Mead's 3-run HR, Nuñez's big night lift the Nationals to a 6-4 victory over the Royals

— Curtis Mead hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 pm - AP
KC
WSH
123456789RHE
0000102014100
00201030-6101
P. Schultz
win

P. Schultz1-2

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
D. Lynch IV
loss

D. Lynch IV2-1

1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 2 BB
G. Varland
save

G. Varland6

1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

KCWSH
3rdNuñez tripled to right, Millas scored.01
3rdWood hit sacrifice fly to center, Nuñez scored.02
5thWitt Jr. singled to right, Tolbert scored, Thomas to third.12
5thWood singled to center, Nuñez scored.13
7thCollins singled to left, Thomas and Witt Jr. scored.33
7thMead homered to center (424 feet), Nuñez and Chaparro scored.36
9thThomas homered to left (407 feet).46

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL
Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC
(29-45)
(29-45, 12-24 Away)
(29-45)
Michael Wacha
(5-8, 3.51)
+104
ML
+119
o8.5
-120
+1.5
-171
Washington NationalsNationalsWSH
(39-35)
(39-35, 16-21 Home)
(39-35)
Foster Griffin
(12-3, 3.06)
u8.5
-110
-143
u8.5
-101
-1.5
+141
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