BATTING - 2B: Dozier (16,off Javier); Lopez (10,off Neris); Benintendi (13,off Neris).
HR: Merrifield (4,1st inning off Javier 0 on 0 out); Dozier (9,1st inning off
Javier 1 on 2 out); Rivera (6,2nd inning off Javier 0 on 1 out).
GDP: Olivares (1,off Abreu); Merrifield (8,off Stanek).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - SB: Benintendi (2,2nd base off Javier/Maldonado).
Starting Lineups:
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1. Merrifield 2b Dubon 2b
2. Benintendi lf Pena ss
3. Melendez c Alvarez dh
4. Pasquantino dh Bregman 3b
5. Dozier 1b Tucker rf
6. Olivares rf A. Diaz 1b
7. Taylor cf Meyers cf
8. Rivera 3b McCormick lf
9. Lopez ss Maldonado c
Keller p Javier p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield homered to left; Benintendi walked;
Melendez struck out while Benintendi stole second; Pasquantino
was called out on strikes; Dozier homered to left [Benintendi
scored]; Olivares struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Dubon grounded out (third to first); Pena struck
out; Alvarez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3,
Astros 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Taylor struck out; Rivera homered to left-center;
Lopez grounded out (first unassisted); Merrifield flied to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Bregman walked; Tucker singled to third [Bregman to
second]; A. Diaz grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Bregman to third, Tucker out at second]; Astros
challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld;
Meyers doubled to left [Bregman scored]; McCormick struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Astros 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Benintendi walked; Melendez flied to left;
Pasquantino flied to left; Dozier doubled to left [Benintendi
scored]; Olivares flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Maldonado flied to right; Dubon grounded out
(pitcher to first); Pena grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Astros 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Taylor struck out; Rivera grounded out (third to
first); Lopez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Alvarez doubled; Bregman walked; Tucker singled to
center [Alvarez scored, Bregman to third]; A. Diaz reached on a
fielder's choice [Bregman out at home (third to catcher to
shortstop), Tucker to third, A. Diaz to second]; Meyers grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Tucker scored]; McCormick walked;
Maldonado flied to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5,
Astros 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Merrifield struck out; Benintendi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Melendez walked; Pasquantino flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Astros 3.
ASTROS 5TH: Dubon flied to left; Pena struck out; Alvarez
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
5, Astros 3.
ROYALS 6TH: ABREU REPLACED JAVIER (PITCHING); Dozier walked;
Olivares grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Dozier out at second]; Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Astros 3.
ASTROS 6TH: Bregman grounded out (third to first); Tucker
grounded out (second to first); A. Diaz homered to left; CUAS
REPLACED KELLER (PITCHING); Meyers singled to right; McCormick
walked [Meyers to second]; Maldonado walked [Meyers to third,
McCormick to second]; Dubon forced Maldonado (second unassisted)
[Dubon to first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Astros 4.
ROYALS 7TH: Rivera walked; Lopez forced Rivera (third to
shortstop) [Lopez to first]; STANEK REPLACED ABREU (PITCHING);
Merrifield grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lopez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5,
Astros 4.
ASTROS 7TH: COLEMAN REPLACED CUAS (PITCHING); Pena struck out;
Alvarez grounded out (first unassisted); Bregman grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Astros 4.
ROYALS 8TH: Benintendi singled to left; Melendez struck out;
Pasquantino singled to right [Benintendi to second]; Dozier
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Benintendi to third,
Pasquantino to second]; ISBEL BATTED FOR OLIVARES; Isbel walked;
Taylor struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Astros 4.
ASTROS 8TH: ISBEL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CLARKE REPLACED
COLEMAN (PITCHING); Tucker flied to left; A. Diaz popped to
shortstop; Meyers flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
5, Astros 4.
ROYALS 9TH: NERIS REPLACED STANEK (PITCHING); Rivera grounded
out (second to first); Lopez doubled; Merrifield flied to right
[Lopez to third]; Benintendi doubled to center [Lopez scored];
Melendez singled to center [Benintendi scored]; Pasquantino
flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Astros 4.
ASTROS 9TH: BARLOW REPLACED CLARKE (PITCHING); McCormick struck
out; MATIJEVIC BATTED FOR MALDONADO; Matijevic singled to
center; Dubon struck out; Matijevic advanced to second because
of defensive indifference [Matijevic to second]; Pena grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Astros 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 7 9 0 6
Astros 4 7 0 7
