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.

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