Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals

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Houston Astros

14-13, 5-7 Away

Final
7 - 3

Kansas City Royals

14-15, 11-5 Home

Alvarez’s long home run backs Brown’s solid start in Astros 7-3 win over Royals

Álvarez blasts 3-run homer to center for Astros

Alvarez snapped Houston’s 26-inning scoreless streak, crushing Kris Bubic’s sinker 436 feet to center for a three-run homer and a 3-0 Astros lead in the third inning.

Brown (4-1), who allowed one run on seven hits and a walk with nine strikeouts over six innings, surrendered a lone hit in each of the first four innings but struck out seven while not allowing a runner past second.

Brown’s 28-inning shutout streak – fifth longest in franchise history – ended in the fifth inning on a two-out single by Jonathan India and an RBI double by Bobby Witt Jr.

Leading off the fifth, Chas McCormick doubled and scored on Jeremy Peña’s single. McCormick had three hits and scored three runs for the Astros.

Peña’s two-out, two-run double in the sixth extended Houston’s lead to 6-1. Peña collected three RBI in his first game batting leadoff.

Yainer Diaz added a solo home run in the seventh.

Bubic (2-2) allowed four runs on five hits and three walks, striking out four in five innings.

India had a pair of singles and drove in a run while Witt extended his hitting streak to a career-best 19 games.

Key moment Isaac Paredes drew a four-pitch walk ahead of Alvarez’s three-run blast.

Key stat Alvarez, who led left-handed major leaguers with a .362 average against left-handed pitchers in 2024, hit his first homer of this season against a left-hander.

Up next The Astros open a three-game homestand Monday against Detroit with Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (1-2, 2.63 ERA) opposing RHP Ronel Blanco (2-2, 5.01).

Tuesday, the Royals begin a three-game series against the Rays in Tampa with Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-3, 3.90) against RHP Taj Bradley (2-1, 5.08).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	India flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Renfroe popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Waters tripled to right, Garcia scored.
	9th Inning	Biggio lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Garcia doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Scott relieved Okert

Statistics

HOU		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
19	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	1
150	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	16
39	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
5.7	Runs Created	4.5
.250	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.500	Slugging Percentage	.457
.333	Secondary Average	.143
.308	On Base Percentage	.324
.808	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.781
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
49.0	Batter Rating	31.5
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.250	Isolated Power	.143
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.171
14.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
92.3	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0