Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves
Final
Recap
ATLANTA -- Seth Lugo pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Carter Jensen homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino had RBI singles for the Royals, who blew a ninth-inning lead a day earlier and avoided a season-opening sweep. Witt had five hits in the series. Jensen was 1 for 3 with two RBI, adding a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to his solo home run in the fourth.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteATL -152 · 58% to win
UpsetRun LineATL -1.5
KCR coveredTotalO/U 8 · 5 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
7Hits7
1Home runs1
3Walks0
8Strikeouts5
0Stolen bases0
116Pitches thrown132
5Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador PerezDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane ThomasLF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter JensenC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jac CaglianoneRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas ErcegP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John SchreiberP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt StrahmP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth LugoP | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |