Post Game Thread (Jul 4, 2022): Royals (29-49) @ Astros (52-27)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	11	1
HOU	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	7	7	1

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	0	1	1	0	0	.278
SS	Peña	4	2	1	0	1	0	.278
DH	Alvarez	3	2	1	1	2	2	.310
3B	Bregman	2	1	0	0	2	0	.237
RF	Tucker	3	0	1	3	0	0	.259
1B	Gurriel	4	0	1	1	0	0	.226
CF	Meyers	4	1	1	0	0	0	.273
LF	Dubón	4	1	1	1	0	2	.224
C	Lee, K	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000
PH	Díaz, A	1	0	0	0	0	1	.211
C	Maldonado	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Odorizzi	4.0	9	5	5	1	3	90-58	4.04
Martinez, S	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	33-21	0.83
Maton, P	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	12-10	3.82
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	19-9	0.67

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	1	2	0	0	1	.237
LF	Benintendi	4	1	3	2	1	0	.314
SS	Witt Jr.	4	1	1	0	1	1	.233
DH	Pasquantino	3	0	1	0	1	0	.176
1B	Dozier, H	4	0	1	2	0	0	.259
C	Melendez	4	2	2	2	0	1	.223
RF	Olivares	4	0	0	0	0	3	.286
RF	Isbel	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
CF	Taylor, M	4	1	1	0	0	1	.274
3B	Lopez, N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.228

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Heasley	6.0	3	2	1	2	3	92-57	4.76
Mills	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	28-15	5.06
Garrett	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	17-6	6.75
Clarke	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	17-10	4.33
Barlow	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	9-5	2.45

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Hunter Dozier singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Andrew Benintendi scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 2nd.	0-2
T2	Andrew Benintendi singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Michael A. Taylor scores. Whit Merrifield scores.	0-4
T3	MJ Melendez homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field.	0-5
B4	Kyle Tucker out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Edward Olivares. Jeremy Pena scores.	1-5
B5	Jose Altuve singles on a soft ground ball to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Mauricio Dubon scores.	2-5
B7	Mauricio Dubon grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Jake Meyers scores.	3-5
T8	MJ Melendez homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.	3-6
B8	Kyle Tucker singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Jeremy Pena scores. Yordan Alvarez scores. Alex Bregman to 2nd.	5-6
B8	Yuli Gurriel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 2nd.	6-6
B9	Yordan Alvarez homers (24) on a fly ball to right center field.	7-6

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Hunter Dozier gives the Royals an early 2-0 lead	0:35	Video
Andrew Benintendi makes it 4-0 Royals in the second	0:36	Video
MJ Melendez hits his 7th home run of the season	0:24	Video
Korey Lee's family talks journey to MLB	3:02	Video
Jake Meyers makes a great diving ab in center field	0:38	Video
Kyle Tucker gets the Astros on the board in the 4th	0:30	Video
Jake Oddorizzi strikes out three over four innings	0:24	Video
Jose Altuve beats out an infield single for an RBI	0:38	Video
Jonathan Heasley fires six solid innings	0:29	Video
Mauricio Dubon narrows the Royals lead to two runs	0:23	Video
MJ Melendez hits his second home run of the game	0:29	Video
MJ Melendez hits two home runs to right field	0:54	Video
Kyle Tucker narrows the Royals lead to one run	0:51	Video
Yuli Gurriel ties the game at six in the eighth	0:40	Video
Martín Maldonado makes a great throw	0:18	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Stanek (1-0, 0.67)	Barlow (2-2, 2.45)

Game ended at 6:34 PM.