Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals

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Houston Astros

13-13, 4-7 Away

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Kansas City Royals

14-14, 11-4 Home

Wacha shuts down Astros, Pasquantino homers as KC beats Houston 2-0 for the second straight night

Vinnie Pasquantino's 412-foot dinger pads Royals' lead

Wacha (1-3) once again received little run support, but the veteran right-hander made the meager production stand up on chilly evening at Kauffman Stadium. He struck out six while walking two and never allowed a runner past second base.

Steven Cruz worked the seventh for Kansas City, his seventh appearance this season without allowing a run. John Schreiber left runners on the corners in the eighth, and Carlos Estévez had a perfect ninth for his seventh save.

Bobby Witt Jr. doubled and scored in the first inning for the Royals, extending his career-best hitting streak to 18 games.

Framber Valdez (1-3) gave up a sacrifice fly to Mark Canha in the first inning and Pasquantino's shot down the right-field line in the fifth. Otherwise, the Astros left-hander kept Kansas City in check, allowing three hits and two walks over eight innings.

Valdez had tossed seven shutout innings against the Royals last August in a 3-2 victory.

The Astros, who have lost five straight at the K, have managed just nine hits while getting shut out over the first two games of the series. They had rolled into Kansas City having won three straight and five of their last six games.

Key moment Isaac Parades hit a two-out double and Jeremy Peña followed with a single to give Houston runners on the corners in the eighth inning. Schreiber bounced back to strike out Christian Walker with a four-seam fastball to end the threat.

Key stat The Royals have only scored seven runs in the 32 innings that Wacha has pitched this season.

Up next RHP Hunter Brown (3-1, 1.16) tries to extend a 24-inning scoreless streak for Houston in the series finale Sunday. LHP Kris Bubic (2-1, 1.45) gets the start for Kansas City after tossing seven shutout innings against the Rockies his last time out.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Caratini struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caratini hit for Meyers
	9th Inning	Dezenzo grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Diaz flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Schreiber
	9th Inning	Waters in left field.

Statistics

HOU		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	26
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	96
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	7
35	Plate Appearances	29
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.6	Runs Created	1.2
.182	Batting Average	.115
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.242	Slugging Percentage	.269
.121	Secondary Average	.269
.229	On Base Percentage	.172
.471	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.442
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
10.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	26.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.31
.061	Isolated Power	.154
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.069
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.154
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
64.8	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0