Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Houston Astros
1. Escobar ss Altuve 2b
2. Zobrist 2b Springer rf
3. Cain cf Correa ss
4. Hosmer 1b Rasmus lf
5. Morales dh Gattis dh
6. Moustakas 3b Gomez cf
7. Perez c Valbuena 3b
8. Gordon lf Carter 1b
9. Rios rf Castro c
Volquez p Keuchel p
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar singled to shortstop; Zobrist struck out;
Cain grounded out (second to first) [Escobar to second]; Hosmer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Altuve grounded out (shortstop to first); Springer
struck out; Correa lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
0, Astros 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Morales singled to center; Moustakas forced Morales
(first to shortstop); Perez struck out; Gordon struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Rasmus walked; Gattis forced Rasmus (third to
second); On a bunt Gomez made an out to catcher [Gattis stayed
at first]; Carlos Gomez called for interference for running
into his own bunt; Valbuena was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Astros 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Rios grounded out (shortstop to first); Escobar
lined to center; Zobrist grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Carter singled to left [Carter out at second (left
to second)]; Castro was called out on strikes; Altuve was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Astros 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Cain homered to left; Hosmer struck out; Morales
reached on an error by Valbuena; Keuchel threw a wild pitch
[Morales to second]; Moustakas grounded out (second to first)
[Morales to third]; Perez walked; Gordon flied to left; 1 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Springer grounded out (shortstop to first); Correa
was called out on strikes; Rasmus walked; Gattis struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Rios flied to right; Escobar grounded out (pitcher
to first); Zobrist doubled to left; Cain was walked
intentionally; Hosmer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals
1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Gomez struck out; Valbuena walked; Carter doubled to
left [Valbuena to third]; Castro singled to center [Valbuena
scored, Carter scored]; Altuve grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Castro out at second]; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Moustakas
doubled to right; Perez flied to center [Moustakas to third];
Gordon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 2.
ASTROS 6TH: Springer doubled to center; Correa grounded out
(second to first) [Springer to third]; Rasmus was walked
intentionally; Gattis struck out; Gomez singled to center
[Springer scored, Rasmus to second]; DUFFY REPLACED VOLQUEZ
(PITCHING); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR VALBUENA; Gonzalez popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 3.
ROYALS 7TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Rios walked;
Escobar grounded out (first unassisted) [Rios to second];
Zobrist out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Rios to
third]; Cain struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Astros
3.
ASTROS 7TH: Carter homered to left-center; Castro flied to left;
HOCHEVAR REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); Altuve popped to third;
Springer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 4.
ROYALS 8TH: SIPP REPLACED KEUCHEL (PITCHING); Hosmer was called
out on strikes; Morales walked; Moustakas struck out; GREGERSON
REPLACED SIPP (PITCHING); Perez forced Morales (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Astros 4.
ASTROS 8TH: Correa singled to right; Rasmus singled to second
[Correa to second]; high fly headed for RF hit the roof
(which is in play) and fell safely in shallow right field for a
single; Gattis popped to first; Gomez struck out; LOWRIE
BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Lowrie flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 1, Astros 4.
ROYALS 9TH: LOWRIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Gordon homered
to left-center; Rios lined to center; Escobar singled to left;
Zobrist forced Escobar (shortstop to second); Cain struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Astros 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 2 7 0 10
Astros 4 8 1 6
