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Astros take advantage of two errors in 4-run eighth to beat Royals 6-3

HOUSTON (AP) Zach Dezenzo drew a go-ahead bases-loaded walk and the Houston Astros took advantage of two Kansas City errors in a four-run eighth inning to beat the Royals 6-3 on Thursday night.

With two runners on and Astros trailing 3-2, Yainer Diaz hit a grounder to pitcher Lucas Erceg (2-5), who tried to barehand the comebacker, bobbled it and rushed a throw that got away from first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. José Altuve scored from second on the play to tie the score. Pasquantino’s glove hand appeared to collide with Diaz, and he exited the game with an apparent injury.

After reliever John Schreiber intentionally walked Ben Gamel to load the bases, Jeremy Peña grounded into a force out at home. Dezenzo then drew a walk to force in Diaz with the tiebreaking run. Mauricio Dubón followed with a single to left field to score Ben Gamel, and Peña also scored on a fielding error by left fielder MJ Melendez to make it 6-3.

“It’s been like that the whole year,” Dubón said. “We’ve been fighting. Dezenzo had an unreal at-bat and gave me a chance to make something happen.”

Ryan Pressly (1-3) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win after being activated from the 15-day injured list earlier in the day, and Josh Hader pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 29th save of the season.

“These guys like big moments like that,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “That’s a huge win for us, right there.”

The Royals had taken the lead in the seventh after two errors by the Astros. With one out, Salvador Perez reached first on a fielding error by Peña. Paul DeJong, nearly grounded into a double play, but the throw to first was late. Melendez walked, and Maikel Garcia reached base after third baseman Shay Whitcomb bobbled a groundball, loading the bases. Kyle Isbel then followed with a three-run double down the left-field line off Bryan Abreu for the 3-2 lead.

“We took advantage of an error,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “That’s what you have to do -- when a good team makes a mistake, you have to take advantage of it. We made a mistake, and they took advantage of it. Same thing on the other side.”

Astros starter Hunter Brown - pitching on his 26th birthday - allowed two hits and no earned runs while striking out four and walking one in 6 2/3 innings.

Brown last faced the Royals on April 11, when he gave up nine runs on 11 hits in just two-thirds of an inning. He turned his season around after that start, posting an 11-5 record and a 2.98 ERA in 23 appearances since.

“I could not wait to pitch against these guys,” Brown said. “I got bounced in the first inning, and that was definitely still on my mind even though it was however many months ago. So, once I got through the first inning, that was awesome. I was very thankful. That was a birthday gift, in itself.”

Veteran outfielder Jason Heyward made a splash in his Astros debut. After being released by the Dodgers and signing with Houston earlier this week, Heyward had a two-run double down the right-field line off Royals starter Brady Singer in the bottom of the fifth inning to give Houston a 2-0 lead.

Singer allowed five hits and two runs while striking out six and walking one in six innings.

Astros third baseman Alex Bregman was ejected in the fourth inning after appearing to complain about a strike-three call from home plate umpire Alex Tosi.

“When Alex argues balls and strikes, 99% of the time, he’s right,” Espada said.

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who leads the American League in hits, batting average and runs, went 0 for 4 after hitting safely in 16 of his previous 17 games.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RF Hunter Renfroe (right hamstring strain) is “feeling better” and started running and doing a full workout on Wednesday, manager Matt Quatraro said.

Astros: RF Kyle Tucker (shin contusion) has “looked really good” in drills and sprinting exercises, and “we’re getting there,” Espada said before the game.

UP NEXT

Royals RHP Seth Lugo (14-8, 3.19 ERA) will start against Astros LHP Framber Valdez (13-6, 3.27) on Friday,

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC75-60	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	2
Astros HOU72-62	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	X	6	8	2

Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX

W: R. Pressly (1-3)L: L. Erceg (2-4)S: J. Hader (29)

KCRoyals

HOUAstros

.H. BrownHunter Brown
P
6.2 IP, 2 BB, 4 SO, 97 P
.B. SingerBrady Singer
P
6.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 6 SO, 101 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Massey 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.270	.296	.468	.764	1.0
D. Blanco PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.312	.405	.717	0.0
B. Witt SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.344	.396	.613	1.009	-0.5
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.262	.315	.446	.760	-0.5
F. Fermin C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.342	.411	.753	0.0
S. Perez C-1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.338	.485	.822	-0.5
P. DeJong DH	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	.233	.281	.437	.719	-0.5
M. Melendez LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.273	.426	.699	2.0
M. Garcia 3B	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	.243	.291	.350	.641	5.0
K. Isbel CF	3	0	1	3	0	0	2	.230	.281	.374	.655	5.0
G. Hampson RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.277	.309	.586	0.0
a- A. Frazier PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.208	.284	.288	.572	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
M. Massey 2B	4
D. Blanco PR-RF	0
B. Witt SS	4
V. Pasquantino 1B	4
F. Fermin C	0
S. Perez C-1B	4
P. DeJong DH	4
M. Melendez LF	3
M. Garcia 3B	2
K. Isbel CF	3
G. Hampson RF	2
a- A. Frazier PH-2B	1

a-struck out for Hampson in the 7th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.297	.351	.442	.792	2.0
Y. Alvarez DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.313	.400	.563	.963	2.0
A. Bregman 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.260	.316	.445	.762	-0.5
S. Whitcomb 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.364	.357	.721	0.0
c- V. Caratini PH-1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.340	.424	.764	1.0
Y. Diaz C	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.297	.322	.454	.776	1.5
B. Gamel LF-RF	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	.270	.426	.324	.750	1.0
J. Pena SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	.270	.313	.401	.714	4.0
J. Singleton 1B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.233	.317	.367	.684	2.5
a- Z. Dezenzo PH-3B	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.222	.271	.333	.604	1.5
J. Heyward RF	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4.0
b- M. Dubon PH-LF	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	.257	.286	.360	.645	2.5
J. Meyers CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.230	.294	.381	.675	-1.0

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	3
Y. Alvarez DH	4
A. Bregman 3B	2
S. Whitcomb 3B	1
c- V. Caratini PH-1B	1
Y. Diaz C	4
B. Gamel LF-RF	3
J. Pena SS	3
J. Singleton 1B	2
a- Z. Dezenzo PH-3B	1
J. Heyward RF	2
b- M. Dubon PH-LF	2
J. Meyers CF	4

a-struck out for Singleton in the 7th
b-struck out for Heyward in the 7th
c-singled for Whitcomb in the 8th

2B - K. Isbel (11)
RBI - K. Isbel 3 (38)
2-Out RBI - K. Isbel 3 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - K. Isbel, A. Frazier

2B - J. Singleton (8), J. Heyward
RBI - Z. Dezenzo (4), J. Heyward 2 (2), M. Dubon 2 (40)
2-Out RBI - Z. Dezenzo, M. Dubon 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - J. Altuve, Y. Diaz, B. Gamel, J. Meyers 2 (2)

SB - M. Garcia (33)
CS - M. Garcia (2)

E - M. Melendez (2), L. Erceg

DP - (Altuve-Dezenzo)
E - J. Altuve (4), J. Pena (17)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Singer	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	3.36	1.24	16.0
K. Bubic (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	3.44	1.20	4.0
L. Erceg (L, 2-4) (BS, 4)	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	3.35	1.08	-10.0
J. Schreiber	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	3.86	1.36	-3.0
S. Cruz	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1.5

PITCHERS	IP
B. Singer	6.0
K. Bubic (H, 4)	1.0
L. Erceg (L, 2-4) (BS, 4)	0.1
J. Schreiber	0.1
S. Cruz	0.1

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
H. Brown	6.2	2	2	0	2	4	3.55	1.29	21.0
B. Abreu (BS, 6)	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	3.43	1.28	-1.5
R. Pressly (W, 1-3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.78	1.38	10.5
J. Hader (S, 29)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.19	0.91	10.5

PITCHERS	IP
H. Brown	6.2
B. Abreu (BS, 6)	0.1
R. Pressly (W, 1-3)	1.0
J. Hader (S, 29)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - B. Singer 101-61, K. Bubic 14-10, L. Erceg 13-6, J. Schreiber 14-8, S. Cruz 3-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Singer 14-1, K. Bubic 1-0, L. Erceg 1-1, J. Schreiber 2-0
Batters Faced - B. Singer 24, K. Bubic 3, L. Erceg 4, J. Schreiber 4, S. Cruz

Pitches-Strikes - H. Brown 97-60, B. Abreu 15-10, R. Pressly 13-10, J. Hader 10-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - H. Brown 9-6, B. Abreu 1-1, R. Pressly 2-0, J. Hader 1-1
Batters Faced - H. Brown 24, B. Abreu 3, R. Pressly 3, J. Hader 3

.H. BrownHunter Brown
P
6.2 IP, 2 BB, 4 SO, 97 P
.B. SingerBrady Singer
P
6.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 6 SO, 101 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC75-60	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	2
Astros HOU72-62	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	X	6	8	2

Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Massey 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.270	.296	.468	.764	1.0
D. Blanco PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.312	.405	.717	0.0
B. Witt SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.344	.396	.613	1.009	-0.5
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.262	.315	.446	.760	-0.5
F. Fermin C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.342	.411	.753	0.0
S. Perez C-1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.338	.485	.822	-0.5
P. DeJong DH	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	.233	.281	.437	.719	-0.5
M. Melendez LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.273	.426	.699	2.0
M. Garcia 3B	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	.243	.291	.350	.641	5.0
K. Isbel CF	3	0	1	3	0	0	2	.230	.281	.374	.655	5.0
G. Hampson RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.277	.309	.586	0.0
a- A. Frazier PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.208	.284	.288	.572	-0.5
Total	31	3	4	3	2	7	8	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Massey 2B	4
D. Blanco PR-RF	0
B. Witt SS	4
V. Pasquantino 1B	4
F. Fermin C	0
S. Perez C-1B	4
P. DeJong DH	4
M. Melendez LF	3
M. Garcia 3B	2
K. Isbel CF	3
G. Hampson RF	2
a- A. Frazier PH-2B	1
Total	31

a-struck out for Hampson in the 7th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.297	.351	.442	.792	2.0
Y. Alvarez DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.313	.400	.563	.963	2.0
A. Bregman 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.260	.316	.445	.762	-0.5
S. Whitcomb 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.364	.357	.721	0.0
c- V. Caratini PH-1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.340	.424	.764	1.0
Y. Diaz C	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.297	.322	.454	.776	1.5
B. Gamel LF-RF	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	.270	.426	.324	.750	1.0
J. Pena SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	.270	.313	.401	.714	4.0
J. Singleton 1B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.233	.317	.367	.684	2.5
a- Z. Dezenzo PH-3B	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.222	.271	.333	.604	1.5
J. Heyward RF	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4.0
b- M. Dubon PH-LF	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	.257	.286	.360	.645	2.5
J. Meyers CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.230	.294	.381	.675	-1.0
Total	32	6	8	5	4	9	16	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	3
Y. Alvarez DH	4
A. Bregman 3B	2
S. Whitcomb 3B	1
c- V. Caratini PH-1B	1
Y. Diaz C	4
B. Gamel LF-RF	3
J. Pena SS	3
J. Singleton 1B	2
a- Z. Dezenzo PH-3B	1
J. Heyward RF	2
b- M. Dubon PH-LF	2
J. Meyers CF	4
Total	32

a-struck out for Singleton in the 7th
b-struck out for Heyward in the 7th
c-singled for Whitcomb in the 8th

2B - K. Isbel (11)
RBI - K. Isbel 3 (38)
2-Out RBI - K. Isbel 3 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - K. Isbel, A. Frazier

2B - J. Singleton (8), J. Heyward
RBI - Z. Dezenzo (4), J. Heyward 2 (2), M. Dubon 2 (40)
2-Out RBI - Z. Dezenzo, M. Dubon 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - J. Altuve, Y. Diaz, B. Gamel, J. Meyers 2 (2)

SB - M. Garcia (33)
CS - M. Garcia (2)

E - M. Melendez (2), L. Erceg

DP - (Altuve-Dezenzo)
E - J. Altuve (4), J. Pena (17)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Singer	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	3.36	1.24	16.0
K. Bubic (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	3.44	1.20	4.0
L. Erceg (L, 2-4) (BS, 4)	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	3.35	1.08	-10.0
J. Schreiber	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	3.86	1.36	-3.0
S. Cruz	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1.5
Total	8.0	8	6	6	4	9	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
B. Singer	6.0
K. Bubic (H, 4)	1.0
L. Erceg (L, 2-4) (BS, 4)	0.1
J. Schreiber	0.1
S. Cruz	0.1
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
H. Brown	6.2	2	2	0	2	4	3.55	1.29	21.0
B. Abreu (BS, 6)	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	3.43	1.28	-1.5
R. Pressly (W, 1-3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.78	1.38	10.5
J. Hader (S, 29)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.19	0.91	10.5
Total	9.0	4	3	0	2	7	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
H. Brown	6.2
B. Abreu (BS, 6)	0.1
R. Pressly (W, 1-3)	1.0
J. Hader (S, 29)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - B. Singer 101-61, K. Bubic 14-10, L. Erceg 13-6, J. Schreiber 14-8, S. Cruz 3-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Singer 14-1, K. Bubic 1-0, L. Erceg 1-1, J. Schreiber 2-0
Batters Faced - B. Singer 24, K. Bubic 3, L. Erceg 4, J. Schreiber 4, S. Cruz

Pitches-Strikes - H. Brown 97-60, B. Abreu 15-10, R. Pressly 13-10, J. Hader 10-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - H. Brown 9-6, B. Abreu 1-1, R. Pressly 2-0, J. Hader 1-1
Batters Faced - H. Brown 24, B. Abreu 3, R. Pressly 3, J. Hader 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

5TH INNING
Heyward doubled to right, J. Singleton and J. Pena scored 0 2
7TH INNING
Isbel doubled to deep left, M. Garcia, M. Melendez and P. DeJong scored 3 2

5TH INNING
	Heyward doubled to right, J. Singleton and J. Pena scored	0	2

7TH INNING
	Isbel doubled to deep left, M. Garcia, M. Melendez and P. DeJong scored	3	2


Diaz reached on an infield single to pitcher, J. Altuve scored, Caratini to third, Diaz to second on Erceg throwing error	3	3
Dezenzo walked, Y. Diaz scored, Gamel to third, Pena to second	3	4
Dubon singled to left, J. Pena and B. Gamel scored, Dezenzo to third, Dubon to second on left fielder Melendez fielding error	3	6

1ST INNING
Royals
H. Brown Pitching:
M. Massey: Ball, Massey singled to shallow right
B. Witt: Ball, Ball, Foul, Witt flied out to left
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Ball, Pasquantino fouled out to third
S. Perez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
B. Singer Pitching:
J. Altuve: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Altuve grounded out to shortstop
Y. Alvarez: Strike looking, Alvarez singled to center
A. Bregman: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Bregman grounded out to third, Alvarez to second
Y. Diaz: Diaz grounded out to pitcher
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Royals
H. Brown Pitching:
P. DeJong: Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Melendez grounded out to catcher
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Garcia singled to right center
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Ball, Garcia stole second, Ball, Foul, Ball, Isbel flied out to shallow right
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
B. Singer Pitching:
B. Gamel: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Gamel struck out swinging
J. Pena: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Pena grounded out to second
J. Singleton: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Singleton struck out looking
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Royals
H. Brown Pitching:
G. Hampson: Strike looking, Ball, Hampson grounded out to pitcher
M. Massey: Ball, Massey grounded out to first
B. Witt: Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Witt struck out looking
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
B. Singer Pitching:
J. Heyward: Ball, Foul, Heyward grounded out to pitcher
J. Meyers: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Meyers struck out looking
J. Altuve: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Altuve grounded out to third
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Royals
H. Brown Pitching:
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Pasquantino flied out to shallow left
S. Perez: Ball, Strike looking, Perez grounded out to third
P. DeJong: Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
B. Singer Pitching:
Y. Alvarez: Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Alvarez lined out to right
A. Bregman: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike looking, Bregman struck out looking
Y. Diaz: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Diaz struck out looking
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Royals
Shay Whitcomb at third base
M. Melendez: Ball, Ball, Foul, Melendez grounded out to third
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Garcia walked
K. Isbel: Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Isbel flied out to center
G. Hampson: Strike looking, Garcia caught stealing second, catcher to second
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
B. Singer Pitching:
B. Gamel: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Gamel struck out swinging
J. Pena: Ball, Pena reached on an infield single to shortstop
J. Singleton: Ball, Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Singleton doubled to shallow left, Pena to third
J. Heyward: Ball, Ball, Heyward doubled to right, J. Singleton and J. Pena scored
J. Meyers: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Meyers flied out to center
J. Altuve: Altuve grounded out to shortstop
End of the 5th (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Royals
H. Brown Pitching:
G. Hampson: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Hampson flied out to center
M. Massey: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Intentional ball, Ball, Massey flied out to right
B. Witt: Witt grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
B. Singer Pitching:
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Alvarez singled to right
S. Whitcomb: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Whitcomb grounded out to third, Alvarez to second
Y. Diaz: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Diaz grounded out to second, Alvarez to third
B. Gamel: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Gamel grounded out to shortstop
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Royals
H. Brown Pitching:
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Pasquantino grounded out to first
S. Perez: Strike swinging, Perez safe at first on shortstop Pena fielding error
P. DeJong: Ball, DeJong reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Perez out at second
M. Melendez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Melendez walked, DeJong to second
Bryan Abreu relieved Hunter Brown
M. Garcia: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Garcia reached on an infield single to third, DeJong to third, Melendez to second
K. Isbel: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Isbel doubled to deep left, M. Garcia, M. Melendez and P. DeJong scored
Adam Frazier hit for Garrett Hampson
A. Frazier: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Frazier struck out swinging
Middle of the 7th (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
Adam Frazier in right field
J. Pena: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Pena walked
Kris Bubic relieved Brady Singer
Zach Dezenzo hit for Jonathan Singleton
Z. Dezenzo: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Dezenzo struck out swinging
Mauricio Dubon hit for Jason Heyward
M. Dubon: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Dubon struck out swinging
J. Meyers: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Meyers grounded out to third
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
8TH INNING
Royals
Ben Gamel in right field
Zach Dezenzo at first base
Mauricio Dubon in left field
Ryan Pressly relieved Bryan Abreu
M. Massey: Ball, Massey safe at first on 2nd baseman Altuve fielding error
Dairon Blanco ran for Michael Massey
B. Witt: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Foul, Witt grounded into double play second to first, Blanco out at second
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Pasquantino struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors)
Astros
Dairon Blanco in right field
Adam Frazier at second base
Lucas Erceg relieved Kris Bubic
J. Altuve: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Altuve walked
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Alvarez flied out to deep center
Victor Caratini hit for Shay Whitcomb
V. Caratini: Ball, Caratini singled to center, Altuve to second
Y. Diaz: Diaz reached on an infield single to pitcher, J. Altuve scored, Caratini to third, Diaz to second on Erceg throwing error
Freddy Fermin catching
Salvador Perez at first base
John Schreiber relieved Lucas Erceg
B. Gamel: Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Gamel intentionally walked
J. Pena: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Pena reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Caratini out at home, Diaz to third, Gamel to second
Z. Dezenzo: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Dezenzo walked, Y. Diaz scored, Gamel to third, Pena to second
M. Dubon: Strike looking, Dubon singled to left, J. Pena and B. Gamel scored, Dezenzo to third, Dubon to second on left fielder Melendez fielding error
Steven Cruz relieved John Schreiber
J. Meyers: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Meyers struck out swinging
End of the 8th (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error)
9TH INNING
Royals
Victor Caratini at first base
Zach Dezenzo at third base
Josh Hader relieved Ryan Pressly
S. Perez: Strike swinging, Perez grounded out to third
P. DeJong: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
M. Melendez: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Melendez flied out to left
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)