KC 7, HOU 5 | Sep 22, 2023 | The Best Box Score

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Saturday, September 23, 2023•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

Royals

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Cole Ragans

LOSS

Framber Valdez

SAVE

James McArthur

The Royals defeated the Astros 7-5.

★Chas McCormick3 RBI

⚾Framber Valdez10 K in 5.1 IP

Key Moment

Bot 8: Chas McCormick homers (21) on a fly ball to right center field. Alex Bregman scores. Jose Abreu scores.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 2:38Att: 41,033Venue: Minute Maid Park

Ump Audit

Ryan Wills

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91.5%C

12 missed calls

+12.0% KC

+0.35 runs KC

Win Probability

HOU WinKC Win

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

Game 716473 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	.273/.324/.364	98.7	.082	.080
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	5	1	1	1	0	2	.278/.319/.495	103.4	.382	.672
Drew WatersRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237/.309/.392	-	-	-
Dairon BlancoLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226/.299/.400	-	-	-
Edward OlivaresDH	2	1	1	1	1	0	.266/.323/.447	100.9	.225	.208
Michael Massey2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225/.271/.375	92.3	.021	.036
Logan PorterC	2	1	0	0	1	2	.222/.333/.444	80.8	-	-
Nick Pratto1B	4	0	1	1	0	2	.228/.308/.356	104.5	.495	.471
Kyle IsbelCF	4	0	1	2	0	1	.232/.272/.375	99.9	.176	.166
Bench
Nelson VelázquezRF	4	1	0	0	1	2	.237/.310/.604	101.9	.283	.557
MJ MelendezLF	5	1	1	1	0	2	.234/.314/.395
Totals	32	7	5	7	4	14	-	-	-	-

2B:Olivares

3B:Jr.

TB:8

RBI:Olivares; Loftin; Melendez; Pratto; Isbel 2; Jr.

SB:Olivares

SF:Loftin

GIDP:Jr.

Team LOB:6

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	2	0	1	0	.314/.399/.545	90.7	.129

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cole RagansW	6.0	3	2	2	4	5	1	93-62	91.6	3.31
Collin Snider	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	21-13	89.1	4.00
Jackson Kowar	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	18-10	90.6	5.88
James McArthurS	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-16	86.9	5.59
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	6	8	2	151-101	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:McArthur 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Ragans 93-62; Snider 21-13; Kowar 18-10; McArthur 19-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Ragans 5-8; Snider 1-1; Kowar 0-1; McArthur 1-2

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Framber ValdezL	5.1	4	7	6	3	10	0	92-58	88.7	3.39

Top 1 • KC

4-0

Nick Loftin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. MJ Melendez scores. Edward Olivares to 3rd.

EV: 100.7 mph398 ftLA: 31°

3-0

Edward Olivares doubles (22) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Nelson Velazquez scores. MJ Melendez to 3rd.

EV: 100.9 mph54 ft0

2-0

MJ Melendez singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Nelson Velazquez to 2nd.

EV: 77.3 mph190 ftLA: 17°

1-0

Bobby Witt Jr. triples (9) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 103.4 mph379 ftLA: 20°

Bot 1 • HOU

4-1

Yordan Alvarez doubles (22) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Jeremy Pena scores.

EV: 105.5 mph399 ftLA: 28°

Bot 2 • HOU

4-2

Jose Abreu homers (17) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 100.9 mph💣 379 ftLA: 29°

Top 6 • KC

7-2

Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Nick Loftin scores. Logan Porter scores.

EV: 99.9 mph16 ftLA: -6°

5-2

Nick Pratto grounds out softly to first baseman Jose Abreu. Edward Olivares scores. Nick Loftin to 3rd. Logan Porter to 2nd.

EV: 36.6 mph9 ftLA: -22°

Bot 8 • HOU

7-5

Chas McCormick homers (21) on a fly ball to right center field. Alex Bregman scores. Jose Abreu scores.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 377 ftLA: 25°

Bench
Martín MaldonadoC	3	0	0	0	0	2	.189/.258/.343	94	.008	.010
Framber ValdezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Phil MatonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryne StanekP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Rafael MonteroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor NerisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-