Kansas City Royals @ Washington Nationals

29-44, 12-23 Away

Final

38-35, 15-21 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
L. ThomasCF	1-5	0	0	0	.223
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Thomas grounded out to shortstop. 3rd: Thomas singled to center. 5th: Thomas lined out to second. 7th: Thomas struck out looking. 9th: Thomas grounded out to third.
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-3	1	0	0	.284
J. CaglianoneRF	2-4	1	0	0	.274
M. Garcia3B	1-4	0	0	2	.267
S. MarteDH	1-3	1	0	0	.257
J. RavePH-DH	0-0	0	0	0	.000
S. Perez1B	0-4	0	0	0	.199
N. Loftin2B	2-3	0	0	0	.235
C. JensenC	1-4	0	0	1	.221
I. CollinsLF	0-4	0	0	0	.213

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
M. Spence	4.0	7	6	1	1	63-42	13.50
M. Black	2.0	1	1	1	0	36-21	2.87
B. Way	2.0	0	0	2	2	28-14	6.75

According to ESPN Analytics

WSH

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Nationals Park

6:45 PM, June 15, 2026Coverage: ESPN Unlmtd/MLB.TV

Washington, District of Columbia

Attendance: 14,444

Game Time:2:30

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Whitson
First Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild
Second Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Third Base Umpire - Brian Walsh

García and Crews key 5-run 5th inning as Nationals beat Royals 7-3

— Luis García Jr. hit a go-ahead single, Dylan Crews added a three-run homer and the Washington Nationals scored five times in the fifth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Monday night.

Jun 15, 2026, 11:09 pm - AP


KC
WSH

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	-	7	8	0

B. Lord5-0

3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

M. Spence0-1

4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	WSH
3rd	Mead singled to center, Nuñez scored and Wood scored.	0	2
4th	Jensen reached on infield single to second, Marte scored, Loftin to third.	1	2
5th	Garcia singled to right, Witt Jr. scored and Caglianone scored.	3	2
5th	García Jr. singled to left, Nuñez scored and Ruiz scored, Wood to second.	3	4
5th	Crews homered to left (366 feet), Wood scored and García Jr. scored.	3	7

Data is currently unavailable.

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(29-44)

(29-44, 12-23 Away)

(29-44)

Mitch Spence

(0-2, 21.21)

-118

Washington NationalsNationalsWSH

(38-35)

(38-35, 15-21 Home)

(38-35)

Andrew Alvarez

(2-3, 4.22)

-136

Royals
3
Nationals
7

Game 1

6/15

Royals
4
Nationals
6

Game 2

6/16

Royals
6
Nationals
2

Game 3

6/17

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	53	46	.535	-	W2
Cleveland	53	48	.525	1	W1
Minnesota	49	52	.485	5	L3
Detroit	47	53	.470	6.5	W1
Kansas City	41	60	.406	13	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	58	41	.586	-	W2
Philadelphia	56	45	.554	3	W1
Miami	52	49	.515	7	L7
Washington	51	50	.505	8	W2
New York	42	59	.416	17	L1

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Kansas City Royals @ Washington Nationals

García and Crews key 5-run 5th inning as Nationals beat Royals 7-3

B. Lord5-0

M. Spence0-1

Inning