Post Game Thread (Aug 29, 2024): Royals (75-60) @ Astros (72-62)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	1	0	0	1	0	.297
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	2	0	0	0	.313
3B	Bregman	2	0	0	0	0	1	.260
3B	Whitcomb	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
1B	Caratini	1	0	1	0	0	0	.276
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	1	0	0	1	.297
RF	Gamel	3	1	0	0	1	2	.306
SS	Peña	3	2	1	0	1	0	.270
1B	Singleton	2	1	1	0	0	1	.233
3B	Dezenzo	1	0	0	1	1	1	.222
RF	Heyward	2	0	1	2	0	0	.211
LF	Dubón	2	0	1	2	0	1	.257
CF	Meyers	4	0	0	0	0	2	.230

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Brown, H	6.2	2	2	0	2	4	97-60	3.55
Abreu, B	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	15-10	3.43
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-10	3.78
Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-8	3.19

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Massey	4	0	1	0	0	0	.270
RF	Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
SS	Witt Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	1	.344
1B	Pasquantino	4	0	0	0	0	1	.262
C	Fermin	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
1B	Perez, S	4	0	0	0	0	1	.279
DH	DeJong	4	1	0	0	0	3	.237
LF	Melendez	3	1	0	0	1	0	.213
3B	Garcia, M	2	1	2	0	1	0	.243
CF	Isbel	3	0	1	3	0	0	.230
RF	Hampson	2	0	0	0	0	0	.236
2B	Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	1	.208

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Singer	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	101-61	3.36
Bubic	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-10	3.44
Erceg	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	13-6	3.40
Schreiber	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	14-8	3.86
Cruz	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	3-3	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B5	Jason Heyward doubles (11) on a ground ball to right fielder Garrett Hampson. Jeremy Peña scores. Jon Singleton scores.	2-0
T7	Kyle Isbel doubles (11) on a fly ball to left fielder Ben Gamel. Paul DeJong scores. MJ Melendez scores. Maikel Garcia scores.	2-3
B8	Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to pitcher Lucas Erceg. Jose Altuve scores. Victor Caratini to 3rd. Yainer Diaz to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Lucas Erceg.	3-3
B8	Zach Dezenzo walks. Yainer Diaz scores. Ben Gamel to 3rd. Jeremy Peña to 2nd.	4-3
B8	Mauricio Dubón singles on a ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Ben Gamel scores. Jeremy Peña scores. Zach Dezenzo to 3rd. Mauricio Dubón to 2nd. Mauricio Dubón advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by left fielder MJ Melendez.	6-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Royals at Astros – August 29, 2024	0:06
Hunter Brown against the Royals	0:07
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 29 vs Royals	0:07
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, August 29 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 29 vs Royals	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, August 29 vs Royals	0:07
Bench availability for Kansas City, August 29 vs Astros	0:07
Starting lineups for Royals at Astros – August 29, 2024	0:09
Breaking down Hunter Brown's pitches	0:04
Hunter Brown's outing against the Royals	0:25
Breaking down Brady Singer's pitches	0:04
Brady Singer's outing against the Astros	0:23
Alex Bregman ejected from game	0:26
Jason Heyward's first two Astros runs	0:27
Jose Altuve grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.	0:09
Kyle Isbel's three-run double	0:29
Hunter Brown fans four vs. Royals	1:15
Brady Singer strikes out six vs. Astros	1:40
Yainer Diaz's game-tying single	0:41
Royals nab Victor Caratini at home	0:18
Zach Dezenzo draws walk with bases-loaded	0:14
Mauricio Dubón's two-run single	0:21
MJ Melendez flies out to left fielder Mauricio Dubón.	0:10

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Pressly (1-3, 3.78 ERA)	Erceg (2-5, 3.40 ERA)	Hader (29 SV, 3.19 ERA)

Game ended at 9:48 PM.