Royals beat Braves 4-1.

Final · MLB · Sun Mar 29, 12:35 PM CDT

Probable pitchers: Seth Lugo (KC) vs Grant Holmes (ATL)
TV: MLBN
Where: Truist Park

Royals beat Braves 4-1. Royals took the lead for good in the 3rd.

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

Win: Seth Lugo. Loss: Grant Holmes. Save: Lucas Erceg. Home runs: Jensen (KC), Baldwin, D (ATL).

By the numbers: Hits KC 7, ATL 7; Errors KC 0, ATL 0; Left on base KC 13, ATL 10.

Team stats

	KC	ATL
Hits	7	7
Errors	0	0
Left on base	13	10
Home runs	1	1
Walks	3	0
Strikeouts	8	5

Box score

Kansas City Royals

Batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR
Garcia, M 3B	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
Witt Jr. SS	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
Pasquantino 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
Perez, S DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jensen C	3	1	1	2	0	2	1
Thomas, L RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Caglianone RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Collins LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loftin 2B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
Isbel CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0
Totals	33	4	7	4	3	8	1

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	NP
Lugo, S (W)	6.1	5	0	0	3	0	77
Strahm	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Schreiber	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	23
Erceg (S)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	12
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	5	1	116

Atlanta Braves

Batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	K	HR
Acuña Jr. RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Baldwin, D C	4	1	2	1	1	1
Olson 1B	4	0	0	0	1	0
Riley, A 3B	4	0	0	0	1	0
Yastrzemski LF	4	0	2	0	1	0
Albies 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0
Harris II CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, D DH	2	0	1	0	0	0
Farmer, K DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mateo SS	3	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	33	1	7	1	5	1

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP
Holmes, G (L)	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	76
Fuentes	4.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	56
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	3	8	1	132

Play-by-play

Top 1st 3

1 out KC Maikel Garcia flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.
2 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. pops out to third baseman Austin Riley.
3 out KC Vinnie Pasquantino flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

Bottom 1st 3

1 out ATL Ronald Acuña Jr. pops out to catcher Carter Jensen in foul territory.
2 out ATL Drake Baldwin strikes out swinging.
3 out ATL Matt Olson grounds out, pitcher Seth Lugo to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

Top 2nd 3

1 out KC Salvador Perez flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.
2 out KC Carter Jensen called out on strikes.
3 out KC Lane Thomas called out on strikes.

Bottom 2nd 4

1 out ATL Austin Riley lines out sharply to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
2 out ATL Mike Yastrzemski pops out to third baseman Maikel Garcia.
2 out ATL Ozzie Albies singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
3 out ATL Michael Harris II pops out to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

Top 3rd 6

0 out KC Jac Caglianone walks.
1 out KC Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Nick Loftin grounds into a force out, shortstop Jorge Mateo to second baseman Ozzie Albies. Jac Caglianone out at 2nd. Nick Loftin to 1st.
2 out KC Kyle Isbel strikes out swinging.
2 out KC Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jorge Mateo. Nick Loftin to 3rd.
2 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Nick Loftin scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. KC 1, ATL 0
3 out KC Vinnie Pasquantino grounds out softly, first baseman Matt Olson to pitcher Grant Holmes.

Bottom 3rd 3

1 out ATL Dominic Smith grounds out, second baseman Nick Loftin to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
2 out ATL Jorge Mateo strikes out swinging.
3 out ATL Ronald Acuña Jr. flies out sharply to center fielder Kyle Isbel.

Top 4th 4

1 out KC Salvador Perez pops out to third baseman Austin Riley.
1 out KC Carter Jensen homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. KC 2, ATL 0
2 out KC Lane Thomas strikes out swinging.
3 out KC Jac Caglianone grounds out, pitcher Grant Holmes to first baseman Matt Olson.

Bottom 4th 3

1 out ATL Drake Baldwin grounds out, second baseman Nick Loftin to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
2 out ATL Matt Olson flies out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
3 out ATL Austin Riley grounds out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

Top 5th 6

0 out KC Nick Loftin doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski.
1 out KC Kyle Isbel pops out to shortstop Jorge Mateo.
1 out KC Maikel Garcia walks.
2 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. pops out to second baseman Ozzie Albies.
2 out KC Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Nick Loftin scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. KC 3, ATL 0
3 out KC Salvador Perez grounds into a force out, third baseman Austin Riley to second baseman Ozzie Albies. Vinnie Pasquantino out at 2nd.

Bottom 5th 5

1 out ATL Mike Yastrzemski strikes out swinging.
1 out ATL Ozzie Albies singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
2 out ATL Michael Harris II flies out sharply to center fielder Kyle Isbel.
2 out ATL Dominic Smith singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Ozzie Albies to 3rd.
3 out ATL Jorge Mateo grounds out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

Top 6th 3

1 out KC Carter Jensen strikes out swinging.
2 out KC Lane Thomas grounds out, pitcher Didier Fuentes to first baseman Matt Olson.
3 out KC Jac Caglianone called out on strikes.

Bottom 6th 4

1 out ATL Ronald Acuña Jr. grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
1 out ATL Drake Baldwin singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
2 out ATL Matt Olson grounds into a force out, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Drake Baldwin out at 2nd. Matt Olson to 1st.
3 out ATL Austin Riley flies out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.

Top 7th 3

1 out KC Nick Loftin grounds out, shortstop Jorge Mateo to first baseman Matt Olson.
2 out KC Kyle Isbel called out on strikes.
3 out KC Maikel Garcia flies out sharply to center fielder Michael Harris II.

Bottom 7th 4

0 out ATL Mike Yastrzemski doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
1 out ATL Ozzie Albies flies out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
2 out ATL Michael Harris II lines out to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
3 out ATL Kyle Farmer pops out to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

Top 8th 5

0 out KC Bobby Witt Jr. walks.
0 out KC Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd.
1 out KC Salvador Perez strikes out swinging.
2 out KC Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. KC 4, ATL 0
3 out KC Lane Thomas flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

Bottom 8th 4

1 out ATL Jorge Mateo flies out to right fielder Jac Caglianone.
2 out ATL Ronald Acuña Jr. grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
2 out ATL Drake Baldwin homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. KC 4, ATL 1
3 out ATL Matt Olson challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Matt Olson called out on strikes.

Top 9th 4

1 out KC Jac Caglianone grounds out to first baseman Matt Olson.
2 out KC Nick Loftin pops out to first baseman Matt Olson.
2 out KC Kyle Isbel singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.
3 out KC Maikel Garcia flies out to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. in foul territory.

Bottom 9th 3

1 out ATL Austin Riley strikes out swinging.
1 out ATL Mike Yastrzemski singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins.
3 out ATL Ozzie Albies grounds into a double play, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Mike Yastrzemski out at 2nd. Ozzie Albies out at 1st.