HOU 7, KC 1 | Sep 17, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, September 17, 2023•Kauffman Stadium•73°F, Sunny

HOU

Astros

Royals

Final

WIN

Framber Valdez

LOSS

Jordan Lyles

The Astros cruised past the Royals 7-1 in a dominant performance.

★Jose Altuve3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Chas McCormick3-for-4, 1 RBI

⚾Framber Valdez7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K

Key Moment

Top 9: Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez, deflected by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Jake Meyers scores. Martin Maldonado to 2nd.

Weather: 73°F, SunnyWind: 8 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:25Att: 15,311Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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Derek Thomas

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95.6%A

6 missed calls

No WPA favor

+0.11 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinHOU Win

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

Game 716547 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	5	2	3	1	0	0	.311/.395/.544	109.1	.246	.246
Alex Bregman3B	2	1	0	0	2	0	.269/.368/.446	89.5	.075	.083
Yordan AlvarezDH	3	1	1	2	1	1	.300/.413/.591	115	.500	.993
José Abreu1B	4	0	0	2	0	1	.233/.292/.362	106.5	.171	.206
Michael BrantleyLF	5	0	0	0	0	0	.262/.273/.429	92.5	.134	.135
Chas McCormickRF	4	0	3	1	0	0	.284/.363/.504	104.2	.455	.418
Jeremy PeñaSS	4	0	0	0	0	4	.262/.324/.386	76	-	-
Jake MeyersCF	4	2	1	1	0	1	.226/.297/.384	102.8	.292	.535
Martín MaldonadoC	3	1	0	0	1	1	.188/.258/.336	96.8	.151	.280
Bench
Framber ValdezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	34	7	8	7	4	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Meyers (4th off Lyles, 0 on, 0 out); Alvarez (5th off Lyles, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Altuve

TB:15

RBI:Meyers; Abreu 2; Altuve; McCormick; Alvarez 2

SB:McCormick 2

SF:Abreu

GIDP:Brantley

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.273/.324/.367	105.3	.496

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Framber ValdezW	7.0	6	1	1	5	92-55	88.2	3.20
Bryan AbreuH	1.0	0	0	0	0	10-8	87.9	1.91
Kendall Graveman	1.0	1	0	0	0	8-7	92.6	3.27
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	5	110-70	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Valdez 92-55; Abreu 10-8; Graveman 8-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Valdez 9-5; Abreu 1-2; Graveman 1-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jordan LylesL	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	95-63	85.4	6.43

Bot 2 • KC

0-1

Drew Waters out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Chas McCormick. Nick Loftin scores. Logan Porter to 3rd.

EV: 94.4 mph311 ftLA: 38°

Top 3 • HOU

2-1

Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to center fielder Drew Waters. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.

EV: 104.2 mph99 ftLA: 4°

1-1

Jose Abreu out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Nelson Velazquez. Jose Altuve scores.

EV: 80.8 mph285 ftLA: 28°

Top 4 • HOU

3-1

Jake Meyers homers (10) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 419 ftLA: 29°

Top 5 • HOU

4-1

Yordan Alvarez homers (28) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 115.0 mph💣 390 ftLA: 24°

Top 9 • HOU

7-1

Jose Abreu grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Nick Loftin. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Yordan Alvarez out at 2nd. Jose Abreu to 1st.

EV: 88.1 mph52 ftLA: 1°

6-1

Yordan Alvarez walks. Martin Maldonado scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd. Alex Bregman to 2nd.

5-1

Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez, deflected by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Jake Meyers scores. Martin Maldonado to 2nd.

EV: 102.1 mph6 ftLA: -21°

Bench
Dairon BlancoRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.226/.299/.400	93.7	.618	.593
Jordan LylesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jackson KowarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tucker DavidsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brad KellerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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