Post Game Thread (Aug 18, 2021): Astros (70-49) @ Royals (51-67)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0
KC	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0		3	8	0

Box Score

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	0	.274
SS	Lopez, N	4	1	3	0	0	0	.277
C	Perez, S	3	0	1	0	0	0	.275
DH	Santana, C	4	0	1	1	0	0	.225
LF	Benintendi	3	1	1	0	0	0	.253
3B	Dozier, H	3	1	1	2	0	0	.207
1B	O'Hearn	3	0	1	0	0	1	.241
CF	Taylor, M	3	0	0	0	0	1	.242
RF	Dyson, J	3	0	0	0	0	0	.212

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Singer	6.2	6	2	2	2	6	92-59	5.23
Tapia	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	2.70
Staumont	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	13-9	3.40
Barlow	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	20-11	2.64

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	0	2	0	0	1	.273
LF	Brantley	3	0	0	0	1	0	.325
SS	Correa	4	0	2	0	0	0	.273
DH	Alvarez	4	0	0	0	0	1	.286
3B	Díaz, A	4	0	0	0	0	2	.294
1B	Gurriel	4	1	1	0	0	0	.311
RF	McCormick	4	1	2	0	0	1	.259
CF	Meyers	3	0	2	0	1	1	.333
C	Maldonado	2	0	0	0	0	1	.177
C	Castro, J	2	0	1	2	0	0	.202

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Greinke	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	85-53	3.43
Taylor, B	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	10-8	3.90
Graveman	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	17-10	0.88

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B4	Carlos Santana singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Nicky Lopez scores. Salvador Perez to 2nd.	1-0
T7	Jason Castro singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jarrod Dyson. Yuli Gurriel scores. Chas McCormick scores. Jake Meyers to 3rd.	1-2
B7	Hunter Dozier homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Andrew Benintendi scores.	3-2

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Carlos Santana opens the scoring on single to center	0:28	HD
Zack Greinke escapes a jam in the 4th inning	0:14	HD
Zack Greinke, Carlos Correa combine for a double play	0:18	HD
Jason Castro plates a pair on a single to right	0:36	HD
Hunter Dozier launches a two-run homer to left field	0:44	HD
Brady Singer strikes out six vs. Astros	1:16	HD
Kendall Graveman induces a double play to end the 8th	0:15	HD
Astros challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Jose Altuve singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Chas McCormick out at home on the throw, left fielder Andrew Benintendi to catcher Salvador Perez. Jake Meyers to 2nd.	0:12	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Tapia (1-0, 2.70)	Taylor, B (2-4, 3.90)	Barlow (7, 2.64)

Game ended at 10:04 PM.