The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 10-8 on Jun 12, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI for the Astros.
- Steven Okert pitched 2.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Michael Massey went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Mason Black pitched 2.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joey Loperfido | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brice Matthews | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Okert | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatsuya Imai | 0.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Black | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luinder Avila | 0.2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jun 10, 2026: HOU 2, LAA 3 · Next Jun 13, 2026: HOU 8, KC 7
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 11, 2026: TEX 4, KC 2 · Next Jun 13, 2026: HOU 8, KC 7