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.