HOU 8, KC 7 | Jun 13, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, June 13, 2026•Kauffman Stadium•84°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

Royals

Final

WIN

Bryan King

LOSS

Alex Lange

SAVE

Bryan Abreu

The Astros edged the Royals 8-7 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Christian Walker3 RBI

★Yordan Alvarez3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Carter Jensen3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Jose Altuve homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. Isaac Paredes scores.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 2:51Att: 17,881Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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97.5%A+

4 missed calls

+6.5% HOU

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinHOU Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	8	11	0
KC	0	1	2	1	0	3	0

Game 824100 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jeremy PeñaSS	5	0	1	0	0	0	.279/.352/.403	108.1	.328	.324
Yordan AlvarezDH	5	1	3	0	0	0	.327/.435/.658	92.6	.406	.377
Christian Walker1B	5	1	1	3	0	1	.247/.315/.506	108.9	.319	.448
Isaac Paredes3B	4	1	0	0	0	1	.229/.331/.394	99	.406	.406
Jose Altuve2B	4	1	2	2	0	1	.238/.319/.386	102.2	.312	.424
Cam SmithRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.216/.302/.356	96.3	.302	.289
Jake MeyersCF	4	2	2	1	0	0	.221/.281/.346	103.2	.340	.445
Brice MatthewsLF	4	1	2	2	0	0	.216/.264/.364	105.3	.533	.818
Collin PriceC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200/.273/.300	-	-	-
Bench
Christian VázquezC	3	0	0	0	0	0	.224/.284/.350	87.1	.112	.107
Mike BurrowsP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	38	8	11	8	1	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Walker (4th off Cameron, 1 on, 1 out); Matthews (5th off Cameron, 1 on, 0 out); Meyers (6th off Schreiber, 0 on, 2 out); Altuve (8th off Strahm, 1 on, 0 out)

TB:23

RBI:Meyers; Matthews 2; Altuve 2; Walker 3

GIDP:Altuve

Team LOB:5

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Carter JensenC	5	1	2	3	0	0	.220/.289/.393	106.2	.387

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mike Burrows	5.0	7	5	4	2	5	1	92-58	89.9	5.86
Enyel De Los SantosBS	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	16-9	88.4	4.50
Alimber Santa	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-11	87	0.77
Bryan KingW	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17-10	90.1	2.37
Bryan AbreuS	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	89.9	6.56
Totals	9.0	11	7	6	3	6	1	148-94	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Santos 1-1; Santa 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Burrows 92-58; Santos 16-9; Santa 15-11; King 17-10; Abreu 8-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Burrows 6-4; Santos 0-1; Santa 2-2; King 0-2; Abreu 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Noah Cameron	4.1	7	4	4	0	1	2	86-53	86	4.11

Bot 2 • KC

0-1

Michael Massey singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Jac Caglianone scores.

EV: 105.5 mph132 ftLA: 7°

Bot 3 • KC

0-2

Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd.

EV: 88.7 mph228 ftLA: 14°

0-3

Maikel Garcia challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Maikel Garcia called out on strikes.

Top 4 • HOU

2-3

Christian Walker homers (18) on a line drive to left field. Yordan Alvarez scores.

EV: 108.9 mph💣 394 ftLA: 20°

Bot 4 • KC

2-4

Lane Thomas homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 105.4 mph💣 432 ftLA: 31°

Top 5 • HOU

4-4

Brice Matthews homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Jake Meyers scores.

EV: 105.3 mph💣 434 ftLA: 32°

Top 6 • HOU

5-4

Jake Meyers homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 99.8 mph💣 419 ftLA: 29°

Bot 6 • KC

5-7

Carter Jensen doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Salvador Perez scores. Michael Massey scores. Lane Thomas scores.

EV: 100.8 mph306 ftLA: 14°

Top 8 • HOU

7-7

Jose Altuve homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. Isaac Paredes scores.

EV: 102.2 mph💣 407 ftLA: 36°

Top 9 • HOU

8-7

Christian Walker grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Nick Loftin. Joey Loperfido scores. Yordan Alvarez out at 2nd. Christian Walker to 1st.

EV: 99.0 mph8 ftLA: -16°

Bench
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	.224/.309/.350	109.5	.492	.460
Michael Massey2B	3	1	2	1	0	0	.270/.288/.467	105.5	.425	.395
Noah CameronP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
John SchreiberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt StrahmP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex LangeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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