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Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals · MLB

Houston Astros

77-76

6 – 2

Final

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Kansas City Royals

67-86

Daikin Park · Houston · Texas

Summary

The Houston Astros came away with a 6-2 win over the Kansas City Royals at Daikin Park in front of 34,853. A two-run 5th set the Astros apart, over 8 innings. It leaves the Royals at 67-86 and the Astros at 77-76.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:15 PM UTC · Sep 17
Event: MLB USA
Ground: Daikin Park · Houston · Texas
Crowd: 34,853
Match officials: Jordan Baker (Home Plate Umpire), Junior Valentine (First Base Umpire), Rob Drake (Second Base Umpire), Stu Scheurwater (Third Base Umpire)

On TV

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USFoxTV · National
USMLB.TVStreaming · National

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Astros	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1		6
Royals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2

Player stats

Houston Astros

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jeremy Pena SS	2-5	5	1	2	2	1	0	1	11	.279	.330	.477
Yordan Alvarez DH	2-4	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	17	.311	.429	.598
Isaac Paredes 3B	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	18	.257	.355	.429
Jose Altuve 2B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	14	.243	.303	.393
Nick Allen SS	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.327	.382
Yainer Diaz C	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	.277	.309	.436
Daulton Varsho CF	1-4	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	12	.224	.285	.361
Taylor Trammell LF	1-3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	17	.206	.295	.366
Cam Smith RF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.212	.278	.395
LaMonte Wade Jr. LF	2-4	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	14	.212	.316	.364
Team	11-34	34	6	11	6	5	2	7	134

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Miguel Ullola RP	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	11-2	4.15	11
Bryan King RP	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	16-12	4.78	16
Ethan Pecko SP	5.2	3	1	1	0	4	71-49	3.77	71
Bryan Abreu RP	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5-3	3.77	5
Josh Hader RP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	0.83	14
Team	9.0	3	2	2	2	6	117-77		117

Kansas City Royals

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Carter Jensen C	2-3	3	1	2	1	1	0	14	.235	.322	.454
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	2	16	.276	.359	.441
Jac Caglianone RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	12	.277	.328	.483
Nick Loftin 3B	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.231	.317	.373
Maikel Garcia 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.262	.319	.376
Michael Massey 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.279	.313	.438
Salvador Perez DH	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	.227	.272	.376
John Rave RF	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	14	.222	.311	.453
Kyle Isbel CF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	15	.219	.265	.325
Isaac Collins LF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	.219	.325	.333
Team	3-29	29	2	3	1	2	6	117

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Seth Lugo SP	5.0	8	4	4	1	5	4	76-53	5.06	76
Connor Thomas RP	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	21-12	9.33	21
Jose Cuas RP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	2.25	14
Alex Lange RP	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	23-14	6.09	23
Team	8.0	11	6	6	2	7	5	134-88		134

Standings

2026 American League Central Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Cleveland	85	77	.525
2	Chicago	84	78	.519
3	Minnesota	77	85	.475
4	Detroit	76	86	.469
5	Kansas City	69	93	.426

2026 American League West Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Houston	81	81	.500
2	Texas	80	82	.494
3	Seattle	76	86	.469
4	Athletics	64	98	.395
5	Los Angeles	62	100	.383

MLB table

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Rays	98	64	.605
2	Guardians	85	77	.525
3	Astros	81	81	.500
4	Yankees	93	68	.578
5	Red Sox	87	75	.537
6	White Sox	84	78	.519
7	Rangers	80	82	.494
8	Orioles	79	82	.491
9	Blue Jays	79	83	.488
···
13	Royals	69	93	.426

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