Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
0
Kansas City Royals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer each had run-scoring singles in the eighth, Luis Mendoza pitched seven innings of four-hit ball and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 2-0 on Sunday for their fifth straight win.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
E Hosmer singled to center, A Gordon scored.
A Gordon singled to center, C Getz scored, A Gordon to third on throwing error by center fielder T Crowe.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 0 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
C Carter struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Carter batting
J Martinez grounded into double play, third to second to first, C Pena out at second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Martinez batting
C Pena walked.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Pena batting
G Holland relieved A Crow.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
M Moustakas grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Moustakas batting
T Blackley relieved H Ambriz.
B Butler popped out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Showing the last 40 of 487 events.
KC wins series 3-0
Alex GordonLF4
Eric Hosmer1B51
Salvador PerezC13
Billy ButlerDH36
Mike Moustakas3B18
David LoughCF3
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Elliot JohnsonSS
Chris Getz2B39
Jose Altuve2B27
Jason CastroDH18
Carlos CorporanC17
Carlos Pena1B21
J.D. MartinezRF28
Chris CarterLF48
Trevor CroweCF63
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Ronny CedenoSS7
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