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Post Game Thread (Aug 16, 2021): Astros (70-47) @ Royals (50-67)

Line Score – Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
HOU 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 6 12 0
KC 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 7 12 0

Box Score

KC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Merrifield 5 1 3 1 0 0 .276
SS Lopez, N 3 2 1 0 1 0 .270
C Perez, S 4 1 1 2 1 1 .277
1B Santana, C 4 0 2 1 1 1 .224
LF Benintendi 4 1 1 0 0 0 .249
DH O’Hearn 3 0 2 2 0 0 .240
CF Taylor, M 3 0 0 0 0 2 .244
RF Dozier, H 4 2 1 1 0 1 .205
3B Rivera, E 4 0 1 0 0 2 .256
KC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Hernández, C 6.0 8 4 4 0 1 72-45 4.33
Brentz 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 18-12 3.27
Barlow 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 14-10 2.68
HOU AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Altuve 5 1 3 0 0 0 .274
LF Brantley 4 0 1 1 0 0 .332
SS Correa 4 1 2 1 0 1 .270
DH Alvarez 3 0 1 1 0 0 .289
DH Jones 1 1 1 0 0 0 .218
1B Gurriel 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315
3B Díaz, A 4 1 2 2 0 0 .305
RF McCormick 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254
C Castro, J 4 1 1 1 0 1 .197
CF Meyers 3 1 0 0 0 0 .238
HOU IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Odorizzi 5.1 8 4 4 2 2 89-56 4.74
Maton, P 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 10-6 4.53
Stanek 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 29-14 3.73
García, Y 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 15-12 3.61

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Yordan Alvarez singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Jose Altuve scores. 0-1
B2 Ryan O’Hearn doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Michael Brantley. Andrew Benintendi scores. 1-1
B2 Whit Merrifield singles on a fly ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Hunter Dozier scores. Emmanuel Rivera to 3rd. 2-1
B3 Ryan O’Hearn singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Salvador Perez scores. Carlos Santana to 2nd. 3-1
T5 Aledmys Diaz homers (7) on a line drive to left field. 3-2
T5 Michael Brantley singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Jake Meyers scores. Jose Altuve to 2nd. 3-3
T6 Carlos Correa homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. 3-4
B6 Hunter Dozier homers (9) on a line drive to left center field. 4-4
B7 Carlos Santana singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Nicky Lopez scores. 5-4
T8 Aledmys Diaz singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Taylor Jones scores. Aledmys Diaz out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Andrew Benintendi to third baseman Emmanuel Rivera. 5-5
B8 Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to right fielder Chas McCormick. Whit Merrifield scores. Nicky Lopez scores. 7-5
T9 Jason Castro homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. 7-6

Highlights

Description Length HD
Yordan Alvarez flares an RBI single to left field 0:32 HD
Ryan O’Hearn laces a game-tying double to left field 0:45 HD
Whit Merrifield knocks an RBI single to center field 0:34 HD
Ryan O’Hearn ropes an RBI single to center field 0:35 HD
Aledmys Díaz hammers a solo home run to left field 0:41 HD
Michael Brantley clips a game-tying single to center 0:40 HD
Carlos Correa crushes a solo home run to left field 0:47 HD
Hunter Dozier slugs a solo home run to tie the game 0:39 HD
Jake Odorizzi retires Carlos Santana in the 1st 0:13 HD
Carlos Hernández fans Carlos Correa in the 1st 0:24 HD
Carlos Santana lifts a go-ahead single in the 7th 0:27 HD
Aledmys Díaz pulls an RBI single to tie the game 0:22 HD
Salvador Perez belts a two-run single to right field 0:21 HD
Jason Castro’s solo home run 0:25 HD
Scott Barlow In play, out(s) to Jose Altuve 0:20 HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Barlow (5-3, 2.68) García, Y (3-8, 3.61)

Game ended at 10:18 PM.

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Daily dose of Yordan (Game 118)

Today’s statline: 1-3, RBI, DP

At bat 1 (Top of first): 4 pitch single to left, RBI

The at bat started with Yordan watching a borderline fastball high and tight for strike one. After that borderline call, Yordan watched another fastball, this time middle and insider, for a ball, and then took another ball on an inside offspeed pitch in the dirt to pull ahead 2-1. Down in the count, Hernandez (the starting pitcher) needed to throw Yordan something in the zone, and he ended up throwing a high fastball to Yordan right in the zone, which you simply can’t do. He smashed it to the opposite field for an easy RBI single that scored Altuve for the first run of the game. Good at bat here by him to take what the heavily shifted defense gave him and to hunt out a specific pitch that he excels at vs the pitcher. He would not score, as Gurriel grounded out to end the inning.

At bat 2 (Top of fourth): 3 pitch double play to pitcher

The at bat started with a soft fly ball foul by Yordan off a curve right down the middle. He then watched a noncompetitive fastball to even the count. Then, on a 1-1 count, he swung at a fastball right down the middle, but unfortunately hit just a slow one-hopper right to the pitcher, who easily threw to second to start the double play.

At bat 3 (Top of sixth): 4 pitch groundout to shortstop

Yordan watched a fastball and a slider, both outside and out of the zone by quite a bit, to work himself ahead 2-0. He then watched another fastball high in the zone for a questionable called strike one, and then got a changeup high but in the zone. He got off a lazy swing and hit a routine ground ball to the shifted shortstop for the easy out.

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Yordan was pinch hit for in the eighth by Taylor Jones, which I thought was kind of questionable because it was a close game and Yordan mashes righties with unintimidating stuff like Barlow. Jones hit a double after a great at bat though, so what do I know.

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