The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 3-2 on Sep 23, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Jordan Lyles pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Kyle Tucker went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Bennett Sousa pitched 2.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Sousa | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 22, 2023: KC 7, HOU 5 · Next Sep 24, 2023: KC 6, HOU 5
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 22, 2023: KC 7, HOU 5 · Next Sep 24, 2023: KC 6, HOU 5