Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres H2H Record

Interleague
Kansas City Royals
San Diego Padres
Padres lead Royals18to14since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.

2026 season series: Royals lead 2-1

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At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres insights

Current-feed record
+4wins for Padres
56% Padres · 44% Royals

Royals have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 6-6.

Recent form
11-9last 20

Padres won 19-2 on Jul 19, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Padres built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 12 of 20 decided meetings (60%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 6-6, or 50% to Padres.

Royals vs Padres interleague history by season

Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres met in 10 seasons inside the current feed. Interleague scheduling makes meeting frequency uneven, so the season table matters more than a raw average.

Active seasons
10
With at least one meeting since 2002
Busiest season
2011
4 meetings
Per active season
3.2
Uneven interleague cadence
Win Percentage
14W
18W
KC
SD
44%56%
Kansas City RoyalsSan Diego Padres

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 19
KC 2-19 SD
SD
Jul 18
KC 6-1 SD
KC
Jul 17
KC 7-6 SD
KC
Jun 22
SD 3-2 KC
SD
Jun 21
SD 5-1 KC
SD
Jun 20
SD 5-6 KC
KC
Jun 2
KC 4-3 SD
KC
Jun 1
KC 3-7 SD
SD
May 31
KC 8-11 SD
SD
May 17
SD 3-4 KC
KC
Last Meeting
Jul 19, 2026Final
KC
2
HOME
SD
19
AWAY
Padreswon by17runs
Snapped Royals' streak·Game 32 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
San Diego Padres won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 4.1 runs on average
4.1runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200243.8%
SD-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200256.3%
Last 10 Results
KC / SD

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season32 games
14
18
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
13–1+12 runs
Jun 30, 2002
San Diego Padres Biggest Win
19–2+17 runs
Jul 19, 2026
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓KC ↕SD ↕Games ↕
2026213
2025123
2024123
2023213
2022123
2017213
2014213
2011134
2004033
2002224
Home / Away Split
6-7KC HOME11-8SD HOME
AWAY
8-11
KC
AWAY
7-6
SD

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

Small sample: 32 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
31.3%

Share of the 32 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
68.8%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 4.1.

Average total
10.9runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
53.1%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.52111
65.6%
8.51913
59.4%
9.5Closest to even1616
50%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

San Diego Padres
18 W · 56.3%1.78
Kansas City Royals
14 W · 43.8%2.29

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
35%vs 31.3% full archive
+3.7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 68.8% full archive
-3.8% in the last 20
Average total
10.8 runsvs 10.9 runs full archive
-0.1 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2014 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Padres and Royals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres

How do recent Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres results compare with the record since 2002?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. San Diego Padres lead the decided record 18-14. The recent window is a subset of the current-feed record since 2002, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API

Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres have met 32 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.