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Kansas City Royals
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March 27, 2026, 7:15 PM
Truist Park
755 Battery Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30339
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Atlanta Braves
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KAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
ATL 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 11 0
W: Chris Sale (W, 1-0)
6.0 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, 3 BB
L: Cole Ragans (L, 0-1)
4.0 IP, 4 ER, 5 K, 4 BB
Top Performers
Chris Sale
Sale
(W, 1-0)
6.0 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, 3 BB
Austin Riley
Riley, A
3-3 | BB, R
Drake Baldwin
Baldwin, D
1-4 | HR, BB, RBI
Kansas City Royals Batting
# Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B SB BB K AVG
1 Maikel Garcia 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .333
2 Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500
3 Lane Thomas CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333
4 Salvador Perez C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
5 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
6 Starling Marte RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
a- Jac Caglianone PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
7 Jonathan India 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
8 Isaac Collins LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
9 Carter Jensen DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 .167
a-Struck out for Marte, S in the 9th.
BATTING
TB Garcia, M Perez, S Thomas, L Witt Jr. 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out Perez, S 2.
GIDP Collins Witt Jr.
Team RISP 0-for-4.
Team LOB 7.
BASERUNNING
SB Garcia, M (1, 2nd base off Sale/Heim).
Kansas City Royals Pitching
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PC S B ERA
Cole Ragans(L, 0-1) 4.0 6 4 4 4 5 3 90 52 38 9.00
Bailey Falter 3.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 48 29 19 6.00
Alex Lange 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 8 3 0.00
Totals 8.0 11 6 6 4 10 3 149 89 60 6.75
Pitching/Game Notes:
HBP Pasquantino (by Sale).
ABS Challenge Perez, S 3 (Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Overturned to Strike) Heim (Ball-Confirmed) Acuña Jr. (Strike-Confirmed).
Pitches-strikes Ragans 90-52 Falter 48-29 Lange 11-8 Sale 88-54 Lee, D 9-7 Suarez, R 17-11 Kinley 13-9.
Groundouts-flyouts Ragans 3-3 Falter 2-2 Lange 2-0 Sale 6-2 Lee, D 0-2 Suarez, R 2-0 Kinley 1-0.
Batters faced Ragans 21 Falter 14 Lange 3 Sale 23 Lee, D 3 Suarez, R 5 Kinley 3.
Umpires HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Mike Muchlinski. 2B: Gabe Morales. 3B: Emil Jimenez.
Weather 77 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind 12 mph, R To L.
First pitch 7:18 PM.
T 2:28.
Att 39,697.
Venue Truist Park.
March 27, 2026