The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Apr 9, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 5.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 5.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2024 season · Previous Apr 8, 2024: HOU 10, TEX 5 · Next Apr 10, 2024: HOU 2, KC 11
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Apr 7, 2024: CHW 3, KC 5 · Next Apr 10, 2024: HOU 2, KC 11