Post Game Thread (Sep 22, 2023): Royals (52-102) @ Astros (85-69)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	2	0	1	0	.314
SS	Peña	4	1	0	0	1	1	.260
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	1	1	1	1	.293
3B	Bregman	3	1	0	0	2	0	.265
RF	Tucker	5	0	1	0	0	1	.282
1B	Abreu, J	4	2	2	1	0	1	.235
LF	McCormick	3	1	1	3	1	1	.281
CF	Dubón	4	0	1	0	0	1	.281
C	Maldonado, M	3	0	0	0	0	2	.189
C	Diaz, Y	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	5.1	4	7	6	3	10	92-58	3.39
Maton, P	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	8-4	3.14
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-7	3.99
Montero	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	26-15	4.96
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-10	1.84

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
3B	Garcia, M	4	1	0	0	1	2	.273
SS	Witt Jr.	5	1	1	1	0	2	.278
RF	Velázquez	4	1	0	0	1	2	.237
RF	Waters	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
LF	Melendez	5	1	1	1	0	2	.234
LF	Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
DH	Olivares	2	1	1	1	1	0	.266
2B	Loftin	1	1	0	1	0	1	.364
2B	Massey	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225
C	Porter	2	1	0	0	1	2	.222
1B	Pratto	4	0	1	1	0	2	.228
CF	Isbel	4	0	1	2	0	1	.232

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ragans	6.0	3	2	2	4	5	93-62	3.31
Snider	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	21-13	4.00
Kowar	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	18-10	5.88
McArthur	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	19-16	5.59

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Bobby Witt Jr. triples (9) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Maikel Garcia scores.	0-1
T1	MJ Melendez singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Nelson Velazquez to 2nd.	0-2
T1	Edward Olivares doubles (22) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Nelson Velazquez scores. MJ Melendez to 3rd.	0-3
T1	Nick Loftin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. MJ Melendez scores. Edward Olivares to 3rd.	0-4
B1	Yordan Alvarez doubles (22) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Jeremy Pena scores.	1-4
B2	Jose Abreu homers (17) on a fly ball to right field.	2-4
T6	Nick Pratto grounds out softly to first baseman Jose Abreu. Edward Olivares scores. Nick Loftin to 3rd. Logan Porter to 2nd.	2-5
T6	Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Nick Loftin scores. Logan Porter scores.	2-7
B8	Chas McCormick homers (21) on a fly ball to right center field. Alex Bregman scores. Jose Abreu scores.	5-7

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 22 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 22 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 22 vs Royals	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 22 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 22 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 22 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Royals at Astros – September 22, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04	Video
Framber Valdez's outing against the Royals	0:23	Video
Breaking down Cole Ragans' pitches	0:04	Video
Cole Ragans' outing against the Astros	0:25	Video
The distance behind Chas McCormick's home run	0:16	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. belts an RBI triple to left-center	0:28	Video
MJ Melendez scores Bobby Witt Jr. with an RBI single	0:20	Video
Edward Olivares rips an RBI double down the line	0:19	Video
Nick Loftin hits a sacrifice fly to center field	0:23	Video
Yordan Alvarez laces an RBI double off the wall	0:29	Video
Kyle Isbel lays out in center field to make the catch	0:17	Video
José Abreu rips a solo homer in the 2nd inning	0:29	Video
Nick Pratto extends the Royals lead in the 6th inning	0:19	Video
Kyle Isbel brings in two on a grounder up the middle	0:26	Video
Framber Valdez strikes out 10 over 5 1/3 innings	1:16	Video
Framber Valdez gets his 10th strikeout of the game	0:14	Video
Cole Ragans rings up five batters at Houston	1:01	Video
Chas McCormick drives a three-run homer in the 8th	0:23	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Ragans (7-4, 3.31 ERA)	Valdez, F (12-11, 3.39 ERA)	McArthur (2 SV, 5.59 ERA)

Game ended at 9:52 PM.