HOU 6, KC 1 | Sep 14, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 14, 2019•Kauffman Stadium•87°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

Royals

Final

WIN

Zack Greinke

LOSS

Mike Montgomery

The Astros cruised past the Royals 6-1 in a dominant performance.

★Kyle Tucker4-for-4, 1 RBI

★Yordan Alvarez3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Yordan Alvarez homers (25) on a line drive to center field. Kyle Tucker scores. Robinson Chirinos scores.

Weather: 87°F, Partly CloudyWind: 13 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 3:17Att: 20,716Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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88.7%D

20 missed calls

+32.6% HOU

+0.50 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinHOU Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	6	10	0
KC	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Game 565776 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
George SpringerRF	4	0	0	0	1	1	.294/.383/.585	91.7	.111	.113
Jose Altuve2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.302/.360/.552	102	.313	.492
Myles StrawDH	0	1	0	0	0	0	.253/.366/.305	-	-	-
Alex Bregman3B	2	2	1	1	3	0	.295/.419/.579	93.2	.340	.351
Yuli Gurriel1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.301/.346/.538	108	.271	.250
Kyle TuckerLF	4	1	4	1	1	0	.353/.389/.529	103.6	.548	.530
Robinson ChirinosC	2	1	1	1	3	0	.238/.350/.445	103.3	.513	.478
Jack MayfieldSS	1	0	0	0	0	1	.130/.145/.278	78.7	-	-
Jake MarisnickCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.240/.296/.422	80	-	-
Bench
Michael BrantleyDH	5	0	2	0	0	0	.322/.382/.518	98.5	.505	.496
Abraham Toro3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.226/.314/.419
Totals	37	6	10	6	8	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Bregman (4th off Montgomery, 0 on, 0 out); Alvarez (8th off Speier, 2 on, 0 out)

TB:16

RBI:Chirinos; Tucker; Bregman; Alvarez 3

SB:Chirinos; Tucker 2

GIDP:Gurriel

Team LOB:12

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldCF	4	0	2	1	0	1	.306/.353/.474	99.5	.470

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Zack GreinkeW	6.0	6	1	1	7	95-60	85.2	2.95
Héctor RondónH	1.0	0	0	0	1	14-11	92.4	3.47
Joe Smith	1.0	0	0	0	0	15-10	84.6	1.21
Bryan Abreu	0.2	2	0	0	1	18-12	88.8	0.00
Will Harris	0.1	0	0	0	1	5-3	85.1	1.61
Totals	9.0	8	1	1	10	147-96	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Harris 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Greinke 95-60; Rondón 14-11; Smith 15-10; Abreu 18-12; Harris 5-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Greinke 8-2; Rondón 2-0; Smith 2-1; Abreu 0-1; Harris 0-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mike MontgomeryL	5.0	5	2	2	5	1	1	86-48	86.4	4.70

Bot 3 • KC

0-1

Royals challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Whit Merrifield doubles (38) on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Tucker. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd.

EV: 99.5 mph359 ftLA: 23°

Top 4 • HOU

1-1

Alex Bregman homers (36) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 93.2 mph💣 381 ftLA: 34°

Top 6 • HOU

2-1

Kyle Tucker singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ryan McBroom. Alex Bregman scores. Yuli Gurriel to 2nd.

EV: 78.1 mph78 ftLA: 6°

Top 8 • HOU

5-1

Yordan Alvarez homers (25) on a line drive to center field. Kyle Tucker scores. Robinson Chirinos scores.

EV: 111.6 mph💣 426 ftLA: 19°

Top 9 • HOU

6-1

Robinson Chirinos singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Myles Straw scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Kyle Tucker to 2nd.

EV: 97.5 mph268 ftLA: 17°

IBB:Newberry

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Montgomery 86-48; Hill 13-8; McCarthy 14-9; Speier 32-19; Newberry 21-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Montgomery 9-5; Hill 0-2; McCarthy 1-2; Speier 0-0; Newberry 1-1

Bench
Mike MontgomeryP	.167/.167/.167	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gabe SpeierP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake NewberryP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Houston Astros

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Kansas City Royals

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