SF at KC — 2026-07-21 | The Game Network

SF 2 — 3 KC

Final — 2026-07-21

MVP: Luinder Avila 6.1 IP, 7 K, 2 ER

Kansas City Royals defeated San Francisco Giants 3-2. Luinder Avila led the way with 6.1 IP, 7 K, 2 ER. Luinder Avila earned the win and Tyler Mahle took the loss. Alex Lange recorded the save.

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

WP Luinder Avila (5-3)

LP Tyler Mahle (2-9)

SV Alex Lange (9)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Jensen homered to right center (416 feet). (0-1)

Top 5: Gilbert singled to right, J. Rodríguez scored. (1-1)

Top 5: Ramos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Gilbert scored, Koss to second, Koss safe at third on throwing error by shortstop Tolbert. (2-1)

Bot 6: Pasquantino singled to center, Collins scored, Perez to third. (2-2)

Bot 6: Loftin singled to left, Perez scored, Marte to second, Pasquantino to third. (2-3)

SF — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ramos	LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.309	.463	.772
Eldridge	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.271	.364	.478	.842
Schmitt	3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.304	.478	.782
Devers	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.310	.466	.776
Adames	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.225	.277	.430	.707
Lee	RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.303	.336	.423	.759
Rodriguez	C	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.244	.306	.422	.728
Gilbert	CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.228	.307	.354	.661
Koss	2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.143	.217	.190	.407
McCray	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.242	.309	.436	.745
Thomas	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.240	.338	.412	.750
Caglianone	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258	.316	.463	.779
Perez	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.211	.258	.356	.614
Pasquantino	1B	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	.226	.316	.343	.659
Marte	RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.330	.663
Massey	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.266	.305	.422	.727
Loftin	3B	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.244	.329	.394	.723
Tolbert	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.364	.443	.807
Collins	LF	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.247	.348	.367	.715

SF — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Mahle	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	91-59	5.31	1.45	L, 2-9
Hentges	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-7	1.80	1.62
Winn	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.00	1.07
Smith	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	13-9	3.00	1.20
Kilian	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	4.69	1.36

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Avila	6.1	5	2	2	1	7	87-61	4.86	1.56	W, 5-3
Strahm	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	11-8	7.09	1.45
Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	20-10	3.29	1.28
Lange	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	15-11	6.15	1.51	S, 9

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (25,175)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Lance Barrett, First Base Umpire: Malachi Moore, Second Base Umpire: Alfonso Marquez, Third Base Umpire: Mike Estabrook

Broadcast: NSBA | RYTV

Scoring Plays

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