Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros

Sep 23, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
KC	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	3
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	1	8

loss:

J. Francewin: Kansas City Royals logo

J. Lylessave: Kansas City Royals logo

T. Clarke

Game Recap

HOUSTON -- The Royals headed into the home of the defending World Series champion Astros -- who are in the midst of one of the tightest division races in years -- and took their fourth win over their past five games against them. Jordan Lyles blanked his former club across...

Scoring Summary

KCHOU

1
MJ Melendez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Maikel Garcia scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
10
5
Bobby Witt Jr. grounds into a force out, third baseman Alex Bregman to second baseman Jose Altuve. Nick Pratto scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd. Maikel Garcia out at 2nd. Bobby Witt Jr. to 1st. [1 run] [1 out]
20
5
Wild pitch by pitcher J. P. France. Kyle Isbel scores. [1 run]
30
7
Chas McCormick homers (22) on a fly ball to left field. [1 run]
31
8
Kyle Tucker doubles (34) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Yordan Alvarez scores. [1 run]
32

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Maikel Garcia3B	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	.275
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	4	.276
3MJ MelendezLF	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	.233
Dairon BlancoLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
4Nelson VelazquezDH	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231
5Michael Massey2B	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
6Drew WatersRF	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	.237
7Tyler CropleyC	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167
8Nick Pratto1B	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	.229
9Kyle IsbelCF	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.234

TOTAL	7	31	3	2	11	1	0	10	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Jordan LylesRHP	5.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	82	6.24
Carlos HernandezRHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	5.05
Collin SniderRHP	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	1	22	4.26
Tucker DavidsonLHP	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	6.20
Taylor ClarkeRHP	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	5.49
TOTAL	8.3	6	2	2	7	3	1	166	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Jose Altuve2B	0	4	0	0	2	1	0	2	.310
2Alex Bregman3B	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.264
3Yordan AlvarezDH	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.292
4Kyle TuckerRF	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	.282
5Jose Abreu1B	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	.234
6Chas McCormickLF	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.281
7Yainer DiazC	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.285
8Jeremy PenaSS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262
9Jake MeyersCF	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.227
Jon SingletonPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.167
Mauricio DubonCF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281
TOTAL	6	33	2	2	7	3	1	14	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
J.P. FranceRHP	5.0	7	3	2	5	1	0	91	3.83
Bennett SousaLHP	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	5.40
Bryan AbreuRHP	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	1.84
Rafael MonteroRHP	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	4.88

TOTAL	9.0	7	3	2	11	1	0	147	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningKCHOU

TOP 1
SINGLE — Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to third baseman Alex Bregman.
00
STOLEN BASE 2B — Maikel Garcia steals (23) 2nd base. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. Maikel Garcia advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by catcher Yainer Diaz.
00
STRIKEOUT — Bobby Witt Jr. strikes out swinging. [1 out]
00
SAC FLY — MJ Melendez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Maikel Garcia scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
10
POP OUT — Nelson Velazquez pops out to second baseman Jose Altuve. [3 outs]
10
BOTTOM 1
STRIKEOUT — Jose Altuve strikes out swinging. [1 out]
10
WALK — Alex Bregman walks.
10
FLYOUT — Yordan Alvarez flies out to left fielder MJ Melendez. [2 outs]
10
FLYOUT — Kyle Tucker flies out to right fielder Drew Waters. [3 outs]
10

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Team Stats

HOU

3Runs2

7Hits6

0Errors1

.226Batting Avg.182

31At Bats33

1Extra-base Hits3

0Home Runs1

2Runs-Batted-In2

1Walks3

1Stolen Bases3

11Strikeouts7

3Left on Base8

8Total Bases11

Game Details

Saturday, September 23, 2023 · 7:10 PM

Minute Maid Park · Houston, TX

attendance: 41,692 (101.3%)

weather: 73 degrees, roof closed