Kansas City Royals 7, Houston Astros 1
Regular Season Game 125
Played on Monday, August 23, 2021 (N) at Minute Maid Park
KC A 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 - 7 13 1 HOU A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Merrifield 2b 5 0 3 3 0 0 5 5 Lopez ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Perez c 3 1 2 1 2 0 10 0 Benintendi lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 C. Santana 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 Dyson pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dozier rf,1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 O'Hearn dh 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Alberto ph,dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor cf 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 Rivera 3b 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tapia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lovelady p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zimmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E. Santana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 7 13 6 4 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 2. Taylor-Merrifield, Rivera-Merrifield-C. Santana. E: Rivera (4). BATTING - 2B: O'Hearn (4,off Greinke); Rivera (2,off Greinke); Merrifield (27,off Y. Garcia). 3B: Merrifield (3,off Maton). HR: Perez (33,3rd inning off Greinke 0 on 1 out). Team LOB: 9.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 Brantley rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Gurriel 1b 3 0 3 1 1 0 12 2 Alvarez dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 Diaz 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 Meyers cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Jones lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Maldonado c 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 Greinke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Y. Garcia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Raley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 7 1 5 9 27 15 FIELDING - E: Y. Garcia (1). BATTING - 2B: Gurriel (26,off Lynch); Altuve (20,off Lynch). GDP: Jones (5,off Tapia). Team LOB: 10.
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lynch W(4-3) 5 6 1 1 3 5 0 24 Tapia 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Lovelady 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Zimmer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 E. Santana 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 9 7 1 1 5 9 0 38 Lynch faced 2 batters in the 6th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Tapia 2-0; Lovelady 1-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Greinke L(11-4) 6 6 2 2 1 2 1 25 Y. Garcia 0.2 2 2 1 1 1 0 5 Taylor 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Maton 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 5 Raley 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Totals 9 13 7 6 4 4 1 43 WP: Taylor (5). Inherited Runners - Scored: Taylor 1-0; Maton 1-0. . Umpires: HP - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Tony Randazzo Official Scorer: Dave Fanucchi Time of Game: 3:35 Attendance: 18742 Starting Lineups: Kansas City Royals Houston Astros 1. Merrifield 2b Altuve 2b 2. Lopez ss Brantley rf 3. Perez c Gurriel 1b 4. Benintendi lf Alvarez dh 5. C. Santana 1b Correa ss 6. Dozier rf Diaz 3b 7. O'Hearn dh Meyers cf 8. Taylor cf Jones lf 9. Rivera 3b Maldonado c Lynch p Greinke p ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopez singled to center; Perez singled to left [Lopez to second]; Benintendi forced Perez (second to shortstop) [Lopez to third, Benintendi to first]; C. Santana grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Altuve popped to second; Brantley grounded out (second to first); Gurriel singled to right; Alvarez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Astros 0. ROYALS 2ND: Dozier grounded out (first unassisted); O'Hearn doubled to third; Taylor was called out on strikes; Rivera doubled [O'Hearn scored]; Merrifield grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Correa was called out on strikes; Diaz struck out; Meyers lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 0. ROYALS 3RD: Lopez grounded out (third to first); Perez homered; Benintendi flied to left; C. Santana grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Jones singled to left; Maldonado walked [Jones to second]; Altuve struck out; Brantley forced Maldonado (second to shortstop) [Jones to third, Brantley to first]; Gurriel doubled to left [Jones scored, Brantley to third]; Alvarez lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ROYALS 4TH: Dozier grounded out (shortstop to first); O'Hearn flied to right; Taylor flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Correa singled to center; Diaz hit into a double play to center [Correa out at second (center to second)]; Meyers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ROYALS 5TH: Rivera grounded out (first to pitcher); Merrifield singled to center; Lopez grounded out (third to first) [Merrifield to second]; Perez walked; Benintendi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Jones struck out; Maldonado walked; Altuve doubled to left [Maldonado to third]; Brantley grounded out (second to first); Gurriel walked; Alvarez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ROYALS 6TH: C. Santana grounded out (shortstop to first); Dozier flied to center; O'Hearn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Correa reached on an error by Rivera [Correa to first]; Diaz singled to center [Correa to second]; TAPIA REPLACED LYNCH (PITCHING); Meyers struck out; Jones grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Diaz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 1. ROYALS 7TH: Y. GARCIA REPLACED GREINKE (PITCHING); Taylor walked; Rivera singled to center [Taylor to second]; Merrifield doubled to left [Taylor scored, Rivera to third]; Lopez struck out; Perez reached on a fielder's choice [Rivera scored (error by Y. Garcia) (unearned) (no RBI), Merrifield to third, Perez out at second (catcher to second)]; Astros challenged call that Perez was safe at 2nd; call overturned - out advancing after error; TAYLOR REPLACED Y. GARCIA (PITCHING); Benintendi lined to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Maldonado flied to right; Altuve walked; LOVELADY REPLACED TAPIA (PITCHING); Brantley popped to catcher in foul territory; Gurriel singled to center [Altuve to second]; Alvarez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Astros 1. ROYALS 8TH: C. Santana singled to center; Taylor threw a wild pitch [C. Santana to second]; Dozier popped to first in foul territory; ALBERTO BATTED FOR O'HEARN; MATON REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Alberto singled to left [C. Santana out at home (left to catcher), Alberto to second]; Taylor walked; Rivera singled to center [Alberto scored, Taylor to second]; Merrifield tripled to center [Taylor scored, Rivera scored]; Lopez grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: ALBERTO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ZIMMER REPLACED LOVELADY (PITCHING); Correa grounded out (second to first); Diaz walked; Meyers forced Diaz (third to second) [Meyers to first]; Jones forced Meyers (shortstop to second) [Jones to first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Astros 1. ROYALS 9TH: RALEY REPLACED MATON (PITCHING); Perez walked; Benintendi singled to center [Perez to second]; C. Santana forced Benintendi (third to second) [Perez to third, C. Santana to first]; DYSON RAN FOR C. SANTANA; Dozier was called out on strikes; Alberto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: DYSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DOZIER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); E. SANTANA REPLACED ZIMMER (PITCHING); Maldonado struck out; Altuve grounded out (third to first); Brantley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Astros 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Royals 7 13 1 9 Astros 1 7 1 10
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