Post Game Thread (Aug 25, 2021): Royals (56-69) @ Astros (74-52)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	7	0
HOU	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	12	0

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	0	0	0	0	0	.274
LF	Díaz, A	5	0	1	1	0	1	.303
1B	Gurriel	4	1	1	0	1	2	.316
DH	Alvarez	5	1	2	1	0	1	.284
SS	Correa	2	1	0	0	3	0	.276
3B	Bregman	5	1	2	1	0	0	.278
RF	Tucker	5	0	2	0	0	1	.274
CF	Meyers	5	1	2	1	0	1	.316
C	Maldonado	3	1	1	1	0	0	.179
PH	Brantley	1	0	1	1	0	0	.316
C	Castro, J	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
McCullers Jr.	6.2	5	4	4	4	7	107-66	3.32
Javier	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	15-11	2.90
Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	15-12	1.94
Graveman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-8	1.02

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	1	2	4	0	2	.280
SS	Lopez, N	4	0	0	0	1	2	.278
C	Perez, S	4	1	1	1	1	1	.272
LF	Benintendi	4	0	0	0	0	0	.260
1B	Dozier, H	4	0	2	0	0	1	.211
RF	O'Hearn	3	0	0	0	0	2	.223
RF	Dyson, J	1	0	0	0	0	0	.215
CF	Taylor, M	4	1	2	0	0	1	.244
3B	Rivera, E	3	1	0	0	1	2	.273
C	Gallagher	3	1	0	0	1	1	.180
PR	Alberto	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268
P	Payamps	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Minor	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	94-61	5.30
Tapia	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	18-9	2.70
Lovelady	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	3.79
Staumont	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	17-9	3.42
Barlow	1.1	2	0	0	1	2	31-17	2.49
Payamps	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	10-7	2.51

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Martin Maldonado homers (10) on a fly ball to left field.	1-0
T4	Salvador Perez homers (34) on a fly ball to left field.	1-1
B4	Yordan Alvarez homers (26) on a fly ball to left center field.	2-1
B6	Alex Bregman doubles (15) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Yuli Gurriel scores.	3-1
T7	Whit Merrifield hits a grand slam (9) to left center field. Michael A. Taylor scores. Emmanuel Rivera scores. Cam Gallagher scores.	3-5
B7	Aledmys Diaz singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Jake Meyers scores.	4-5
B8	Michael Brantley singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Carlos Correa scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.	5-5
B10	Jake Meyers grounds out, pitcher Joel Payamps to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.	6-5

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Alex Bregman throws out Nicky Lopez at first base	0:26	HD
Alex Bregman pops out in his first at-bat off the IL	0:43	HD
Maldonado starts off the scoring with a solo home run	0:45	HD
Perez ties the game at 1 with a solo homer in the 4th	0:49	HD
Alvarez crushes a solo home run in the 4th inning	0:48	HD
O'Hearn strikes out, Maldonado nabs Dozier for DP	0:28	HD
Minor strikes out Gurriel for 1st K of the game	0:14	HD
Alex Bregman makes 3-1 with an RBI double in the 6th	0:44	HD
Merrifield belts a grand slam in the 7th inning	0:50	HD
Díaz scores Meyers with an RBI single in the 7th	0:36	HD
Lance McCullers Jr. strikes out 7 over 6 2/3 innings	1:13	HD
Brantley ties the game at 5 with an RBI single	0:35	HD
Astros catch leadoff runner, Alberto in a rundown	0:36	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Graveman (5-0, 1.02)	Payamps (0-3, 2.51)

Game ended at 4:56 PM.