The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Sep 17, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jeremy Pena went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Ethan Pecko pitched 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rave | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Connor Thomas | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Pecko | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 16, 2026: KC 5, HOU 2 · Next Sep 18, 2026: KC 5, PIT 8
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Sep 16, 2026: KC 5, HOU 2 · Next Sep 18, 2026: ATL 6, HOU 2