The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 8-7 on Jun 13, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Christian Walker went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Mike Burrows pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Lane Thomas went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 4.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 1 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Loperfido | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Burrows | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Bryan King | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 4.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Schreiber | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jun 12, 2026: HOU 10, KC 8 · Next Jun 14, 2026: HOU 0, KC 4
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 12, 2026: HOU 10, KC 8 · Next Jun 14, 2026: HOU 0, KC 4