Post Game Thread (Jul 7, 2022): Royals (30-50) @ Astros (53-28)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	2	1	1	3	2	0	.280
LF	Díaz, A	5	0	1	1	0	1	.226
DH	Alvarez	4	1	1	1	1	2	.312
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	2	2	.239
CF	Meyers	3	0	1	0	1	0	.302
1B	Matijevic	2	0	0	0	1	0	.185
1B	Gurriel	1	0	0	0	0	1	.226
SS	Dubón	3	1	1	0	1	1	.217
RF	McCormick	3	1	0	0	1	1	.225
C	Maldonado	3	1	3	0	1	0	.160

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	6.0	7	2	1	2	8	100-63	2.00
Maton, P	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	15-10	3.63
Montero, R	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	13-10	1.87
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-7	3.38

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Merrifield	5	0	0	0	0	2	.236
LF	Benintendi	4	0	2	0	0	1	.319
DH	Melendez	3	0	0	0	1	2	.222
1B	Pasquantino	4	0	0	0	0	2	.133
3B	Rivera, E	4	0	2	0	0	1	.217
RF	Olivares	4	2	2	0	0	1	.286
CF	Isbel	2	0	0	1	1	2	.219
SS	Lopez, N	4	0	2	1	0	0	.233
C	Gallagher	3	0	0	0	0	1	.233
PH	O'Hearn	1	0	0	0	0	1	.193

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bubic	5.1	4	3	3	6	5	98-57	6.84
Mills, W	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	6-4	4.76
Coleman	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	21-10	3.41
Cuas	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	26-18	3.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Edward Olivares scores.	0-1
T4	Kyle Isbel out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Chas McCormick. Edward Olivares scores.	0-2
B5	Jose Altuve homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Martin Maldonado scores.	2-2
B5	Yordan Alvarez homers (26) on a line drive to left center field.	3-2
B8	Jose Altuve out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Mauricio Dubon scores.	4-2
B8	Aledmys Diaz doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Chas McCormick scores. Martin Maldonado to 3rd.	5-2

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Nicky Lopez knocks an RBI single	0:29	Video
Kyle Isbel hits sacrifice fly to score Olivares	0:36	Video
Jake Meyers makes a diving grab	0:22	Video
Jose Altuve ties the game at 2 with a 2-run homer	1:01	Video
Yordan Alvarez takes the lead in Houston with a	0:57	Video
Jose Altuve hits game-tying home run	Creator Cuts	0:49
Justin Verlander allows one earned run over six	2:21	Video
Aledmys Diaz extends the Astros lead	0:14	Video
Jose Altuve scores Mauricio Dubon on a sacrifice fly	0:37	Video
Benintendi limits the damage	0:13	Video
Whit Merrifield flies out to second baseman Jose Altuve.	0:12	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Verlander (11-3, 2.00)	Bubic (1-6, 6.84)	Pressly (18, 3.38)

Game ended at 4:16 PM.