The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on Jul 4, 2022 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Taylor Clarke pitched 1.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Jake Odorizzi pitched 4.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Amir Garrett | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Odorizzi | 4.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Jul 3, 2022: KC 7, DET 4 · Next Jul 5, 2022: KC 7, HOU 9
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