The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 5-2 on Sep 16, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- John Rave went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 5.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 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 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Rave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Gose | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Hoffman | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Barrosa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Joey Loperfido | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryan King | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tatsuya Imai | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 15, 2026: KC 2, HOU 4 · Next Sep 17, 2026: KC 2, HOU 6
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Sep 15, 2026: KC 2, HOU 4 · Next Sep 17, 2026: KC 2, HOU 6