The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on May 12, 2025 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Jake Meyers went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Ryan Gusto pitched 2.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 7 earned runs with 2 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonathan India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
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 | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yainer Diaz | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Gusto | 2.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven Okert | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennett Sousa | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tayler Scott | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous May 11, 2025: BOS 3, KC 1 · Next May 13, 2025: KC 1, HOU 2
- Astros · 2025 season · Previous May 11, 2025: CIN 0, HOU 6 · Next May 13, 2025: KC 1, HOU 2