MLB, round 26
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
 HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday at Daikin Park.
The big inning was the fourth, when the Royals scored 2.
The Royals improve to 67-85. The Astros fall to 76-76.
Attendance: 28,497.
Full recap at ESPN: Rave and Massey homer as Royals beat Astros 5-2, dropping Houston into first-place tie with TexasWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jensen C | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .232 | .319 | .453 |
| B. Witt Jr. SS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .278 | .359 | .444 |
| V. Pasquantino 1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .237 | .325 | .387 |
| S. Perez DH | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .229 | .273 | .378 |
| M. Massey 2B | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .282 | .316 | .443 |
| N. Loftin 3B | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .231 | .318 | .374 |
| J. Caglianone RF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .278 | .328 | .485 |
| K. Isbel CF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .221 | .268 | .328 |
| J. Rave RF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .219 | .310 | .447 |
| J. Rojas 3B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .240 | .283 | .340 |
| I. Collins LF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .221 | .327 | .335 |
| Team | 8-35 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 149 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Lynch IV RP | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 72-49 | 3.29 | 72 |
| C. Kimbrel RP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-10 | 4.50 | 17 |
| N. Hoffman RP | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 4.35 | 6 |
| A. Gose RP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-4 | 0.00 | 5 |
| N. Pearson RP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16-9 | 2.51 | 16 |
| S. Cruz RP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20-15 | 4.13 | 20 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 136-93 | 136 |
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Pena SS | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .277 | .329 | .470 |
| Y. Alvarez DH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .310 | .428 | .594 |
| I. Paredes 3B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .257 | .354 | .430 |
| J. Altuve 2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .243 | .303 | .392 |
| Y. Diaz C | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .277 | .309 | .439 |
| C. Walker 1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .222 | .295 | .412 |
| C. Smith RF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .213 | .278 | .397 |
| L. Wade Jr. 1B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .311 | .325 |
| N. Velazquez LF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .196 | .259 | .423 |
| J. Loperfido LF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .311 | .330 |
| D. Varsho CF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .224 | .285 | .355 |
| J. Barrosa CF | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | .199 | .288 | .340 |
| Team | 8-33 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 136 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Javier SP | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 85-53 | 5.31 | 85 |
| B. King RP | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18-14 | 4.89 | 18 |
| E. De Los Santos RP | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28-15 | 4.67 | 28 |
| T. Imai SP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18-11 | 5.13 | 18 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 149-93 | 149 |
Rave homered to right (366 feet), Massey scored.
Massey homered to right (342 feet).
Jensen doubled to right, Collins scored on throwing error by right fielder Barrosa and Rojas scored, Jensen to third. Houston Astros challenged: call on the field was upheld.
Paredes hit sacrifice fly to center, Barrosa scored.
Diaz homered to left (381 feet).
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