Kansas City Royals vs Washington Nationals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Kansas City RoyalsKC

6–2

Final

Washington NationalsWSH

Nationals Park

Team Season Averages

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 6 of 18

Washington NationalsLeads 12 of 18

Batting

3.99Runs per game5.47
0.242Batting average0.248
0.317On-base percentage0.324
0.378Slugging percentage0.424
0.695OPS0.748
0.88Home runs per game1.30
8.09Hits per game8.50
65Home runs96
56Stolen bases75

Pitching

4.51ERA4.63
1.38WHIP1.38
8.02Strikeouts per nine7.73
3.87Walks per nine3.59
4.43Runs allowed per game4.64
0.252Opponent batting average0.254
583Pitching strikeouts572
35Quality starts13
19Saves22

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (WSH)	Total	KC ML	WSH ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	10.5	+109	-132
FFanDuel	-1.5	10.5	+108	-126
BBetMGM	-1.5	10.5	+110	-135
CCaesars	-1.5	10.5	+110	-130
BBetOnline	-1.5	10.5	+114	-126
BBetRivers	-1.5	10.5	+116	-143
BBetus	-1.5	10.5	+115	-126
BBovada	-1.5	10.5	+110	-132
FFanatics	-1.5	10.5	+110	-130
LLowVig	-1.5	10.5	+114	-126
MMyBookie	-1.5	10.5	+109	-128

Game Information

Nationals Park

Stadium

Jun 17, 2026

1:05 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

Starters

WSH

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
KC	25th	20th
WSH	1st	29th

Matchup

KCWSH

29-45Record39-35
39.2%Win %52.7%
17-21Home record16-21
12-24Road record23-14
4-6Last 107-3
-2Streak4
-55Run diff+19
12-15Division9-14
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
KC	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
WSH	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2

Team Stats

KCStatWSH

6Runs2
13Hits6
0Errors0
4Home runs0
6RBI2
2Stolen bases0
3K (bat)6
6K (pit)3
1BB (pit)4

Player Stats

KC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Jac CaglianoneRF	5	0	1	0	0	0
Salvador PerezC	5	0	1	0	0	0
John RaveRF	4	2	2	1	1	0
Lane ThomasCF	4	1	1	1	1	1
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	0	1	0	1	1
Carter JensenC	4	1	4	1	1	1
Michael Massey2B	4	1	1	1	1	0
Nick Loftin2B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac CollinsLF	3	1	1	0	1	0
Kameron MisnerCF	0	0	0	0	0	0

KC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Luinder AvilaRP	5.2	3	1	1	1	5
Alex LangeRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Lucas ErcegRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
John SchreiberRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Matt StrahmRP	0.1	2	1	1	0	0

WSH — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
CJ AbramsSS	4	1	1	1	0
James WoodRF	4	0	0	0	0
Daylen LileLF	4	0	0	0	0
Dylan CrewsRF	4	0	1	1	0
Luis Garcia Jr.1B	4	0	0	0	0
Jose TenaDH	3	0	1	0	0
Nasim Nunez2B	3	0	2	0	0
Keibert RuizC	3	0	1	0	0
Curtis Mead1B	2	1	0	0	1

WSH — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Zack LittellSP	5.0	7	4	4	2	2
Mitchell ParkerRP	2.0	3	2	2	1	0
PJ PoulinRP	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Paxton SchultzRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1

Scoring Summary

87 events · 8 scoring

Inning 1 Top

Top
Jensen homered to right (366 feet).
1-0
Top
Witt Jr. grounded out to second.
1-0
Top
Caglianone singled to right.
1-0
Top
Thomas lined out to left.
1-0
Top
Massey flied out to center.
1-0

Inning 1 Bottom

Bottom
Wood struck out swinging.
1-0
Bottom
García Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
1-0
Bottom
Mead struck out swinging.
1-0

Inning 2 Top

Top
Perez flied out to left.
1-0
Top
Rave homered to center (402 feet).
2-0
Top
Loftin walked.
2-0
Top
Collins flied out to center.
2-0
Top
Jensen singled to right, Loftin to second.
2-0
Top
Witt Jr. fouled out to first.
2-0

Inning 2 Bottom

Bottom
Abrams struck out swinging.
2-0
Bottom
Crews flied out to center.
2-0
Bottom
Lile grounded out to second.
2-0

Inning 3 Top

Top
Caglianone lined out to first.
2-0
Top
Thomas homered to center (411 feet).
3-0
Top
Massey homered to center (430 feet).
4-0
Top
Perez popped out to second.
4-0
Top
Rave struck out swinging.
4-0

Inning 3 Bottom

Bottom
Ruiz singled to right.
4-0
Bottom
Tena struck out swinging.
4-0
Bottom
Nuñez reached on infield single to third, Ruiz to second.
4-0
Bottom
Wood grounded out to first, Nuñez to second, Ruiz to third.
4-0
Bottom
García Jr. lined out to right.
4-0

Inning 4 Top

Top
Loftin lined out to center.
4-0
Top
Collins singled to center.
4-0
Top
Jensen walked, Collins to second.
4-0
Top
Witt Jr. flied out to right.
4-0
Top
Caglianone struck out looking.
4-0

Inning 4 Bottom

Bottom
Mead flied out to right.
4-0
Bottom
Abrams flied out to right.
4-0
Bottom
Crews flied out to center.
4-0

Inning 5 Top

Top
Thomas popped out to first.
4-0
Top
Massey grounded out to second.
4-0
Top
Perez grounded out to shortstop.
4-0

Inning 5 Bottom

Bottom
Lile flied out to left.
4-0
Bottom
Ruiz grounded out to first.
4-0
Bottom
Tena singled to left.
4-0
Bottom
Nuñez flied out to left.
4-0

Inning 6 Top

Top
Parker relieved Littell
4-0
Top
Rave tripled to right.
4-0
Top
Loftin grounded out to pitcher.
4-0
Top
Collins hit sacrifice bunt, Rave scored.
5-0
Top
Jensen singled to right, Collins to second.
5-0
Top
Witt Jr. singled to center, Collins scored, Jensen to third.
6-0
Top
Caglianone lined into double play, to first, Witt Jr. doubled off first.
6-0

Inning 6 Bottom

Bottom
Wood struck out swinging.
6-0
Bottom
García Jr. lined out to third.
6-0
Bottom
Mead walked.
6-0
Bottom
Strahm relieved Avila
6-0
Bottom
Abrams doubled to center, Mead scored.
6-1
Bottom
Crews singled to right, Abrams scored, Crews out stretching at second. Washington Nationals challenged call on the field was upheld
6-2

Inning 7 Top

Top
Thomas walked.
6-2
Top
Massey hit sacrifice bunt to third, Thomas to second.
6-2
Top
Perez popped out to second.
6-2
Top
Rave flied out to right.
6-2

Inning 7 Bottom

Bottom
Erceg relieved Strahm
6-2
Bottom
Lile grounded out to first.
6-2
Bottom
Ruiz grounded out to second.
6-2
Bottom
Tena struck out swinging.
6-2

Inning 8 Top

Top
Poulin relieved Parker
6-2
Top
Loftin grounded out to first.
6-2
Top
Collins grounded out to third.
6-2
Top
Jensen doubled to right.
6-2
Top
Witt Jr. walked.
6-2
Top
Witt Jr. stole second, Jensen stole third.
6-2
Top
Caglianone flied out to right.
6-2

Inning 8 Bottom

Bottom
Schreiber relieved Erceg
6-2
Bottom
Nuñez singled to left.
6-2
Bottom
Wood grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Nuñez out at second.
6-2
Bottom
García Jr. grounded out to second.
6-2

Inning 9 Top

Top
Schultz relieved Poulin
6-2
Top
Thomas struck out looking. Kansas City Royals challenged call on the field was upheld
6-2
Top
Massey grounded out to second.
6-2
Top
Perez singled to left.
6-2
Top
Misner ran for Perez
6-2
Top
Misner caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
6-2

Inning 9 Bottom

Bottom
Misner as designated hitter.
6-2
Bottom
Lange relieved Schreiber
6-2
Bottom
Mead hit by pitch.
6-2
Bottom
Mead to second on passed ball by Jensen.
6-2
Bottom
Abrams popped out to first.
6-2
Bottom
Crews lined out to center.
6-2
Bottom
Lile flied out to right.
6-2

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Player props

Kansas City Royals vs Washington Nationals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Kyle Isbel
Home Runs: 0/19 over · last line 0.5
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John Rave
Home Runs: 2/18 over · last line 0.5
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Maikel Garcia
Home Runs: 0/18 over · last line 0.5
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Noah Cameron
Outs: 8/18 over · last line 17.5
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Seth Lugo
ER: 11/18 over · last line 1.5
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Michael Wacha
Outs: 13/17 over · last line 17.5
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Brady House
Home Runs: 0/16 over · last line 0.5
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Connelly Early
Strikeouts: 7/15 over · last line 3.5
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Cade Cavalli
Hits Allowed: 6/13 over · last line 4.5
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Andrew Alvarez
Hits Allowed: 6/12 over · last line 4.5
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Daniel Lynch IV
ER: 4/8 over · last line 1.5
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Jake Irvin
Hits Allowed: 2/8 over · last line 4.5
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Kansas City Royals vs Washington Nationals: Final Score & Recap

The Kansas City Royals beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 in this MLB game at Nationals Park on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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Kansas City Royals vs Washington Nationals Odds

DraftKings lists the Washington Nationals at WSH -1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 10.5. Moneylines are Kansas City Royals +109 and Washington Nationals -132. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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