The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Sep 15, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jose Abreu went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Michael Massey went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Angel Zerpa pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Brantley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Maldonado | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Bennett Sousa | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 20 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Zerpa | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Zack Greinke | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 13, 2023: ATH 2, HOU 6 · Next Sep 16, 2023: HOU 8, KC 10
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 13, 2023: KC 7, CHW 1 · Next Sep 16, 2023: HOU 8, KC 10