Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

25-18, 9-11 Away

Final
7 - 5

Houston Astros

20-20, 13-9 Home

Witt and India each drive in 2 runs as the Royals beat the Astros 7-5

Michael Massey homered as Kansas City improved to 8-2 in its last 10 games. India finished with three hits, and Witt, Vinnie Pasquantino and Kyle Isbel each had two.

Wacha (3-4) allowed two runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. Carlos Estévez got three outs for his 12th save.

Massey sparked Kansas City's four-run second with a leadoff drive against rookie Ryan Gusto (3-2) for his second homer. India hit a two-out RBI single and scored on Witt's first triple of the season. Pasquantino added a run-scoring single.

The Royals added three more in the third. Drew Waters and India each hit an RBI single, and Witt drove in Waters with a sacrifice fly.

Jake Meyers had two hits and scored two runs for Houston, which had won three of four.

Zach Dezenzo hit an RBI double in the seventh for the Astros, and Jeremy Peña added a sacrifice fly. Meyers' RBI single helped his team close to 7-5 in the eighth.

Gusto allowed seven hits and walked three in 2 1/3 innings.

Key moment Jose Altuve hit a leadoff single in the ninth for Houston. But Isaac Paredes flied out, Christian Walker struck out and Yainer Diaz flied out.

Key stat Wacha entered with the least run support among starters at 1.79 runs per game. The Royals had not scored more than two runs with him on the mound in any of his eight starts.

Up next LHP Kris Bubic (4-2, 1.69 ERA) starts on Tuesday for the Royals against LHP Framber Valdez (2-4, 3.94 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Diaz flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Paredes flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Altuve singled to left.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Massey grounded out to first.

Statistics

KC		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	13
4	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
38	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
26	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	14
42	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
6.0	Runs Created	4.9
.289	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.447	Slugging Percentage	.389
.237	Secondary Average	.167
.333	On Base Percentage	.366
.781	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.755
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
46.5	Batter Rating	35.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.62	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.32
.158	Isolated Power	.083
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.071	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.073
-.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.139
14.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
94.3	MLB Rating	86.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0