Post Game Thread (Jul 5, 2022): Royals (29-50) @ Astros (53-27)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	1	0	1	0	.278
SS	Peña	5	1	1	1	0	1	.276
LF	Alvarez	4	2	2	1	1	1	.313
3B	Bregman	5	2	3	2	0	1	.244
RF	Tucker	4	1	1	0	0	0	.259
DH	Gurriel	3	2	1	1	1	0	.227
1B	Díaz, A	4	1	3	2	0	0	.226
CF	Meyers	3	0	1	2	0	0	.278
C	Maldonado	3	0	0	0	1	2	.148

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Garcia, L	6.1	8	5	5	1	7	88-61	3.81
Neris	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	12-5	3.44
Abreu, B	0.1	0	1	0	2	1	22-8	2.17
Maton, P	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.74
Montero, R	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	24-18	1.93

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	2	2	0	0	1	.240
LF	Benintendi	4	1	1	1	1	2	.313
SS	Witt Jr.	5	1	2	3	0	1	.236
PH	O'Hearn	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196
1B	Pasquantino	4	1	0	0	0	1	.143
DH	Dozier, H	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259
C	Melendez	3	1	1	1	1	1	.225
RF	Isbel	4	1	1	0	0	2	.223
CF	Taylor, M	2	0	0	1	2	1	.271
3B	Lopez, N	4	0	1	1	0	0	.228

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Greinke	5.0	10	6	6	2	2	80-51	4.85
Kowar	3.0	3	3	3	2	3	58-33	8.44

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Whit Merrifield scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd.	0-1
T2	MJ Melendez homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-2
B2	Yuli Gurriel grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 2nd.	1-2
B2	Jake Meyers out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Kyle Tucker scores. Aledmys Diaz to 2nd.	2-2
T3	Bobby Witt Jr. homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. Andrew Benintendi scores.	2-4
B4	Jake Meyers singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Yuli Gurriel scores. Aledmys Diaz to 3rd.	3-4
B5	Jeremy Pena homers (12) on a line drive to center field.	4-4
B5	Alex Bregman homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Yordan Alvarez scores.	6-4
T7	Nicky Lopez singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Kyle Isbel scores.	6-5
B7	Aledmys Diaz homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Yuli Gurriel scores.	8-5
T8	Michael A. Taylor walks. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Hunter Dozier to 3rd. MJ Melendez to 2nd.	8-6
B8	Yordan Alvarez homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field.	9-6
T9	Andrew Benintendi grounds out to first baseman Aledmys Diaz. Whit Merrifield scores.	9-7

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. lines an RBI single in the 1st inning	0:50	Video
MJ Melendez smashes a solo home run in the 2nd inning	0:49	Video
Yuli Gurriel hits an RBI groundout in the 2nd inning	0:19	Video
MJ Melendez nabs Jeremy Peña at second base	0:33	Video
Jake Meyers lifts a sacrifice fly, ties the game at 2	0:39	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. ropes a two-run homer to take the lead	0:54	Video
Jake Meyers drives an RBI single in the 4th inning	0:44	Video
Jeremy Peña smacks a solo home run, ties game at 4	0:53	Video
Alex Bregman hits a two-run homer to take the lead	0:47	Video
Nicky Lopez hits an RBI knock, puts Royals within one	0:36	Video
Zack Greinke fans two over five frames vs. Astros	0:32	Video
Luis Garcia fans seven over 6 1/3 frames vs. Royals	2:08	Video
Aledmys Díaz cranks a two-run homer in the 7th inning	0:49	Video
Michael A. Taylor draws an RBI walk in the 8th inning	0:35	Video
Alvarez turns two clutch outs to end top of the 8th	0:37	Video
Pasquantino, Dozier are ruled safe after review	1:49	Video
Yordan Alvarez cracks a solo home run in the 8th	0:33	Video
Andrew Benintendi's RBI groundout	0:19	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Garcia, L (7-5, 3.81)	Greinke (2-5, 4.85)	Montero, R (6, 1.93)

Game ended at 10:16 PM.