Post Game Thread (Sep 23, 2023): Royals (53-102) @ Astros (85-70)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	0	0	1	2	.310
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	1	0	.264
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	1	1	0	0	0	.292
RF	Tucker	3	0	1	1	1	1	.282
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	0	0	0	2	.234
LF	McCormick	4	1	1	1	0	0	.281
C	Diaz, Y	4	0	1	0	0	1	.285
SS	Peña	4	0	2	0	0	0	.262
CF	Meyers	2	0	0	0	0	0	.227
PH	Singleton	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167
CF	Dubón	1	0	0	0	0	0	.281

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
France, J	5.0	7	3	2	1	5	91-58	3.83
Sousa	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	28-19	5.40
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	15-9	1.84
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-8	4.88

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
3B	Garcia, M	4	1	2	0	0	1	.275
SS	Witt Jr.	4	0	0	1	0	2	.276
LF	Melendez	3	0	0	1	0	2	.233
LF	Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
DH	Velázquez	4	0	0	0	0	1	.231
2B	Massey	4	0	2	0	0	0	.227
RF	Waters	4	0	1	0	0	2	.237
C	Cropley	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167
1B	Pratto	3	1	1	0	0	2	.229
CF	Isbel	2	1	1	0	1	0	.234

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Lyles	5.0	2	0	0	2	3	82-42	6.24
Hernández, C	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	20-11	5.05
Snider	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	22-15	4.26
Davidson	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	14-9	6.20
Clarke	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	28-16	5.49

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	MJ Melendez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Maikel Garcia scores.	0-1
T5	Bobby Witt Jr. grounds into a force out, third baseman Alex Bregman to second baseman Jose Altuve. Nick Pratto scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd. Maikel Garcia out at 2nd. Bobby Witt Jr. to 1st.	0-2
T5	MJ Melendez strikes out swinging.	0-3
B7	Chas McCormick homers (22) on a fly ball to left field.	1-3
B8	Kyle Tucker doubles (34) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Yordan Alvarez scores.	2-3

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 23 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 23 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 23 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 23 vs Royals	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 23 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 23 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Royals at Astros – September 23, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down J.P. France's pitches	0:04	Video
J.P. France's outing against the Royals	0:23	Video
Jordan Lyles' outing against the Astros	0:26	Video
Breaking down Jordan Lyles' pitches	0:04	Video
The distance behind Chas McCormick's home run	0:10	Video
MJ Melendez skies a sac fly to center in the 1st	0:21	Video
Bobby Witt Jr. adds to the Royals' lead in the 5th	0:25	Video
Kyle Isbel scores on a J.P. France wild pitch in 5th	0:11	Video
J.P. France fields a comebacker for an out in the 3rd	0:10	Video
J.P. France fans five in five innings vs. Royals	0:46	Video
Jordan Lyles K's three Astros in five shutout innings	0:42	Video
Chas McCormick drives a solo HR to left in the 7th	0:27	Video
Kyle Tucker laces an RBI double to right in the 8th	0:21	Video
Collin Snider K's Jose Altuve swinging in the 7th	0:08	Video
Bryan Abreu K's Maikel Garcia looking in the 8th	0:09	Video
Maikel Garcia steals 2nd and advances to 3rd in 1st	0:17	Video
Jose Altuve grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Nick Pratto.	0:12	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Lyles (5-17, 6.24 ERA)	France, J (11-6, 3.83 ERA)	Clarke (3 SV, 5.49 ERA)

Game ended at 8:58 PM.