The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sep 15, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- 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 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Jeremy Pena went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Hunter Brown pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Rave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
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 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daulton Varsho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Barrosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brown | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bennett Sousa | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 13, 2026: KC 1, BOS 4 · Next Sep 16, 2026: KC 5, HOU 2
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Sep 13, 2026: HOU 4, TB 14 · Next Sep 16, 2026: KC 5, HOU 2