it with his home run.

Michael Wacha threw six shutout innings, and Salvador Perez hit a home run for the Royals.

Wacha was dominant, giving up just three hits and a walk. He twice induced double-plays and had seven strikeouts. Fifty-seven of his 80 pitches were strikes.

Vinnie Pasquantino had an RBI, and Jac Caglianone was 2 for 3 for the Royals.

Reynaldo López gave up just three hits and one run in six innings and struck out three in his return from shoulder surgery that limited him to one start in 2025. There were concerns for Atlanta about López's velocity after his final spring training start when his fastball averaged just 89.2 mph. López said it was a question of mechanics, not injury, and he backed that up by averaging his more typical 94.4 mph on fastballs against the Royals, according to Statcast.

Up next Braves RHP Grant Holmes will start the series finale against RHP Seth Lugo on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith homered to right center (386 feet), White scored, Albies scored and Harris II scored.
	9th Inning	Harris II reached on infield single to pitcher, Mateo scored, Albies to second, White to third.
	9th Inning	Albies walked, White to second.
	9th Inning	White ran for Yastrzemski
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski singled to center, Baldwin scored, Mateo to third.
	9th Inning	Riley popped out to second.

Statistics

KC		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
12	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	11
1	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.0	Runs Created	4.0
.156	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.387
.250	Secondary Average	.226
.229	On Base Percentage	.371
.510	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.759
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
20.0	Batter Rating	36.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.77
.125	Isolated Power	.097
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.3	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0