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Post Game Thread (Jul 5, 2022): Royals (29-50) @ Astros (53-27)

Line Score – Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
KC 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 9 1
HOU 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 9 13 1

Box Score

HOU AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Altuve 4 0 1 0 1 0 .278
SS Peña 5 1 1 1 0 1 .276
LF Alvarez 4 2 2 1 1 1 .313
3B Bregman 5 2 3 2 0 1 .244
RF Tucker 4 1 1 0 0 0 .259
DH Gurriel 3 2 1 1 1 0 .227
1B Díaz, A 4 1 3 2 0 0 .226
CF Meyers 3 0 1 2 0 0 .278
C Maldonado 3 0 0 0 1 2 .148
HOU IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Garcia, L 6.1 8 5 5 1 7 88-61 3.81
Neris 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 12-5 3.44
Abreu, B 0.1 0 1 0 2 1 22-8 2.17
Maton, P 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 3.74
Montero, R 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 24-18 1.93
KC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Merrifield 5 2 2 0 0 1 .240
LF Benintendi 4 1 1 1 1 2 .313
SS Witt Jr. 5 1 2 3 0 1 .236
PH O’Hearn 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
1B Pasquantino 4 1 0 0 0 1 .143
DH Dozier, H 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259
C Melendez 3 1 1 1 1 1 .225
RF Isbel 4 1 1 0 0 2 .223
CF Taylor, M 2 0 0 1 2 1 .271
3B Lopez, N 4 0 1 1 0 0 .228
KC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Greinke 5.0 10 6 6 2 2 80-51 4.85
Kowar 3.0 3 3 3 2 3 58-33 8.44

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Whit Merrifield scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd. 0-1
T2 MJ Melendez homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. 0-2
B2 Yuli Gurriel grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 2nd. 1-2
B2 Jake Meyers out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Kyle Tucker scores. Aledmys Diaz to 2nd. 2-2
T3 Bobby Witt Jr. homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. Andrew Benintendi scores. 2-4
B4 Jake Meyers singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Yuli Gurriel scores. Aledmys Diaz to 3rd. 3-4
B5 Jeremy Pena homers (12) on a line drive to center field. 4-4
B5 Alex Bregman homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Yordan Alvarez scores. 6-4
T7 Nicky Lopez singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Kyle Isbel scores. 6-5
B7 Aledmys Diaz homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Yuli Gurriel scores. 8-5
T8 Michael A. Taylor walks. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Hunter Dozier to 3rd. MJ Melendez to 2nd. 8-6
B8 Yordan Alvarez homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field. 9-6
T9 Andrew Benintendi grounds out to first baseman Aledmys Diaz. Whit Merrifield scores. 9-7

Highlights

Description Length Video
Bobby Witt Jr. lines an RBI single in the 1st inning 0:50 Video
MJ Melendez smashes a solo home run in the 2nd inning 0:49 Video
Yuli Gurriel hits an RBI groundout in the 2nd inning 0:19 Video
MJ Melendez nabs Jeremy Peña at second base 0:33 Video
Jake Meyers lifts a sacrifice fly, ties the game at 2 0:39 Video
Bobby Witt Jr. ropes a two-run homer to take the lead 0:54 Video
Jake Meyers drives an RBI single in the 4th inning 0:44 Video
Jeremy Peña smacks a solo home run, ties game at 4 0:53 Video
Alex Bregman hits a two-run homer to take the lead 0:47 Video
Nicky Lopez hits an RBI knock, puts Royals within one 0:36 Video
Zack Greinke fans two over five frames vs. Astros 0:32 Video
Luis Garcia fans seven over 6 1/3 frames vs. Royals 2:08 Video
Aledmys Díaz cranks a two-run homer in the 7th inning 0:49 Video
Michael A. Taylor draws an RBI walk in the 8th inning 0:35 Video
Alvarez turns two clutch outs to end top of the 8th 0:37 Video
Pasquantino, Dozier are ruled safe after review 1:49 Video
Yordan Alvarez cracks a solo home run in the 8th 0:33 Video
Andrew Benintendi’s RBI groundout 0:19 Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Garcia, L (7-5, 3.81) Greinke (2-5, 4.85) Montero, R (6, 1.93)

Game ended at 10:16 PM.

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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.

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