The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Jul 7, 2022 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Nicky Lopez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jose Altuve went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Justin Verlander pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 8 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 5.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Martin Maldonado | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Jul 6, 2022: KC 7, HOU 4 · Next Jul 8, 2022: CLE 3, KC 4
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