Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Dodgers

KC 2 — 4 LAD

Final — 2026-08-12

MVP: Eric Lauer 6.1 IP, 6 K, 1 ER

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Kansas City Royals 4-2. Eric Lauer led the way with 6.1 IP, 6 K, 1 ER. Eric Lauer earned the win and Daniel Lynch IV took the loss. Landon Knack recorded the save.

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

WP Eric Lauer (7-6)

LP Daniel Lynch IV (4-4)

SV Landon Knack (1)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Rojas singled to right, Tolbert scored. (1-0)

Bot 2: Betts homered to left center (412 feet). (1-1)

Top 3: Perez singled to right, Caglianone scored. (2-1)

Bot 3: Ohtani homered to left center (397 feet), Rojas scored. (2-3)

Bot 5: Feduccia homered to center (402 feet). (2-4)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Loftin	RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.328	.386	.714
Witt	SS	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.285	.355	.448	.803
Caglianone	1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.268	.321	.485	.806
Perez	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.216	.262	.369	.631
Marte	RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.247	.303	.320	.623
Jensen	DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.299	.408	.707
Collins	LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.233	.332	.359	.691
Tolbert	CF	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	.311	.370	.467	.837
Rojas	3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.236	.267	.319	.586
Maile	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.474	.774
Rave	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.308	.489	.797
Massey	2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258	.290	.416	.706

LAD — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ohtani	DH	4	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	.292	.393	.544	.937
Pages	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.270	.337	.454	.791
Freeman	1B	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.306	.380	.472	.852
Tucker	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.239	.338	.381	.719
Betts	SS	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	.239	.297	.417	.714
Muncy	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.342	.481	.823
Hernandez	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.247	.311	.401	.712
Feduccia	C	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.237	.306	.359	.665
Rojas	2B	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.289	.333	.416	.749
Edman	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.341	.403	.744
Hernandez	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.524	.842

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lynch	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	2	39-28	2.88	1.02	L, 4-4
Cuas	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	30-20	1.69	1.41
Black	3.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	44-25	3.51	1.56
Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-4	4.67	1.33

LAD — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lauer	6.1	4	2	1	2	6	0	112-73	4.67	1.24	W, 7-6
Knack	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	36-22	5.87	1.30	S, 1

Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California (47,578)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Bill Miller, First Base Umpire: John Bacon, Second Base Umpire: Jacob Metz, Third Base Umpire: Brian Walsh

Broadcast: RYTV | SNLA

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