Post Game Thread (Sep 15, 2023): Astros (83-65) @ Royals (47-101)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Melendez	3	1	2	0	1	1	.232
CF	Isbel	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233
SS	Witt Jr.	3	1	2	1	1	0	.278
C	Perez, S	3	0	0	1	0	2	.251
DH	Olivares	4	0	0	0	0	2	.260
2B	Massey	4	1	2	1	0	0	.224
LF	Velázquez	3	1	1	1	1	1	.246
LF	Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239
3B	Loftin	3	0	0	0	0	1	.313
3B	Garcia, M	1	0	1	0	0	0	.275
RF	Waters	3	0	0	0	1	1	.230
1B	Pratto	4	0	1	0	0	3	.234

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Greinke	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	48-28	5.39
Zerpa	4.0	2	1	1	1	5	70-43	5.63
Snider	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	11-7	4.11
Hernández, C	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	4.80
Clarke	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	18-12	5.60

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	1	.304
SS	Peña	4	1	2	0	0	0	.264
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	0	1	1	1	0	.298
3B	Bregman	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
RF	Tucker	3	0	0	0	1	2	.284
1B	Abreu, J	4	1	2	1	0	1	.237
LF	Brantley	4	0	0	0	0	1	.297
CF	McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	1	.282
C	Maldonado, M	2	0	1	0	1	1	.189
PH	Diaz, Y	1	0	0	0	0	1	.285

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	5.0	5	3	2	1	6	81-52	4.74
Graveman	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	27-15	3.32
Montero	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	18-11	4.88
Maton, P	0.2	2	1	1	1	2	22-14	3.26
Sousa	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	3-3	12.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Michael Brantley. MJ Melendez scores.	1-0
B4	Nelson Velazquez homers (13) on a fly ball to center field.	2-0
B5	Bobby Witt Jr. homers (29) on a line drive to left center field.	3-0
T6	Yordan Alvarez doubles (20) on a sharp line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Jeremy Pena scores.	3-1
B8	Michael Massey homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field.	4-1
T9	Jose Abreu homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field.	4-2

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 15 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 15 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Royals – September 15, 2023	0:09	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 15 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 15 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 15 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 15 vs Royals	0:11	Video
Breaking down Nelson Velázquez's home run	0:16	Video
A deep dive into Nelson Velázquez's home run	0:09	Video
Breaking down Bobby Witt Jr.'s home run	0:09	Video
Analyzing Bobby Witt Jr.'s home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches	0:04	Video
Cristian Javier's outing against the Royals	0:20	Video
Breaking down Angel Zerpa's pitches	0:04	Video
Measuring the stats on Michael Massey's home run	0:14	Video
A deep dive into Michael Massey's home run	0:09	Video
Salvador Perez nominated for Roberto Clemente Award	0:27	Video
Jose Altuve grounds out to Nick Loftin to escape jam	0:15	Video
Salvador Perez hits a sacrifice fly to left field	0:21	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. turns sweet inning-ending double play	0:13	Video
Nelson Velázquez homers to center field in the 4th	0:29	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. hits a solo homer to left-center field	0:29	Video
Yordan Alvarez doubles to left field, Peña scores	0:23	Video
Cristian Javier fans six batters in five frames	1:07	Video
Salvador Perez makes a running catch at home plate	0:26	Video
Maikel Garcia spins at third to make the play	0:29	Video
Michael Massey homers to right-center in the 8th	0:29	Video
Angel Zerpa strikes out José Abreu in the 6th inning	0:09	Video
Nick Pratto strikes out swinging.	0:10	Video
José Abreu homers to left-center field in the 9th	0:30	Video
Yainer Diaz strikes out swinging.	0:06	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Zerpa (2-3, 5.63 ERA)	Javier (9-4, 4.74 ERA)	Clarke (1 SV, 5.60 ERA)

Game ended at 10:08 PM.