The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Aug 31, 2024 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
- Jeremy Pena went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Yusei Kikuchi pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 12 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Garrett Hampson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
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 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Gamel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kikuchi | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
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