The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Sep 22, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Kyle Isbel went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jose Abreu went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 5.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 6 earned runs with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Tucker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 5.1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 20, 2023: CLE 2, KC 6 · Next Sep 23, 2023: KC 3, HOU 2
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 20, 2023: BAL 1, HOU 2 · Next Sep 23, 2023: KC 3, HOU 2