Post Game Thread (Aug 19, 2021): Astros (71-50) @ Royals (52-68)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	1	1	0	0	1	.273
SS	Lopez, N	3	1	1	2	0	1	.277
C	Perez, S	3	0	0	1	0	2	.273
1B	Santana, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.226
LF	Benintendi	4	0	1	0	0	0	.253
3B	Dozier, H	3	0	1	0	1	1	.208
RF	O'Hearn	3	0	0	0	0	1	.237
P	Lovelady	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Staumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH	Alberto	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266
P	Davis, W	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Santana, E	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Gallagher	1	1	1	0	1	0	.185
CF	Taylor, M	2	0	0	0	0	1	.241
RF	Dyson, J	4	0	1	0	0	0	.214

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Minor	5.1	7	3	3	0	4	94-68	5.34
Tapia	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	14-6	2.57
Payamps	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	17-9	2.61
Lovelady	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	14-12	4.24
Staumont	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	3.35
Davis, W	0.0	2	3	2	1	0	16-7	6.81
Santana, E	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	4.86

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	0	1	0	0	0	.272
1B	Gurriel	5	1	0	0	0	0	.307
DH	Alvarez	5	1	2	0	0	0	.287
SS	Correa	3	3	2	0	2	0	.276
3B	Díaz, A	5	1	3	2	0	1	.302
RF	McCormick	4	0	1	3	1	1	.259
CF	Meyers	5	0	1	0	0	1	.313
C	Castro, J	2	0	0	0	1	1	.198
PH	Jones	0	0	0	1	0	0	.210
C	Maldonado	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177
3B	Wilson, J	2	0	0	0	0	1	.063
LF	Brantley	2	0	0	0	0	0	.324

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Garcia, L	5.0	4	3	3	1	3	70-45	3.39
Maton, P	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	29-16	4.35
Stanek	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	20-15	3.66
Pressly	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	15-11	1.84
Javier	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	2.84

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Whit Merrifield scores.	1-0
B3	Nicky Lopez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Cam Gallagher scores.	3-0
T4	Chas McCormick grounds into a force out, third baseman Hunter Dozier to second baseman Whit Merrifield. Carlos Correa scores. Aledmys Diaz out at 2nd. Chas McCormick to 1st.	3-1
T6	Aledmys Diaz doubles (15) on a line drive to right fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Carlos Correa scores.	3-2
T6	Chas McCormick doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Aledmys Diaz scores.	3-3
T10	Aledmys Diaz singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Yuli Gurriel scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Carlos Correa to 2nd.	3-4
T10	Chas McCormick walks. Yordan Alvarez scores. Carlos Correa to 3rd. Aledmys Diaz to 2nd.	3-5
T10	Taylor Jones flies into a sacrifice double play, left fielder Andrew Benintendi to third baseman Hunter Dozier. Carlos Correa scores. Aledmys Diaz out at 3rd.	3-6

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Salvador Perez opens the scoring on sac fly to center	0:18	HD
Nicky Lopez launches a two-run homer to right field	0:27	HD
Whit Merrifield steals third in the 1st	0:27	HD
Chas McCormick scores Carlos Correa on RBI forceout	0:36	HD
Nicky Lopez makes a fine diving stop	0:43	HD
Aledmys Diaz drives in Correa on a double to right	0:42	HD
Chas McCormick ties the game with a double to left	0:21	HD
Domingo Tapia escapes a jam in the 6th	0:32	HD
Merrifield makes a slick defensive play in the 6th	0:22	HD
Santana throws out Altuve at home in the 7th	0:36	HD
Ryan Pressly gets out of a jam in the 9th	0:40	HD
Aledmys Diaz flares go-ahead run on single to center	0:21	HD
Chas McCormick walks with bases loaded in the 10th	0:24	HD
Taylor Jones lifts a sac fly to left in the 10th	0:22	HD
Whit Merrifield flies out to center fielder Jake Meyers.	0:12	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Pressly (5-1, 1.84)	Davis, W (0-3, 6.81)	Javier (2, 2.84)

Game ended at 5:00 PM.