Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals

SEA 0 — KC 5

Final — 2026-05-23

Game MVP: Stephen Kolek — 9.0 IP, 2 K, 0 ER

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Top Performer

Stephen Kolek

9.0 IP, 2 K, 0 ER

9 innings pitched with 2 strikeouts and no earned runs.

One of the strongest pitching lines of the day.

A dominant showing that defined the day.

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

WP Stephen Kolek (3-0)

LP George Kirby (5-4)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Pasquantino grounded into fielder's choice to second, Garcia scored on error, Witt Jr. safe at second on throwing error by second baseman Young. (1-0)

Bot 1: Jensen grounded out to first, Witt Jr. scored. (2-0)

Bot 1: Caglianone singled to right, Pasquantino scored. (3-0)

Bot 3: Jensen hit sacrifice fly to left, Witt Jr. scored. (4-0)

Bot 6: Mariners challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Isaac Collins singles on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Carter Jensen scores. (5-0)

Seattle Mariners — Batting

Name	POS	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
J.P. Crawford	SS	4	0	0	0	0	.199	.342	.344
Julio Rodriguez	CF	3	0	0	1	0	.257	.322	.424
Josh Naylor	1B	3	0	0	0	0	.246	.313	.351
Randy Arozarena	LF	3	0	0	0	0	.294	.389	.455
Luke Raley	RF	3	3	1	0	0	.276	.338	.567
Cole Young	2B	3	1	0	0	0	.240	.324	.350
Dominic Canzone	DH	3	0	0	0	1	.236	.320	.425
Jhonny Pereda	C	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.350
C. Emerson	3B	3	0	0	0	1	.118	.250	.294

Kansas City Royals — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia	3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.260	.321	.385
Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.298	.365	.473
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	.198	.282	.324
Salvador Perez	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.249	.352
Carter Jensen	C	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	.231	.322	.395
Jac Caglianone	RF	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	.247	.310	.416
Isaac Collins	LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	.213	.327	.312
Michael Massey	2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.250	.404
Kyle Isbel	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.317	.391

Seattle Mariners — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
George Kirby	6.0	9	5	3	0	3	92-63	3.54	L, 5-4
A. Hoppe	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	5.23
N. Davila	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	24-12	0.00

Kansas City Royals — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Stephen Kolek	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	108-69	2.77	W, 3-0

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (25,544)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Todd Tichenor, First Base Umpire: John Bacon, Second Base Umpire: Clint Vondrak, Third Base Umpire: Adam Hamari

Broadcast: FS1 | RYTV | MRTV