ARCHIVE March 29, 2026
March 29, 2026 · NL East

Kansas City Royals vs Atlanta Braves

March 29, 2026Truist ParkCloudy 57°F · 10 mph, L To R
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
1-2
4
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
2-1
1

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Bobby Witt Jr. 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
T4 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. KC 2, ATL 0
T5 Vinnie Pasquantino Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Nick Loftin scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. KC 3, ATL 0
T8 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. KC 4, ATL 0
B8 Drake Baldwin Drake Baldwin homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. KC 4, ATL 1

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 001110010 4
ATL 000000010 1

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 4

Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, John Schreiber took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Seth Lugo Starter 6.1 77 0 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 14 18% 1 4 1 6 2
    Curveball 13 17% 1 2 3 2 5
    Sinker 12 16% 0 2 3 3 4
    Slider 11 14% 2 1 3 3 2
    Cutter 9 12% 3 1 1 1 3
    Changeup 9 12% 0 0 1 6 2
    Sweeper 7 9% 1 2 1 0 3
    Slurve 1 1% 1 0 0 0 0
    Slow Curve 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Matt Strahm Setup 0.2 4 0 0 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • John Schreiber Middle 1.0 23 1 1
  • Lucas Erceg Closer 1.0 12 0 1 SV
Braves HOME 1

Grant Holmes started for Braves, leaving trailing 0–3. Out of the bullpen, Didier Fuentes took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Grant Holmes Starter 5.0 76 3 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Grant Holmes threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 44 58% 9 7 9 16 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 21 28% 0 3 1 10 7
    Changeup 4 5% 0 0 0 2 2
    Sinker 3 4% 0 0 0 1 2
    Curveball 2 3% 0 0 0 1 1
    Cutter 2 3% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Didier Fuentes Middle 4.0 56 1 4

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Holmes
  • Jr. 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Maikel Garcia 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .385 .200 .585
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 1 1 1 1 0 .364 .417 .364 .781
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .417 .584
Carter Jensen C 3 1 1 2 0 2 .125 .200 .500 .700 HR (1)
Lane Thomas RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .222 .125 .347
Nick Loftin 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2B
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .572
Jac Caglianone RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .429 .804
HOME · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
Drake Baldwin C 4 1 2 1 0 1 .273 .385 .818 1.203 HR (2)
Matt Olson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .333 .583
Austin Riley 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .364 .417 .364 .781
Mike Yastrzemski LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 .500 .625 1.125 2B
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .364 .417 .636 1.053
Michael Harris II CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .636 1.000
Kyle Farmer DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jorge Mateo SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dominic Smith DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.166

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Seth Lugo 6.1 5 0 0 0 3 0 77 0.00 W
Matt Strahm 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 HLD
John Schreiber 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 23 9.00
Lucas Erceg 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00 SV
HOME · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Grant Holmes 5.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 76 5.40 L
Didier Fuentes 4.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 56 2.25

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.