ARCHIVE March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026 · NL East

Kansas City Royals vs Atlanta Braves

March 27, 2026Truist ParkPartly Cloudy 77°F · 12 mph, R To L
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
0-1
0
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
1-0
6

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Ozzie Albies Ozzie Albies homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. KC 0, ATL 1
B3 Drake Baldwin Drake Baldwin homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. KC 0, ATL 2
B4 Michael Harris II Michael Harris II homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Jonah Heim scores. KC 0, ATL 4
B7 Mauricio Dubón Mauricio Dubón doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Lane Thomas. Matt Olson scores. Austin Riley scores. Mauricio Dubón to 3rd. KC 0, ATL 6

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 000000000 0
ATL 101200200 6

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Royals AWAY 0

Cole Ragans started for Royals, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Bailey Falter took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cole Ragans Starter 4.0 90 4 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cole Ragans threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 45 50% 6 8 9 17 5
    Slider 21 23% 4 1 5 9 2
    Changeup 13 14% 3 0 2 5 3
    Knuckle Curve 8 9% 0 1 0 6 1
    Cutter 2 2% 0 1 0 0 1
    Unknown 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Bailey Falter Reliever 3.0 48 2 4
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 11 0 1
Braves HOME 6

Chris Sale started for Braves, leaving with a 4–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chris Sale Starter 6.0 88 0 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chris Sale threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 43 49% 5 9 9 12 8
    Slider 34 39% 3 6 5 17 3
    Changeup 9 10% 1 1 2 3 2
    Sinker 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Dylan Lee Setup 1.0 9 0 0
  • Robert Suarez Setup 1.0 17 0 1
  • Tyler Kinley Reliever 1.0 13 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off Ragans
  • Albies HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Maikel Garcia 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 SB
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Lane Thomas CF 3 0 1 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833
Salvador Perez C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Jac Caglianone PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jonathan India 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
Isaac Collins LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carter Jensen DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Starling Marte RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
HOME · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 5 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Drake Baldwin DH 4 1 1 1 1 0 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 HR (1)
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 HR (1)
Matt Olson 1B 4 1 2 0 0 2 .500 .500 .750 1.250 2B
Austin Riley 3B 3 1 3 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Eli White LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
Mauricio Dubón SS 4 0 1 2 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 2B
Jonah Heim C 2 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Michael Harris II CF 4 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 HR (1)

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cole Ragans 4.0 6 4 4 4 5 3 90 9.00 L
Bailey Falter 3.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 48 6.00
Alex Lange 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
HOME · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chris Sale 6.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 88 0.00 W
Dylan Lee 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Robert Suarez 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00
Tyler Kinley 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 1.6 R IBBs 1.5 R
HOME · ATL
Walt Weiss
Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
5-5 W1 +7 run diff
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HOME · ATL
3-6 L2 -21 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.