Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics

KC 2 — OAK 5

Final — 2026-04-29

Game MVP: Luis Severino — 7.0 IP, 8 K, 1 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	2
OAK	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	x	5	10	0

WP Luis Severino (2-2)

LP Michael Wacha (2-2)

SV Mark Leiter Jr. (3)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Perez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Witt Jr. scored, Jensen out at second. (0-1)

Bot 2: McNeil doubled to right, Wilson scored. (1-1)

Bot 4: Butler homered to right center (404 feet), Wilson scored and McNeil scored. (4-1)

Bot 4: Cortes singled to right, Kurtz scored, Cortes to second, Langeliers to third. (5-1)

Bot 6: Kurtz doubled to center, Hernaiz scored. (5-1)

Top 9: Massey hit sacrifice fly to center, Witt Jr. scored, Perez to third. (5-2)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Michael Wacha	5.0	8	4	4	4	5	1	105-64	3.13	L, 2-2
Luinder Avila	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	20-12	9.00
Alex Lange	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15-8	7.11
Mason Black	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20-13	0.00

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Luis Severino	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	103-71	4.46	W, 2-2
J. Kuhnel	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	31-17	2.70
Mark Leiter Jr.	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	11-5	6.23	S, 3

Venue: Sutter Health Park, Sacramento, California (9,399)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: John Libka, First Base Umpire: D.J. Reyburn, Second Base Umpire: James Hoye, Third Base Umpire: Sean Barber

Broadcast: RYTV | NSCA