Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 7, Houston 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 22, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ryan Wills, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Ryan Additon, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 41033
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 400003000750
Houston 110000030581
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Maikel Garcia 3B 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 .273
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 5 1 1 1 0 2 2 .278
Nelson Velazquez RF 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 .236
     Drew Waters RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
MJ Melendez LF 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 .234
     Dairon Blanco LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Edward Olivares DH 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .266
Nick Loftin 2B 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .364
     Michael Massey 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Logan Porter C 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .222
Nick Pratto 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 .228
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .232
Totals 32 7 5 7 4 14 13  
Batting
2B - Edward Olivares (22)
3B - Bobby Witt Jr. (9)
TB - Bobby Witt Jr. 3, MJ Melendez, Edward Olivares 2, Nick Pratto, Kyle Isbel
RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (92), MJ Melendez (54), Edward Olivares (32), Nick Loftin (9), Nick Pratto (33), Kyle Isbel 2 (32)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Maikel Garcia (45), Nick Pratto (36)
S - Logan Porter (1)
SF - Nick Loftin (1)
GIDP - Bobby Witt Jr. (10)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Edward Olivares (11, 2nd off Valdez/Maldonado)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Cole Ragans (W 7-4) 6.0 3 2 2 4 5 1 3.31
Collin Snider 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.00
Jackson Kowar 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 1 5.88
James McArthur (SV 2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.59
Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 93-62, Collin Snider 21-13, Jackson Kowar 18-10, James McArthur 19-16
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 5-6, Collin Snider 1-1, Jackson Kowar 0-1, James McArthur 1-1
Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 25, Collin Snider 5, Jackson Kowar 5, James McArthur 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - James McArthur 1-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .314
Jeremy Pena SS 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 .260
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .293
Alex Bregman 3B 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .265
Kyle Tucker RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .282
Jose Abreu 1B 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 .235
Chas McCormick LF 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 .281
Mauricio Dubon CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .281
Martin Maldonado C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .189
     Yainer Diaz PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Totals 35 5 8 5 6 8 21  
Batting
2B - Yordan Alvarez (22), Mauricio Dubon (26)
3B - Kyle Tucker (4)
HR - Jose Abreu (17), Chas McCormick (21)
TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yordan Alvarez 2, Kyle Tucker 3, Jose Abreu 5, Chas McCormick 4, Mauricio Dubon 2
RBI - Yordan Alvarez (94), Jose Abreu (83), Chas McCormick 3 (68)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jeremy Pena (46), Yordan Alvarez (34), Kyle Tucker (59), Chas McCormick (46), Mauricio Dubon (37)
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
E - Jose Altuve (5)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Framber Valdez (L 12-11) 5.1 4 7 6 3 10 0 3.39
Phil Maton 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.14
Ryne Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.99
Rafael Montero 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.96
Hector Neris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.84
HBP - Edward Olivares (by Valdez), Nick Loftin (by Valdez)
Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 92-58, Phil Maton 8-4, Ryne Stanek 10-7, Rafael Montero 26-15, Hector Neris 11-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 4-4, Phil Maton 1-0, Ryne Stanek 0-1, Rafael Montero 1-1, Hector Neris 0-2
Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 27, Phil Maton 2, Ryne Stanek 3, Rafael Montero 5, Hector Neris 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Phil Maton 1-0