The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Aug 30, 2024 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Kyle Isbel went 1-for-1 for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Ben Gamel went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Garrett Hampson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Heyward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Gamel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 29, 2024: KC 3, HOU 6 · Next Aug 31, 2024: KC 2, HOU 5
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