Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 7, Houston 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, August 23, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 18742
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 0110002307131
Houston 001000000171
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 5 0 3 3 0 0 1 .281
Nicky Lopez SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .281
Salvador Perez C 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 .275
Andrew Benintendi LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .263
Carlos Santana 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .228
     Jarrod Dyson PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Hunter Dozier RF-1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .207
Ryan O'Hearn DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .230
     Hanser Alberto PH-DH 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .268
Michael A. Taylor CF 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 .241
Emmanuel Rivera 3B 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .295
Totals 39 7 13 6 4 4 21  
Batting
2B - Whit Merrifield (27), Ryan O'Hearn (4), Emmanuel Rivera (2)
3B - Whit Merrifield (3)
HR - Salvador Perez (33)
TB - Whit Merrifield 6, Nicky Lopez, Salvador Perez 5, Andrew Benintendi, Carlos Santana, Ryan O'Hearn 2, Hanser Alberto, Emmanuel Rivera 4
RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (61), Salvador Perez (81), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (5)
2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (20), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (38), Nicky Lopez (30), Andrew Benintendi 2 (26), Carlos Santana (37), Hanser Alberto (27)
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
E - Emmanuel Rivera (4)
Outfield Assists - Michael A. Taylor (Correa at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Daniel Lynch (W 4-3) 5.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 4.74
Domingo Tapia (H 2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.25
Richard Lovelady (H 2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
Kyle Zimmer 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.71
Ervin Santana 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.76
Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Lynch 88-53, Domingo Tapia 20-9, Richard Lovelady 12-7, Kyle Zimmer 17-7, Ervin Santana 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Lynch 6-2, Domingo Tapia 1-1, Richard Lovelady 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 3-0, Ervin Santana 1-0
Batters Faced - Daniel Lynch 24, Domingo Tapia 4, Richard Lovelady 3, Kyle Zimmer 4, Ervin Santana 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 2-0, Richard Lovelady 1-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .280
Michael Brantley RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .315
Yuli Gurriel 1B 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 .317
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 .285
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .275
Aledmys Diaz 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .302
Jake Meyers CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .312
Taylor Jones LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .240
Martin Maldonado C 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .177
Totals 33 1 7 1 5 9 22  
Batting
2B - Jose Altuve (20), Yuli Gurriel (26)
TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yuli Gurriel 4, Carlos Correa, Aledmys Diaz, Taylor Jones
RBI - Yuli Gurriel (69)
2-Out RBI - Yuli Gurriel (23)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez 5 (45)
GIDP - Taylor Jones (5)
Team LOB - 10
Fielding
E - Yimi Garcia (1)
Outfield Assists - Taylor Jones (Santana at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Zack Greinke (L 11-4) 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 1 3.41
Yimi Garcia 0.2 2 2 1 1 1 0 4.70
Blake Taylor 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.69
Phil Maton 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 4.70
Brooks Raley 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.50
WP - Blake Taylor
Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 92-62, Yimi Garcia 19-12, Blake Taylor 12-6, Phil Maton 26-16, Brooks Raley 20-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 12-4, Yimi Garcia 1-0, Blake Taylor 0-0, Phil Maton 1-0, Brooks Raley 2-0
Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 25, Yimi Garcia 5, Blake Taylor 3, Phil Maton 5, Brooks Raley 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Blake Taylor 1-0, Phil Maton 1-0