Post Game Thread (Jul 6, 2022): Royals (30-50) @ Astros (53-28)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Dubón	5	0	0	0	0	1	.214
SS	Peña	5	0	0	0	0	3	.270
DH	Alvarez	4	1	1	0	0	0	.313
3B	Bregman	2	1	0	0	2	0	.242
RF	Tucker	4	1	2	1	0	0	.262
1B	Díaz, A	4	1	1	1	0	0	.227
CF	Meyers	4	0	2	2	0	0	.300
LF	McCormick	2	0	0	0	2	2	.229
C	Maldonado	2	0	0	0	1	0	.147
PH	Matijevic	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	5.0	4	5	5	3	7	95-58	3.01
Abreu, B	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	21-12	2.08
Stanek	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	27-15	0.63
Neris	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	18-13	3.86

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	1	1	1	0	1	.239
LF	Benintendi	3	3	2	1	2	0	.316
C	Melendez	4	0	1	1	1	2	.226
DH	Pasquantino	5	0	1	0	0	1	.154
1B	Dozier, H	3	1	2	3	1	0	.263
RF	Olivares	3	0	0	0	0	1	.273
RF	Isbel	0	0	0	0	1	0	.223
CF	Taylor, M	4	0	0	0	0	3	.265
3B	Rivera, E	3	1	1	1	1	0	.209
SS	Lopez, N	4	1	1	0	0	1	.229

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Keller, B	5.2	5	4	4	3	3	105-60	4.37
Cuas	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	16-6	1.93
Coleman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-6	3.51
Clarke	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	17-10	4.21
Barlow	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	18-13	2.39

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Whit Merrifield homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-1
T1	Hunter Dozier homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. Andrew Benintendi scores.	0-3
T2	Emmanuel Rivera homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-4
B2	Jake Meyers doubles (2) on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Alex Bregman scores.	1-4
T3	Hunter Dozier doubles (16) on a fly ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Andrew Benintendi scores.	1-5
B4	Kyle Tucker singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Yordan Alvarez scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd.	2-5
B4	Jake Meyers grounds out, shortstop Nicky Lopez to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Kyle Tucker scores.	3-5
B6	Aledmys Diaz homers (5) on a fly ball to left field.	4-5
T9	Andrew Benintendi doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Nicky Lopez scores.	4-6
T9	MJ Melendez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Andrew Benintendi scores.	4-7

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Whit Merrifield clubs a leadoff home run	0:29	Video
Hunter Dozier belts a two-run homer in the 1st	0:34	Video
Emmanuel Rivera clobbers a solo homer to left-center	0:27	Video
Jake Meyers drills double, scores Alex Bregman	0:23	Video
Dozier drives in Benintendi with double in the 3rd	0:38	Video
Bregman's barehanded grab retires Rivera at 1st base	0:11	Video
Kyle Tucker bloops single, scores Yordan Alvarez	0:28	Video
Jake Meyers' RBI groundout	0:15	Video
Royals connect, nab Alex Bregman at home in the 4th	0:18	Video
Aledmys Díaz hammers solo homer to center in the 6th	0:26	Video
Jose Cuas escapes bases-loaded jam in the 6th inning	0:11	Video
Ryne Stanek works out of bases-loaded jam in the 8th	0:07	Video
Royals turn double play after upheld call in the 2nd	3:06	Video
Benintendi hits foul ball after review in the 3rd	1:39	Video
Benintendi adds insurance with double in the 9th	0:21	Video
MJ Melendez rips single, scores Andrew Benintendi	0:15	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Keller, B (4-9, 4.37)	Javier (6-4, 3.01)	Barlow (13, 2.39)

Game ended at 10:42 PM.