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Kansas City Royals 7 Houston Astros 1

August 23,2021

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (56-68)

Home Team

Houston Astros (73-52)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Minute Maid Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,742

Time of Game

3:35

Umpires

[HP]: Todd Tichenor [1B]: Jim Reynolds [2B]: Nestor Ceja [3B]: Tony Randazzo

Kansas City Royals 7 Houston Astros 1

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7th inning: FC1/G6MS.3-H(E1/TH)(NR)(UR);2-3;BX2(24) **Astros challenged call that Perez was safe at 2nd;**
7th inning: FC1/G6MS.3-H(E1/TH)(NR)(UR);2-3;BX2(24) **call overturned - out advancing after error**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	56-68		0	1	1		0	0	0		2	3	0			7	13	1		4	12	22	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	73-52		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	0			1	7	1		1	2	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Whit Merrifield	2B	32.211	R	5	0	3	3		0	0	.281		124	731
2	Nicky Lopez	SS	26.163	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.281		115	275
3	Salvador Perez	C	31.105	R	3	1	2	1		2	0	.275		123	1105
4	Andrew Benintendi	LF	27.048	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.263		97	583
5	Carlos Santana	1B	35.137	B	5	0	1	0		0	0	.228		124	1620
	Jarrod Dyson	PR	37.008	L	0	0	0	0		0	0	.220		83	978
6	Hunter Dozier	RF	30.001	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.207		107	401
7	Ryan O'Hearn	DH	28.028	L	3	1	1	0		0	1	.230		64	257
	Hanser Alberto	DH	28.310	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.268		88	370
8	Michael A. Taylor	CF	30.150	R	2	2	0	0		2	1	.241		115	694
9	Emmanuel Rivera	3B	25.055	R	4	2	3	2		0	0	.295		18	18
Totals

Errors: Emmanuel Rivera

2B: Whit Merrifield (27), Ryan O'Hearn (4), Emmanuel Rivera (2)

3B: Whit Merrifield (3)

HR: Salvador Perez (33)

RBI: Whit Merrifield 3 (61), Salvador Perez (81), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jose Altuve	2B	31.109	R	4	0	1	0		1	1	.280		112	1404
2	Michael Brantley	RF	34.100	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.315		102	1347
3	Yuli Gurriel	1B	37.075	R	3	0	3	1		1	0	.317		109	623
4	Yordan Alvarez	DH	24.057	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.285		108	197
5	Carlos Correa	SS	26.335	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.275		115	719
6	Aledmys Diaz	3B	31.022	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.302		57	464
7	Jake Meyers	CF	25.066	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.313		16	16
8	Taylor Jones	LF	27.260	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.240		35	42
9	Martin Maldonado	C	35.007	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.177		93	861
Totals

2B: Jose Altuve (20), Yuli Gurriel (26)

RBI: Yuli Gurriel (69)

GDP: Taylor Jones (5)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Daniel Lynch	L	W 4-3	5.0	6	1	1	3	5	0		4.74	1.53		9	9
2	Domingo Tapia	R		1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0		2.25	1.13		17	22
3	Richard Lovelady	L		0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.86	1.07		17	43
4	Kyle Zimmer	R		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		4.71	1.33		42	73
5	Ervin Santana	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		4.76	1.22		29	416
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Daniel Lynch (88-53-35), Domingo Tapia (20-9-11), Richard Lovelady (12-7-5), Kyle Zimmer (17-7-10), Ervin Santana (10-7-3)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Zack Greinke	R	L 11-4	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	1		3.41	1.11		26	526
2	Yimi Garcia	R		0.2	2	2	1	1	1	0		3.68	1.20		48	227
3	Blake Taylor	L		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.69	1.48		37	59
4	Phil Maton	R		0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0		4.70	1.39		48	192
5	Brooks Raley	L		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		5.50	1.36		43	78
Totals				0.0

WP: Blake Taylor (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Zack Greinke (92-62-30), Yimi Garcia (19-12-7), Blake Taylor (12-6-6), Phil Maton (26-16-10), Brooks Raley (20-12-8)