KC 2, HOU 7 | Sep 1, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, September 1, 2024•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

Royals

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Ronel Blanco

LOSS

Alec Marsh

The Astros cruised past the Royals 7-2 in a dominant performance.

★Yordan Alvarez2 HR, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Yainer Diaz doubles (22) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Mauricio Dubón scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:31Att: 40,229Venue: Minute Maid Park

Ump Audit

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86.6%D

20 missed calls

+12.3% KC

+0.53 runs HOU

Win Probability

HOU WinKC Win

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

Game 746347 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tommy PhamRF	5	0	2	0	0	0	.256/.322/.378	109.1	.376	.389
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	1	1	1	1	0	.340/.392/.615	108.1	.250	.486
Michael Massey2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.264/.289/.457	92.3	.006	.006
Salvador Perez1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.275/.336/.477	94	.325	.301
MJ MelendezLF	2	1	1	0	2	0	.217/.279/.429	106	.505	.752
Freddy FerminC	3	0	1	0	1	0	.293/.342/.403	100.5	.452	.432
Adam FrazierDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.206/.281/.286	86.6	.173	.180
Maikel Garcia3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.238/.285/.342	100.7	.212	.219
Kyle IsbelCF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.233/.283/.374	96.6	.139	.194
Bench
Yuli GurrielDH	3	0	1	1	0	1	.333/.333/.333	97.3	.295	.280
Alec MarshP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	33	2	7	2	5	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (7th off Neris, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Melendez

TB:11

RBI:Gurriel; Jr.

SB:Blanco

CS:Melendez

Team LOB:9

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose AltuveDH	4	1	1	0	0	0	.296/.350/.439	98.9	.363

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Alec MarshL	5.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	73-47	89.6	4.70
Sam Long	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	15-11	86.3	2.51
Carlos Hernández	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14-11	91.2	3.66
John Schreiber	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	16-11	88.6	4.46
Chris Stratton	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	15-8	84	5.04
Totals	8.0	9	7	7	2	9	3	133-88	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Stratton 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Marsh 73-47; Long 15-11; Hernández 14-11; Schreiber 16-11; Stratton 15-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Marsh 6-3; Long 1-1; Hernández 0-0; Schreiber 0-1; Stratton 1-1

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ronel BlancoW	5.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	101-60	89.9	3.03

Bot 4 • HOU

0-1

Yordan Alvarez homers (29) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 101.8 mph💣 369 ftLA: 38°

0-3

Jon Singleton homers (12) on a line drive to right field. Ben Gamel scores.

EV: 106.2 mph💣 396 ftLA: 26°

Top 6 • KC

1-3

Yuli Gurriel singles on a line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. MJ Melendez scores. Freddy Fermin to 3rd.

EV: 97.3 mph195 ftLA: 7°

Bot 6 • HOU

1-4

Yordan Alvarez homers (30) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 105.6 mph💣 404 ftLA: 27°

Top 7 • KC

2-4

Bobby Witt Jr. homers (30) on a line drive to left field.

EV: 108.1 mph💣 385 ftLA: 24°

Bot 8 • HOU

2-5

Yainer Diaz doubles (22) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Mauricio Dubón scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd.

EV: 100.9 mph329 ftLA: 19°

2-7

Jeremy Peña singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jose Altuve scores. Yainer Diaz scores.

EV: 94.7 mph15 ftLA: -7°

Bench
Yordan AlvarezLF	4	2	2	2	0	0	.314/.400/.571	105.6	.461	.862
Ronel BlancoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tayler ScottP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor NerisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kaleb OrtP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-