Post Game Thread (Sep 16, 2023): Astros (83-66) @ Royals (48-101)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	8	12	2	8
KC	3	0	1	0	1	1	3	1		10	9	1	7

Box Score

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
3B	Garcia, M	3	2	0	0	2	0	.273
SS	Witt Jr.	3	2	2	1	1	0	.280
C	Perez, S	2	1	1	2	0	0	.252
C	Porter	3	1	1	1	0	0	.429
LF	Melendez	4	0	1	1	1	0	.233
DH	Velázquez	2	1	0	2	2	1	.242
2B	Massey	4	1	2	0	0	0	.227
CF	Isbel	4	1	1	1	0	0	.233
RF	Blanco	4	0	0	0	0	0	.230
1B	Pratto	3	1	1	1	0	0	.235

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ragans	6.0	6	5	5	2	7	100-65	3.33
Snider	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	17-8	4.50
McArthur	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	13-10	6.89
Hernández, C	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	24-13	5.02
Clarke	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	5.56

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	2	2	3	0	1	.306
3B	Bregman	4	2	3	1	1	0	.270
DH	Alvarez, Y	5	0	2	2	0	1	.299
RF	Tucker	5	0	1	0	0	0	.283
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	0	1	1	2	.235
LF	McCormick	4	0	0	0	1	2	.279
C	Diaz, Y	5	1	1	1	0	1	.284
SS	Peña	3	1	1	0	1	1	.264
CF	Dubón	4	2	2	0	0	1	.280

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
France, J	4.1	5	5	5	4	0	90-53	3.84
Montero	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	4.83
Maton, P	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	12-7	3.21
Neris	1.0	2	3	1	1	0	29-17	1.93
Kuhnel	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	21-15	5.54

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Salvador Perez doubles (20) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	2-0
B1	Nelson Velazquez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kyle Tucker in foul territory. Salvador Perez scores.	3-0
B3	MJ Melendez singles on a line drive to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	4-0
T5	Yainer Diaz homers (22) on a fly ball to center field.	4-1
T5	Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to right fielder Dairon Blanco. Mauricio Dubon scores.	4-2
T5	Yordan Alvarez singles on a ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Alex Bregman scores.	4-3
B5	Nelson Velazquez walks. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. MJ Melendez to 2nd.	5-3
B6	Bobby Witt Jr. out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Nick Pratto scores.	6-3
T7	Jose Altuve homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Jeremy Pena scores. Mauricio Dubon scores.	6-6
B7	Kyle Isbel singles on a soft bunt ground ball to first baseman Jose Abreu, deflected by pitcher Hector Neris. Nelson Velazquez scores. Michael Massey to 2nd.	7-6
B7	Dairon Blanco reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Alex Bregman. Michael Massey scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd. Throwing error by third baseman Alex Bregman.	8-6
B7	Nick Pratto out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Kyle Isbel scores.	9-6
B8	Logan Porter homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.	10-6
T9	Yordan Alvarez doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd.	10-7
T9	Jose Abreu grounds out to first baseman Nick Pratto. Alex Bregman scores.	10-8

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 16 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 16 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 16 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 16 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 16 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 16 vs Royals	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Royals – September 16, 2023	0:09	Video
Yainer Diaz: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:15	Video
Yainer Diaz's home run through bat tracking data	0:09	Video
Breaking down J.P. France's pitches	0:04	Video
Breaking down Cole Ragans's pitches	0:04	Video
The distance behind Jose Altuve's home run	0:16	Video
Cole Ragans's outing against the Astros	0:25	Video
Breaking down Logan Porter's home run	0:14	Video
Visualizing Logan Porter's swing using bat tracking technology	0:09	Video
Perez hits a two-run double to open the scoring	0:28	Video
Nelson Velázquez hits a sacrifice fly in the 1st	0:15	Video
MJ Melendez hits an RBI single in the 3rd inning	0:15	Video
Yainer Diaz hits a solo homer to center field	0:30	Video
Alex Bregman hits an RBI single in the 5th inning	0:13	Video
Bob Kendrick discusses the Negro Leagues Museum	2:18	Video
Yordan Alvarez knocks an RBI single to left field	0:32	Video
Nelson Velázquez draws a bases-loaded walk in the 5th	0:07	Video
Perez exits early after getting hit by a foul ball	1:54	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. hits a sacrifice fly to right field	0:19	Video
Cole Ragans strikes out the side in the 6th inning	0:22	Video
Altuve hits a three-run homer to tie the game at 6	0:31	Video
Kyle Isbel hits an RBI single in the 7th inning	0:28	Video
Michael Massey scores on an error in the 7th	0:30	Video
Nick Pratto' hits a sacrifice fly in the 9th inning	0:22	Video
Logan Porter hits his first Major League home run	0:23	Video
Yordan Alvarez hits an RBI double in the 9th inning	0:22	Video
José Abreu hits an RBI groundout in the 9th inning	0:15	Video
Yainer Diaz grounds out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to first baseman Nick Pratto.	0:16	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
McArthur (1-0, 6.89 ERA)	Neris (6-3, 1.93 ERA)	Clarke (2 SV, 5.56 ERA)

Game ended at 9:52 PM.