Post Game Thread (Jun 5, 2022): Astros (35-19) @ Royals (17-35)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	7	12	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	7	0

Box Score

	KC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Merrifield	4	0	1	0	1	0	.224
LF	Benintendi	4	0	0	0	0	1	.321
P	Snider	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Abreu, A	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH	O'Hearn	1	0	1	1	0	0	.208
SS	Witt Jr.	3	2	0	0	2	1	.224
DH	Perez, S	3	1	2	3	1	1	.199
2B	Lopez, N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228
C	Melendez	3	0	1	0	1	2	.274
LF	Dozier, H	4	0	0	0	0	2	.261
1B	Santana, C	3	0	0	0	1	1	.157
3B	Rivera, E	4	0	0	0	0	1	.217
CF	Taylor, M	3	1	2	0	1	0	.241

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Heasley	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	102-62	4.62
Cuas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-9	0.00
Vizcaíno	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	12-3	3.00
Coleman	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	17-12	3.80
Snider	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	15-9	7.20
Abreu, A	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	12-5	3.00

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	1	2	0	0	1	.270
CF	Dubón	3	1	0	1	1	0	.214
CF	Siri	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210
3B	Bregman	5	0	1	0	0	0	.221
DH	Alvarez	4	3	3	1	0	0	.295
RF	Tucker	3	2	2	2	2	0	.247
1B	Gurriel	4	0	1	1	1	1	.225
SS	Peña	4	0	2	1	0	1	.278
LF	McCormick	4	0	1	0	1	3	.231
C	Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	3	.136

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	82-48	2.61
Stanek	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	13-9	1.00
Neris	1.0	1	1	1	1	3	27-17	2.31
Pressly	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	11-5	3.29
Maton, P	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	19-7	3.18
Montero, R	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.08

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Mauricio Dubon out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Jose Altuve scores.	0-1
T4	Kyle Tucker homers (9) on a fly ball to center field.	0-3
B6	Salvador Perez homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	2-3
T8	Yordan Alvarez homers (16) on a fly ball to right field.	2-4
B8	Salvador Perez doubles (10) on a fly ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	3-4
T9	Kyle Tucker singles on a line drive to right fielder Whit Merrifield. Mauricio Dubon scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd.	3-5
T9	Yuli Gurriel singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Yordan Alvarez scores. Kyle Tucker to 2nd.	3-6
T9	Jeremy Pena singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Hunter Dozier. Kyle Tucker scores. Yuli Gurriel to 3rd.	3-7
B9	Ryan O'Hearn singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jose Siri. Michael A. Taylor scores. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.	4-7

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Chas McCormick's crashes into the wall for a catch	0:28	Video
Mauricio Dubón hits sac fly, first RBI with Astros	0:21	Video
Kyle Tucker cracks a solo home run in the 4th inning	0:31	Video
Yordan Alvarez scores on a wild pitch in the 4th	0:21	Video
Salvador Perez lifts a two-run homer in the 6th	0:41	Video
Jonathan Heasley fans five over six frames vs. Astros	0:42	Video
Yordan Alvarez cranks a moonshot in the 8th inning	0:39	Video
Salvador Perez hits an RBI double in the 8th inning	0:38	Video
HOU @ KC	0:07	Video
Framber Valdez Ks five over six frames vs. Royals	0:40	Video
Kyle Tucker lines an RBI single to right field	0:21	Video
Yuli Gurriel hits an RBI single to center in the 9th	0:23	Video
Jeremy Peña slaps an RBI knock in the 9th inning	0:30	Video
Yordan Alvarez clobbers 456-foot homer vs. Royals	0:37	Video
Ryan O'Hearn's RBI single	0:17	Video
Rafael Montero In play, out(s) to Nicky Lopez	0:17	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (6-2, 2.61)	Heasley (0-3, 4.62)	Montero, R (4, 2.08)

Game ended at 4:43 PM.