The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Sep 17, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Nick Loftin went 2-for-4 for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brantley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Martin Maldonado | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Duffy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Brad Keller | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 16, 2023: HOU 8, KC 10 · Next Sep 18, 2023: BAL 8, HOU 7
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 16, 2023: HOU 8, KC 10 · Next Sep 18, 2023: CLE 4, KC 6