Washington Nationals vs. Kansas City Royals, at Nationals Park, June 16, 2026 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Kansas City Royals
Record 29-44
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 74
On This Date 24-27
Standing 5th (10.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 10-20
Home 17-21
Away 12-23
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 26-28
vs. LHP 3-16
1-Run Games 6-13
vs. East 1-11
vs. Central 12-15
vs. West 11-10
Inter-League 5-8

KCR Last 10 Games

Michael Wacha (#52, 34, RHP, 4-5, 3.58)

Washington Nationals

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Washington Nationals
Record 38-35
Manager Blake Butera
Game # 74
On This Date 21-26
Standing 3rd (9.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 17-13
Home 15-21
Away 23-14
Extra Innings 4-5
vs. RHP 24-28
vs. LHP 14-7
1-Run Games 10-10
vs. East 9-14
vs. Central 11-8
vs. West 7-8
Inter-League 11-5

WSN Last 10 Games

Foster Griffin (#22, 30, LHP, 7-2, 3.46)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Jun 15, 2026@WSN7 KCR3
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Jun 16, 2026KCR@WSN6:45pm
Wed, Jun 17, 2026KCR@WSN1:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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KCR Batters vs WSN Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
WSN Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.23 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 22. Griffin* 39. Beeter 41. Lord 55. Lovelady* 36. Mikolas 70. Parker* 64. Ribalta 75. Schultz 47. Varland
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
14. Caglianone* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Collins# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 10/.956 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ···
22. Jensen* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
12. Loftin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000
Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 47/.550 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/ 11/.573 ··· ··· ··· ···
26. Misner* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 15/.733 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ···
16. Rave* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Thomas G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 15/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666
2. Tolbert G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ 2/.500 ··· 12/.258 6/1.167 1/ ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
14. Caglianone* G ·  S ·  vP 248 .274 .347 .444 .791 180 .786 68 .800 .818 96 .832 3 1 8 1
1. Collins# G ·  S ·  vP 238 .213 .335 .299 .634 166 .696 72 .497 .484 81 .572 3 4 3 1
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 283 .267 .325 .380 .705 226 .647 57 .941 .582 79 .663 5 3 3 5
22. Jensen* G ·  S ·  vP 250 .221 .288 .387 .675 191 .693 59 .620 .663 91 .584 0 0 8 2
12. Loftin G ·  S ·  vP 120 .235 .345 .378 .722 60 .627 60 .825 .725 59 .690 0 0 1 5
Marte G ·  S ·  vP 82 .257 .317 .338 .655 20 .826 62 .595 .668 33 .573 0 1 1 0
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 165 .263 .280 .455 .736 135 .744 30 .700 .598 69 .861 1 0 6 0
26. Misner* G ·  S ·  vP 13 .500 .538 .500 1.038 11 1.045 2 1.000 13 1.038 1 0 0 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 282 .199 .245 .326 .570 210 .518 72 .727 .555 89 .528 0 0 9 3
16. Rave* G ·  S ·  vP 1 1.000 1 1 0 0 0
15. Thomas G ·  S ·  vP 169 .223 .349 .317 .666 87 .614 82 .721 .641 66 .762 3 3 3 1
2. Tolbert G ·  S ·  vP 16 .214 .313 .214 .527 6 .667 10 .425 .657 11 .586 5 2 0 0
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 325 .284 .357 .450 .807 254 .782 71 .896 .757 111 .704 26 4 9 4
TOTAL .242 .316 .377 .693 .699 .679 .651 .681 55 18 64 32

WSN Pitchers

WSN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
22. Griffin* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 78.0 3.46 8.5 321 .219 .692 225 .743 96 .572 .844 108 .743 15 3 0
54. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 28.1 3.49 9.8 121 .266 .733 84 .668 37 .878 .672 92 .766 2 2 1
39. Beeter G ·  S ·  vP Xo····oX····X· 21.1 3.38 9.7 91 .167 .578 43 .530 48 .618 .559 45 .548 2 3 2
24. Cavalli G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 74.2 3.98 9.8 333 .270 .718 139 .614 194 .795 .708 117 .645 6 4 2
18. Littell G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 66.0 5.32 5.3 288 .263 .811 129 .657 159 .937 .824 100 .639 16 5 3
41. Lord G ·  S ·  vP X·X···X··X··X· 48.0 2.44 7.3 196 .199 .562 101 .409 95 .732 .638 72 .442 4 1 2
55. Lovelady* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···oo·····X 28.0 2.89 7.7 134 .284 .827 71 .794 63 .865 .813 44 .863 3 1 0
36. Mikolas G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 68.0 5.29 5.4 285 .259 .757 124 .748 161 .764 .817 99 .576 14 5 1
70. Parker* G ·  S ·  vP ·····o·X·o···o 32.0 5.91 7.9 141 .273 .826 85 .791 56 .881 .728 48 1.107 8 0 0
50. Poulin* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo··········· 26.1 3.42 6.2 114 .229 .768 60 .880 54 .644 .848 18 .922 4 1 0
64. Ribalta G ·  S ·  vP ··o··oo··o··X· 20.0 1.80 6.3 77 .176 .529 44 .471 33 .615 .546 45 .611 1 0 1
75. Schultz G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X····X·o· 27.1 5.93 9.2 127 .292 .821 61 .799 66 .841 .750 45 .942 5 5 1
47. Varland G ·  S ·  vP X··o·o·Xo···X· 26.2 5.06 8.4 123 .292 .823 63 .775 60 .874 .981 41 .986 2 5 0
TOTAL 4.65 7.7 .254 .752 .790 .704 102 45 15
WSN Batters vs KCR Pitchers
WSN Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Nationals Batters (5.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.71 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Nationals Batters (5.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 52. Wacha 47. Black 64. Cruz 60. Erceg 56. Lange 41. Lynch* 46. Schreiber 25. Strahm* 44. Way
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
5. Abrams* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 11/.273 1/.000
87. Chaparro G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ···
3. Crews G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000
2. García* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 6/.833 1/.000
4. Lile* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/
45. Mead G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000
14. Millas# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/ ··· ···
26. Nuñez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ···
20. Ruiz# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000
8. Tena* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ···
84. Vivas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
29. Wood* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 7/1.286 ···
30. Young G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.833 1/

WSN Batters

WSN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Abrams* G ·  S ·  vP 304 .285 .372 .510 .881 219 .931 85 .758 .761 101 .818 10 4 14 12
87. Chaparro G ·  S ·  vP 37 .172 .351 .276 .627 4 .500 33 .644 1.222 27 .620 0 0 0 0
3. Crews G ·  S ·  vP 92 .195 .239 .356 .595 67 .598 25 .588 .602 92 .595 2 0 4 1
2. García* G ·  S ·  vP 233 .259 .283 .460 .743 208 .736 25 .800 .631 84 .786 2 1 9 2
4. Lile* G ·  S ·  vP 315 .263 .321 .425 .745 225 .789 90 .633 .688 105 .714 7 4 8 1
45. Mead G ·  S ·  vP 203 .234 .340 .463 .803 119 .800 84 .806 .772 89 .785 3 2 10 4
14. Millas# G ·  S ·  vP 119 .175 .261 .262 .523 106 .534 13 .408 .617 35 .570 0 0 2 0
26. Nuñez# G ·  S ·  vP 233 .209 .295 .234 .529 170 .479 63 .661 .453 72 .569 25 3 0 8
20. Ruiz# G ·  S ·  vP 153 .281 .301 .500 .801 99 .729 54 .926 1.006 59 .899 1 1 6 5
8. Tena* G ·  S ·  vP 138 .219 .275 .359 .635 129 .632 9 .611 .692 41 .426 1 0 3 0
84. Vivas* G ·  S ·  vP 154 .242 .325 .318 .643 136 .630 18 .745 .581 49 .670 0 1 1 5
29. Wood* G ·  S ·  vP 340 .282 .415 .560 .974 232 1.030 108 .860 1.042 112 1.101 13 1 20 3
30. Young G ·  S ·  vP 239 .234 .286 .396 .682 171 .687 68 .669 .700 70 .800 6 1 8 2
TOTAL .247 .323 .422 .745 .729 .786 .740 .757 72 18 95 61

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Wacha G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 88.0 3.58 7.1 356 .231 .695 152 .774 204 .636 .792 132 .827 10 3 2
58. Avila G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 32.0 6.19 7.9 144 .298 .899 63 .844 81 .938 .606 75 .892 4 3 3
47. Black G ·  S ·  vP X··X·X··o····· 15.2 2.87 8.6 71 .267 .814 37 .733 34 .900 .615 49 .817 3 0 0
65. Cameron* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 70.0 4.11 8.2 295 .247 .692 225 .658 70 .800 .636 108 .502 8 1 2
64. Cruz G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·Xo···X··· 20.1 5.75 12.0 90 .234 .870 33 .671 57 .976 1.014 43 .790 7 2 0
60. Erceg G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X··oo···X 26.1 5.81 7.5 124 .308 .871 55 .673 69 1.018 .924 44 1.275 2 0 2
32. Kolek G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 50.1 2.68 6.1 198 .225 .615 88 .703 110 .547 .718 129 .613 5 3 0
56. Lange G ·  S ·  vP ··X··XX··X·XX· 32.2 4.13 9.6 142 .235 .730 65 .623 77 .813 .696 48 .675 2 7 2
41. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo··Xo··o·oo· 30.0 1.80 8.7 120 .167 .519 65 .661 55 .358 .591 41 .620 1 0 0
46. Schreiber G ·  S ·  vP ··X··Xo·o··o·o 28.2 2.83 6.6 116 .228 .730 60 .473 56 1.024 .887 36 .566 5 1 0
54. Spence G ·  S ·  vP X············· 8.0 13.50 4.5 41 .324 .915 16 .388 25 1.297 .915 20 .821 1 0 0
25. Strahm* G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·X···X·o·o 21.2 5.40 7.5 94 .235 .873 69 1.005 25 .532 .780 23 1.259 8 1 0
44. Way G ·  S ·  vP X···X···o·o··· 5.1 6.75 13.5 24 .286 .851 13 .657 11 1.064 1.053 24 .851 1 0 1
TOTAL 4.48 8.1 .251 .760 .777 .810 92 37 20

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