Post Game Thread (Aug 30, 2024): Royals (75-61) @ Astros (73-62)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	0	2	1	0	2	.298
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	1	0	0	1	.312
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	2	0	0	0	.299
1B	Caratini	4	0	1	0	0	2	.276
SS	Peña	3	0	1	1	0	0	.270
RF	Heyward	4	0	0	0	0	2	.207
LF	Gamel	4	1	1	1	0	1	.302
CF	Meyers	3	1	1	0	1	1	.231
3B	Dubón	3	0	1	0	0	1	.257
PH	Singleton	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	7.0	0	0	0	3	7	98-60	3.11
Abreu, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	16-8	3.38
Hader	1.0	1	2	1	0	2	15-13	3.28

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Garcia, M	4	0	0	0	0	0	.241
SS	Witt Jr.	4	1	0	0	0	1	.341
1B	Perez, S	3	0	0	0	0	2	.277
3B	DeJong	3	1	1	2	1	1	.238
C	Fermin	3	0	0	0	1	1	.293
DH	Loftin	4	0	0	0	0	1	.193
LF	Blanco	1	0	0	0	1	1	.265
2B	Massey	1	0	0	0	0	0	.269
CF	Hampson	2	0	0	0	0	1	.233
LF	Melendez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212
RF	Gentry	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
CF	Isbel	1	0	1	0	0	0	.232

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Lugo, S	7.0	6	1	1	1	9	93-63	3.12
Hernández, C	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	10-7	3.86
Lynch IV	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4-3	5.54
McArthur	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	11-10	4.47

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Ben Gamel homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.	1-0
B8	Jeremy Peña out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Yainer Diaz scores.	2-0
T9	Paul DeJong homers (24) on a fly ball to left center field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	2-2
B9	Jose Altuve doubles (24) on a fly ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Jake Meyers scores.	3-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Royals at Astros – August 30, 2024	0:06
Seth Lugo against the Astros	0:07
Framber Valdez against the Royals	0:09
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 30 vs Royals	0:07
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, August 30 vs Astros	0:07
Bench availability for Kansas City, August 30 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, August 30 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, August 30 vs Royals	0:07
Starting lineups for Royals at Astros – August 30, 2024	0:09
Ben Gamel: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Ben Gamel's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04
Framber Valdez's outing against the Royals	0:22
Breaking down Seth Lugo's pitches	0:04
Seth Lugo's outing against the Astros	0:28
The distance behind Paul DeJong's home run	0:13
Paul DeJong's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Simone Biles throws out first pitch	0:27
Field view of Simone Biles' first pitch	0:30
Ben Gamel's first home run of 2024	0:24
Seth Lugo strikes out Ben Gamel to end the 4th	0:09
Jeremy Peña's impressive athletic play	0:25
Framber Valdez takes no-hitter into 7th	0:16
Framber Valdez takes no-hitter into 8th with K	0:12
Kyle Isbel breaks up no-hitter	0:18
Astros combined no-hit bid ends in the 8th	0:25
Jeremy Peña's sac fly	0:33
Framber Valdez's seven hitless innings	1:27
Paul DeJong's game-tying two-run home run (24)	0:29

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Hader (7-7, 3.28 ERA)	McArthur (5-6, 4.47 ERA)

Game ended at 9:30 PM.