Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros Box Score on Aug 23, 2021

Aug 23, 2021 - Regular Season

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907

HOU

908

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	7	13	1
HOU	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1

Daniel Lynch (W)

Zack Greinke (L)

	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS (Margin)
KC	+226	9o	1.5 (7.5)
HOU	-252	9u (1)	-1.5

Batting Stats

Kansas City
Houston

	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
W. Merrifield	2B	5	0	3	3	0	0	1	.281
N. Lopez	SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	.281
S. Perez	C	3	1	2	1	2	0	1	.275
A. Benintendi	LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	.263
C. Santana	1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	.228
J. Dyson	PR -RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
H. Dozier	RF -1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.207
R. O'Hearn	DH	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.230
H. Alberto	PH -DH	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	.268
M. Taylor	CF	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	.241
E. Rivera	3B	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	.295
Totals		39	7	13	6	4	4	21
Batting
2B - Whit Merrifield (27), Ryan O'Hearn (4), Emmanuel Rivera (2)
3B - Whit Merrifield (3)
HR - Salvador Perez (33)
TB - Whit Merrifield 6, Nicky Lopez 1, Salvador Perez 5, Andrew Benintendi 1, Carlos Santana 1, Ryan O'Hearn 2, Hanser Alberto 1, Emmanuel Rivera 4
RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (61), Salvador Perez (81), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (5)
2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (20), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (38), Nicky Lopez (30), Andrew Benintendi 2 (26), Carlos Santana (37), Hanser Alberto (27)
Team LOB - 21
Fielding
DP - 2
Outfield Assists - Michael A. Taylor (Correa at 2nd)

	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J. Altuve	2B	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	.280
M. Brantley	RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	.315
Y. Gurriel	1B	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	.317
Y. Alvarez	DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	8	.285
C. Correa	SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.275
A. Diaz	3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.302
J. Meyers	CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.313
T. Jones	LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.240
M. Maldonado	C	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.177
Totals		33	1	7	1	5	9	22
Batting
2B - Jose Altuve (20), Yuli Gurriel (26)
TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yuli Gurriel 4, Carlos Correa 1, Aledmys Diaz 1, Taylor Jones 1
RBI - Yuli Gurriel (69)
2-Out RBI - Yuli Gurriel (23)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez 5 (45)
GIDP - Taylor Jones (5)
Team LOB - 22
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Taylor Jones (Santana at Home)

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
D. Lynch (W 4-3)	5 .0	6	1	1	3	5	0	4.74
D. Tapia (H 2)	1 .1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.57
R. Lovelady (H 2)	0 .2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.86
K. Zimmer	1 .0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.71
E. Santana	1 .0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.76
Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Lynch 88-53, Domingo Tapia 20-9, Richard Lovelady 12-7, Kyle Zimmer 17-7, Ervin Santana 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Lynch 6-2, Domingo Tapia 1-1, Richard Lovelady 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 3-0, Ervin Santana 1-0
Batters Faced - Daniel Lynch 24, Domingo Tapia 4, Richard Lovelady 3, Kyle Zimmer 4, Ervin Santana 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 2-0, Richard Lovelady 1-0

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Z. Greinke (L 11-4)	6 .0	6	2	2	1	2	1	3.41
Y. Garcia	0 .2	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.70
B. Taylor	0 .2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.69
P. Maton	0 .2	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.23
B. Raley	1 .0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5.50
WP - Blake Taylor
Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 92-62, Yimi Garcia 19-12, Blake Taylor 12-6, Phil Maton 26-16, Brooks Raley 20-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 12-4, Yimi Garcia 1-0, Blake Taylor 0-0, Phil Maton 1-0, Brooks Raley 2-0
Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 25, Yimi Garcia 5, Blake Taylor 3, Phil Maton 5, Brooks Raley 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Blake Taylor 1-0, Phil Maton 1-0

Game Info

Date: Monday, August 23, 2021 8:10 PM ET
Location: Minute Maid Park
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, First - Jim Reynolds, Second - Nestor Ceja, Third - Tony Randazzo
Temperature: 73 °
Attendance: 18742

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