Post Game Thread (Aug 23, 2021): Royals (55-68) @ Astros (73-51)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	1	0	1	1	.280
RF	Brantley	5	0	0	0	0	1	.315
1B	Gurriel	3	0	3	1	1	0	.317
DH	Alvarez	4	0	0	0	0	1	.285
SS	Correa	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275
3B	Díaz, A	3	0	1	0	1	1	.302
CF	Meyers	4	0	0	0	0	2	.313
LF	Jones	4	1	1	0	0	1	.240
C	Maldonado	2	0	0	0	2	1	.177

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Greinke	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	92-62	3.41
García, Y	0.2	2	2	1	1	1	19-12	3.68
Taylor, B	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	12-6	3.69
Maton, P	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	26-16	4.70
Raley, B	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	20-12	5.50

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	0	3	3	0	0	.281
SS	Lopez, N	5	0	1	0	0	1	.281
C	Perez, S	3	1	2	1	2	0	.275
LF	Benintendi	5	0	1	0	0	0	.263
1B	Santana, C	5	0	1	0	0	0	.226
RF	Dyson, J	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
1B	Dozier, H	5	0	0	0	0	1	.207
DH	O'Hearn	3	1	1	0	0	1	.230
DH	Alberto	2	1	1	0	0	0	.268
CF	Taylor, M	2	2	0	0	2	1	.241
3B	Rivera, E	4	2	3	2	0	0	.295

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Lynch	5.0	6	1	1	3	5	88-53	4.74
Tapia	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	20-9	2.25
Lovelady	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	12-7	3.86
Zimmer, K	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	17-7	4.71
Santana, E	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	10-7	4.76

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Emmanuel Rivera hits a ground-rule double (2) on a line drive down the right-field line. Ryan O'Hearn scores.	0-1
T3	Salvador Perez homers (33) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-2
B3	Yuli Gurriel doubles (26) on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Taylor Jones scores. Michael Brantley to 3rd.	1-2
T7	Whit Merrifield doubles (27) on a ground ball to left fielder Taylor Jones. Michael A. Taylor scores. Emmanuel Rivera to 3rd.	1-3
T7	Astros challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Salvador Perez reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Yimi Garcia. Emmanuel Rivera scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Throwing error by pitcher Yimi Garcia. Salvador Perez out at 2nd, catcher Martin Maldonado to second baseman Jose Altuve.	1-4
T8	Emmanuel Rivera singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Hanser Alberto scores. Michael A. Taylor to 2nd.	1-5
T8	Whit Merrifield triples (3) on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Michael A. Taylor scores. Emmanuel Rivera scores.	1-7

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Carlos Correa saves a run with a nifty diving stop	0:26	HD
Rivera gets the Royals on the board with a double	0:32	HD
Salvador Perez crushes his 33rd homer of the season	0:47	HD
Yuli Gurriel plates Taylor Jones with a double	0:22	HD
Michael A. Taylor turns two on an outfield assist	0:39	HD
Yuli Gurriel dives and makes a superb stop in the 5th	0:33	HD
Zack Greinke strikes out Ryan O'Hearn swinging	0:16	HD
Whit Merrifield doubles to score Michael A. Taylor	0:40	HD
Emmanuel Rivera reaches home after a throwing error	0:27	HD
Perez is out at 2nd after a successful challenge	0:43	HD
Taylor Jones throws out Carlos Santana at the plate	0:38	HD
Emmanuel Rivera plates Hanser Alberto with a single	0:38	HD
Whit Merrifield plates two runs with a triple	0:30	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Lynch (4-3, 4.74)	Greinke (11-4, 3.41)

Game ended at 10:46 PM.