Major League Baseball

FINAL Friday, September 22, 2023
Kansas City Royals 7
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Houston Astros 5
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Match Report

Ragans goes 6 innings, Royals use 2 big innings to beat Astros 7-5, knock them out of 1st

— Cole Ragans gave up three hits and two runs over six strong innings and the Kansas City Royals used two big innings to defeat Houston 7-5 on Friday night, knocking the Astros out of first place in the AL West.

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Top Performers

KC

  • Maikel Garcia · ·
  • Bobby Witt Jr. · ·
  • Nelson Velazquez · ·
  • Drew Waters · ·

HOU

  • Jose Altuve · ·
  • Jeremy Pena · ·
  • Yordan Alvarez · ·
  • Alex Bregman · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Tucker struck out swinging.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Ball 2
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking

Head to Head

KC wins series 3-0

Injuries

Houston Astros

  • Mike Burrows 60-Day-IL
  • Enyel De Los Santos Out
  • Cristian Javier Out
  • Brice Matthews Out
  • Daulton Varsho Out

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Day-To-Day
  • Steven Cruz Out
  • Carlos Estevez 60-Day-IL
  • Jonathan India 60-Day-IL
  • Nick Mears 60-Day-IL

Lineups

HOU

  1. 27Jose Altuve2B
  2. 3Jeremy PenaSS
  3. 44Yordan AlvarezDH
  4. 3Alex Bregman3B
  5. 23Kyle TuckerRF
  6. 79Jose Abreu1B
  7. 55Chas McCormickLF
  8. 14Mauricio DubonCF
  9. 15Martin MaldonadoC

KC

  1. 11Maikel Garcia3B
  2. 7Bobby Witt Jr.SS
  3. 30Nelson VelazquezRF
  4. 1MJ MelendezLF
  5. 34Edward OlivaresDH
  6. 12Nick Loftin2B
  7. 33Logan PorterC
  8. 41Nick Pratto1B
  9. 28Kyle IsbelCF

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