Post Game Thread (Sep 24, 2023): Royals (54-102) @ Astros (85-71)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	1	2	1	0	0	.311
3B	Bregman	5	0	0	0	0	1	.261
LF	Alvarez, Y	4	2	2	1	0	1	.295
RF	Tucker	2	1	0	0	1	0	.281
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	1	1	1	1	.234
DH	McCormick	4	0	1	1	0	1	.281
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	1	1	0	1	.285
CF	Dubón	4	0	1	0	0	0	.280
SS	Peña	3	0	0	0	0	2	.261

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Brown, H	3.0	6	6	6	1	4	65-42	5.12
Urquidy	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	44-29	5.84
Graveman	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	15-7	3.18
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	7-6	1.81
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	23-12	3.71

KC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Olivares	5	0	0	0	0	0	.262
LF	Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
SS	Witt Jr.	3	1	0	0	1	2	.275
DH	Perez, S	4	1	1	2	0	3	.252
RF	Velázquez	3	2	2	2	1	0	.240
CF	Isbel	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
1B	Loftin	4	1	1	0	0	0	.354
1B	Pratto	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
2B	Massey	4	0	0	0	0	2	.225
3B	Duffy	4	1	1	2	0	1	.249
RF	Waters	3	0	0	0	1	1	.234
C	Porter	2	0	1	0	2	0	.250

KC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Cruz	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	24-13	4.66
Marsh	5.1	3	4	3	2	6	77-51	5.66
Davidson	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	6.12
Hernández, C	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	10-8	4.98
McArthur	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-8	5.31

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Jose Abreu doubles (21) on a line drive to right fielder Nelson Velazquez. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd.	1-0
T2	Nelson Velazquez homers (16) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-1
T2	Matt Duffy homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Loftin scores.	1-3
B2	Jose Altuve grounds out, third baseman Matt Duffy to first baseman Nick Loftin. Yainer Diaz scores.	2-3
T3	Salvador Perez homers (22) on a line drive to left field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	2-5
T3	Nelson Velazquez homers (17) on a fly ball to right field.	2-6
B3	Chas McCormick grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Michael Massey. Yordan Alvarez scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd. Jose Abreu out at 2nd. Chas McCormick to 1st.	3-6
B3	Yainer Diaz grounds out, second baseman Michael Massey to first baseman Nick Loftin. Kyle Tucker scores. Chas McCormick to 2nd.	4-6
B5	Yordan Alvarez homers (29) on a fly ball to left center field.	5-6

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 24 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 24 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 24 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 24 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 24 vs Royals	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 24 vs Royals	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Royals at Astros – September 24, 2023	0:09	Video
Visualizing Nelson Velázquez's swing using bat tracking technology	0:09	Video
Measuring the stats on Nelson Velázquez's home run	0:15	Video
Nelson Velázquez: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:16	Video
Breaking down Hunter Brown's pitches	0:04	Video
Measuring the stats on Matt Duffy's home run	0:14	Video
Breaking down Salvador Perez's home run	0:11	Video
Yordan Alvarez: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:15	Video
Breaking down Alec Marsh's pitches	0:04	Video
Alec Marsh's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
José Abreu laces an RBI double in the 1st inning	0:21	Video
Chas McCormick flies out to right fielder Nelson Velazquez.	0:11	Video
Nelson Velázquez belts a solo home run in the 2nd	0:26	Video
Matt Duffy mashes a two-run homer in the 2nd inning	0:26	Video
Jose Altuve drives in Diaz with an RBI ground out	0:19	Video
Salvador Perez cranks a two-run home run in the 3rd	0:28	Video
Nelson Velázquez mashes his second homer of the game	0:29	Video
Chas McCormick scores Yordan Alvarez with a groundout	0:27	Video
Yainer Diaz drives in Kyle Tucker with a ground out	0:26	Video
Mauricio Dubón makes a stellar diving catch in center	0:16	Video
Salvador Pérez crushes a homer ' Creator Cuts	0:49	Video
Yordan Alvarez launches a solo home run in the 5th	0:26	Video
Hunter Brown punches out Michael Massey for his 4th K	0:11	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Marsh (3-8, 5.66 ERA)	Brown, H (11-13, 5.12 ERA)	McArthur (3 SV, 5.31 ERA)

Game ended at 3:50 PM.