Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros - Aug 31, 2024

75-62

HOU

74-62

FINAL

Minute Maid Park

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

WIN

Yusei Kikuchi

7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 12 K, 0 BB

LOSS

Cole Ragans

5.0 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 10 K, 2 BB

SAVE

Ryan Pressly

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Box Score

KC BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1M. Garcia2B	0-3	0	0	0	.240
↳ M. Massey2B	0-1	0	0	0	.268
2B. Witt Jr.SS	1-4	1	1	1	.341
3S. PerezC	1-4	0	0	0	.277
4P. DeJong3B	0-4	0	0	0	.235
5F. FerminDH	1-4	1	0	0	.293
6M. MelendezLF	2-4	0	0	0	.216
7N. Loftin1B	0-3	0	0	1	.189
↳ A. FrazierPH	0-1	0	0	0	.207
8G. HampsonRF	1-3	0	0	0	.235
9K. IsbelCF	1-3	0	0	0	.233

KC PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
C. Ragans(L, 10-9)	5.0	4	5	2	10	93-67	3.46
S. Cruz	2.0	0	0	0	1	37-25	0.00
C. Stratton	1.0	1	0	0	0	10-6	5.10

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

KC		HOU
7	HITS	5
1	HOME RUNS	0
11	TOTAL BASES	7
0	WALKS	2
13	STRIKEOUTS	11
10	RUNNERS LOB	5

Win Probability

HOU 100.0%

KCEVENHOU

10050100

TOP 9 · KC 2-5 HOU · HOU 100.0%Adam Frazier grounds out, second baseman Jose Altuve to first baseman Zach Dezenzo.

Scoring Summary

BOT 6Yainer Diaz 2-run single on a ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Ben Gamel scores. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.0-2
BOT 6Jeremy Peña 2-run triple on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Yordan Alvarez scores. Yainer Diaz scores.0-4
BOT 6Jake Meyers grounds out, third baseman Paul DeJong to first baseman Nick Loftin.0-5
TOP 7Nick Loftin 1-run force-out grounder, shortstop Jeremy Peña to second baseman Jose Altuve. Freddy Fermin scores. MJ Melendez out at 2nd. Nick Loftin to 1st.1-5
TOP 8Bobby Witt Jr. solo 398' no-doubter on a fly ball to left field.2-5

Season Series

HOU LEADS 4-3

AL Central Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE