The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 2-0 on Apr 26, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 8.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Canha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2025 season · Previous Apr 25, 2025: HOU 0, KC 2 · Next Apr 27, 2025: HOU 7, KC 3
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