Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 3, Houston 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 23, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Ryan Additon, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Ryan Wills
Attendance: 41692
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 000000110261
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Maikel Garcia 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .275
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 0 1 0 2 4 .276
MJ Melendez LF 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 .233
     Dairon Blanco LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Nelson Velazquez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228
Michael Massey 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .227
Drew Waters RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .237
Tyler Cropley C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167
Nick Pratto 1B 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 .229
Kyle Isbel CF 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .234
Totals 31 3 7 2 1 11 10  
Batting
2B - Michael Massey (18)
TB - Maikel Garcia 2, Michael Massey 3, Drew Waters, Nick Pratto, Kyle Isbel
RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (93), MJ Melendez (55)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - MJ Melendez (42), Tyler Cropley (1), Nick Pratto (37)
SF - MJ Melendez (4)
Team LOB - 3
Baserunning
CS - Bobby Witt Jr. (12, 2nd by France/Diaz), Drew Waters (5, 2nd by France/Diaz)
SB - Maikel Garcia (23, 2nd off France/Diaz)
PO - Bobby Witt Jr. (1st by France)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jordan Lyles (W 5-17) 5.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 6.24
Carlos Hernandez (H 15) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.05
Collin Snider (H 3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4.26
Tucker Davidson (H 1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.20
Taylor Clarke (SV 3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.49
HBP - Jose Abreu (by Clarke)
Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 82-42, Carlos Hernandez 20-11, Collin Snider 22-15, Tucker Davidson 14-9, Taylor Clarke 28-16
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 4-5, Carlos Hernandez 0-1, Collin Snider 1-0, Tucker Davidson 0-0, Taylor Clarke 1-2
Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 19, Carlos Hernandez 4, Collin Snider 5, Tucker Davidson 3, Taylor Clarke 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Clarke 1-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .310
Alex Bregman 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .264
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .292
Kyle Tucker RF 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .282
Jose Abreu 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .234
Chas McCormick LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .281
Yainer Diaz C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .285
Jeremy Pena SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .262
Jake Meyers CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227
     Jonathan Singleton PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .197
     Mauricio Dubon CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Totals 33 2 6 2 3 7 14  
Batting
2B - Yordan Alvarez (23), Kyle Tucker (34)
HR - Chas McCormick (22)
TB - Yordan Alvarez 2, Kyle Tucker 2, Chas McCormick 4, Yainer Diaz, Jeremy Pena 2
RBI - Kyle Tucker (109), Chas McCormick (69)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (24), Jose Abreu (57), Yainer Diaz (38)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Kyle Tucker (29, 2nd off Hernandez/Cropley), Jeremy Pena 2 (13, 2nd off Lyles/Cropley, 2nd off Snider/Cropley)
Fielding
E - Yainer Diaz (6)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
J.P. France (L 11-6) 5.0 7 3 2 1 5 0 3.83
Bennett Sousa 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Bryan Abreu 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.84
Rafael Montero 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.88
WP - J.P. France
Pitches-Strikes - J.P. France 91-58, Bennett Sousa 28-19, Bryan Abreu 15-9, Rafael Montero 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.P. France 2-4, Bennett Sousa 2-2, Bryan Abreu 0-0, Rafael Montero 0-1
Batters Faced - J.P. France 21, Bennett Sousa 6, Bryan Abreu 3, Rafael Montero 3