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July 17, 2026 · AL Cent

San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals

July 17, 2026Kauffman StadiumClear 86°F · 10 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
San Diego Padres
48-49
6
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
39-59
7

Game Highlights

Published July 18, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Lane Thomas Lane Thomas homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. SD 0, KC 1
T5 Luis Campusano Luis Campusano reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Michael Massey. Ty France scores. Miguel Andujar scores. Fielding error by second baseman Michael Massey. SD 2, KC 1
B6 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez reaches on a fielder's choice. Lane Thomas scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd. Throwing error by shortstop Xander Bogaerts. SD 2, KC 2
B8 Michael Massey Michael Massey singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. Michael Massey to 2nd. Michael Massey advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by center fielder Jackson Merrill. SD 2, KC 3
T9 Ty France Ty France homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. SD 3, KC 3
T10 Miguel Andujar Miguel Andujar doubles (20) on a ground ball to right fielder Nick Loftin. Jake Cronenworth scores. SD 4, KC 3
T10 Fernando Tatis Jr. Fernando Tatis Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Nick Loftin. Miguel Andujar scores. Sung-Mun Song to 3rd. SD 5, KC 3
T10 Xander Bogaerts Xander Bogaerts out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lane Thomas. Sung-Mun Song scores. Fernando Tatis Jr. to 3rd. SD 6, KC 3
B10 Michael Massey Michael Massey singles on a ground ball to second baseman Jake Cronenworth. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Salvador Perez to 2nd. SD 6, KC 4
B10 Isaac Collins Isaac Collins grounds out, second baseman Jake Cronenworth to first baseman Ty France. Salvador Perez scores. Michael Massey to 3rd. Nick Loftin to 2nd. SD 6, KC 5
B10 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jase Bowen. Michael Massey scores. Nick Loftin scores. SD 6, KC 7

Box score

  12345678910 R
SD 0000200013 6
KC 0100010104 7

Pitching & bullpen

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

Padres AWAY 6

Michael King started for Padres, leaving with a 2–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Kyle Hart took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Michael King Starter 5.0 97 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael King threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 76% 4.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 28 29% 2 2 5 14 5
    Sweeper 25 26% 3 3 11 6 2
    Sinker 24 25% 0 7 4 9 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 17 18% 0 3 7 4 3
    Slider 3 3% 1 0 0 2 0
  • Bradgley Rodriguez Middle 1.0 20 1 1 BS
  • Adrian Morejon Setup 2.0 23 1 1
  • Mason Miller Closer 1.0 16 0 3
  • Kyle Hart Middle 0.1 14 4 0 L
Royals HOME 7

Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Lucas Erceg took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Seth Lugo Starter 6.0 90 2 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 24 27% 0 5 5 11 3
    Sweeper 16 18% 3 2 4 3 4
    Cutter 13 14% 0 1 2 6 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 11 12% 0 3 1 5 2
    Changeup 9 10% 1 0 3 1 4
    Curveball 8 9% 2 3 1 2 0
    Slider 5 6% 0 2 1 2 0
    Slow Curve 4 4% 0 0 1 3 0
  • Steven Cruz Middle 1.0 14 0 1
  • John Schreiber Middle 1.0 12 0 0
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 12 1 0 BS
  • Lucas Erceg Closer 1.0 24 3 0 W

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 10th · off Hart
  • Jensen 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · SD
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Fernando Tatis Jr. RF 5 0 3 1 0 0 .281 .343 .377 .720
Jackson Merrill CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .274 .345 .619
Xander Bogaerts SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 .224 .315 .330 .645
Manny Machado 3B 4 0 0 0 1 0 .201 .289 .413 .702
Ty France 1B 3 2 1 1 0 1 .268 .328 .502 .830 HR (12)
Jake Cronenworth 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 .190 .279 .272 .551
Miguel Andujar DH 4 2 3 1 0 0 .268 .307 .437 .744 3 2B
Gavin Sheets LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .319 .419 .738
Luis Campusano C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .292 .393 .556 .949
Sung-Mun Song PH 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 .316 .282 .598
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 5 0 3 2 1 0 .242 .310 .430 .740 2 2B
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 0 0 1 2 .283 .353 .456 .809
Josh Rojas 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .222 .343 .565
Lane Thomas CF 4 2 2 1 1 1 .238 .339 .404 .743 HR (8)
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 2 1 0 1 1 .223 .309 .343 .652 SB
Salvador Perez DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 .210 .253 .344 .597
Michael Massey 2B 5 1 3 2 0 1 .267 .305 .427 .732
Nick Loftin RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .244 .335 .406 .741
Isaac Collins LF 5 0 1 1 0 1 .239 .343 .360 .703
Jac Caglianone RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 .320 .458 .778

Pitching lines

AWAY · SD
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Michael King 5.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 97 3.34
Bradgley Rodriguez 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 20 2.18 BS
Adrian Morejon 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 23 3.46
Mason Miller 1.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 16 0.89
Kyle Hart 0.1 4 4 3 0 0 0 14 5.82 L
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Seth Lugo 6.0 4 2 1 2 3 0 90 4.39
Steven Cruz 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 4.73
John Schreiber 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.38
Alex Lange 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12 6.00 BS
Lucas Erceg 1.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 24 5.21 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
Craig Stammen
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
7-3 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · KC
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with SD listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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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.

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