The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 10-8 on Sep 16, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jose Altuve went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Hector Neris pitched 1.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 0 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-2 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 7 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Montero | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3.2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 15, 2023: HOU 2, KC 4 · Next Sep 17, 2023: HOU 7, KC 1
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 15, 2023: HOU 2, KC 4 · Next Sep 17, 2023: HOU 7, KC 1