Post Game Thread (Sep 22, 2023): Royals (52-102) @ Astros (85-69)

Line Score - Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Altuve 4 0 2 0 1 0 .314
SS Peña 4 1 0 0 1 1 .260
DH Alvarez, Y 4 0 1 1 1 1 .293
3B Bregman 3 1 0 0 2 0 .265
RF Tucker 5 0 1 0 0 1 .282
1B Abreu, J 4 2 2 1 0 1 .235
LF McCormick 3 1 1 3 1 1 .281
CF Dubón 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281
C Maldonado, M 3 0 0 0 0 2 .189
C Diaz, Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
HOU IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Valdez, F 5.1 4 7 6 3 10 92-58 3.39
Maton, P 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 8-4 3.14
Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10-7 3.99
Montero 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 26-15 4.96
Neris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11-10 1.84
KC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
3B Garcia, M 4 1 0 0 1 2 .273
SS Witt Jr. 5 1 1 1 0 2 .278
RF Velázquez 4 1 0 0 1 2 .237
RF Waters 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
LF Melendez 5 1 1 1 0 2 .234
LF Blanco 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
DH Olivares 2 1 1 1 1 0 .266
2B Loftin 1 1 0 1 0 1 .364
2B Massey 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225
C Porter 2 1 0 0 1 2 .222
1B Pratto 4 0 1 1 0 2 .228
CF Isbel 4 0 1 2 0 1 .232
KC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Ragans 6.0 3 2 2 4 5 93-62 3.31
Snider 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 21-13 4.00
Kowar 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 18-10 5.88
McArthur 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 19-16 5.59

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Bobby Witt Jr. triples (9) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Maikel Garcia scores. 0-1
T1 MJ Melendez singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Nelson Velazquez to 2nd. 0-2
T1 Edward Olivares doubles (22) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Nelson Velazquez scores. MJ Melendez to 3rd. 0-3
T1 Nick Loftin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. MJ Melendez scores. Edward Olivares to 3rd. 0-4
B1 Yordan Alvarez doubles (22) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Jeremy Pena scores. 1-4
B2 Jose Abreu homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. 2-4
T6 Nick Pratto grounds out softly to first baseman Jose Abreu. Edward Olivares scores. Nick Loftin to 3rd. Logan Porter to 2nd. 2-5
T6 Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Nick Loftin scores. Logan Porter scores. 2-7
B8 Chas McCormick homers (21) on a fly ball to right center field. Alex Bregman scores. Jose Abreu scores. 5-7

Highlights

Description Length Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 22 vs Royals 0:07 Video
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 22 vs Astros 0:07 Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 22 vs Royals 0:11 Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 22 vs Royals 0:07 Video
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 22 vs Astros 0:07 Video
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 22 vs Astros 0:11 Video
Starting lineups for Royals at Astros - September 22, 2023 0:09 Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches 0:04 Video
Framber Valdez's outing against the Royals 0:23 Video
Breaking down Cole Ragans' pitches 0:04 Video
Cole Ragans' outing against the Astros 0:25 Video
The distance behind Chas McCormick's home run 0:16 Video
Bobby Witt Jr. belts an RBI triple to left-center 0:28 Video
MJ Melendez scores Bobby Witt Jr. with an RBI single 0:20 Video
Edward Olivares rips an RBI double down the line 0:19 Video
Nick Loftin hits a sacrifice fly to center field 0:23 Video
Yordan Alvarez laces an RBI double off the wall 0:29 Video
Kyle Isbel lays out in center field to make the catch 0:17 Video
José Abreu rips a solo homer in the 2nd inning 0:29 Video
Nick Pratto extends the Royals lead in the 6th inning 0:19 Video
Kyle Isbel brings in two on a grounder up the middle 0:26 Video
Framber Valdez strikes out 10 over 5 1/3 innings 1:16 Video
Framber Valdez gets his 10th strikeout of the game 0:14 Video
Cole Ragans rings up five batters at Houston 1:01 Video
Chas McCormick drives a three-run homer in the 8th 0:23 Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Ragans (7-4, 3.31 ERA) Valdez, F (12-11, 3.39 ERA) McArthur (2 SV, 5.59 ERA)

Game ended at 9:52 PM.