Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros

56-68, 24-37 Away

Final

73-52, 39-25 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. Merrifield2B	3-5	0	0	3	.281
N. LopezSS	1-5	0	0	0	.281
S. PerezC	2-3	1	1	1	.275
A. BenintendiLF	1-5	0	0	0	.263
C. Santana1B	1-5	0	0	0	.228
J. DysonPR-RF	0-0	0	0	0	.220
H. DozierRF-1B	0-5	0	0	0	.207
R. O'HearnDH	1-3	1	0	0	.230
H. AlbertoPH-DH	1-2	1	0	0	.268
M. TaylorCF	0-2	2	0	0	.241
E. Rivera3B	3-4	2	0	2	.295

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Lynch IV	5.0	6	1	3	5	88-53	4.74
D. Tapia	1.1	0	0	1	1	20-9	2.25
R. Lovelady	0.2	1	0	0	1	12-7	3.86
K. Zimmer	1.0	0	0	1	0	17-7	4.71
E. Santana	1.0	0	0	0	2	10-7	4.76

According to ESPN Analytics

HOU

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Daikin Park

8:10 PM, August 23, 2021

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 18,742

Game Time:3:35

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Todd Tichenor
First Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Second Base Umpire - Nestor Ceja
Third Base Umpire - Tony Randazzo

Merrifield has 3 RBIs, Perez homers as KC downs Astros 7-1

— Whit Merrifield had three hits and three RBI, Salvador Perez extended a career high with his 33rd homer and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 7-1 on Monday night.

Aug 24, 2021, 12:51 am - AP


KC
HOU

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	7	13	1
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1

D. Lynch IV4-3

5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 3 BB

Z. Greinke11-4

6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	HOU
2nd	Rivera hit a ground rule double to right, O'Hearn scored.	1	0
3rd	Perez homered to left (369 feet).	2	0
3rd	Gurriel doubled to left, Jones scored, Brantley to third.	2	1
7th	Merrifield doubled to left, Taylor scored, Rivera to third.	3	1
7th	Perez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Rivera scored on throwing error by pitcher Y. García, Perez out at second, Merrifield safe at third on error.	4	1
8th	Rivera singled to center, Alberto scored, Taylor to second.	5	1
8th	Merrifield tripled to deep center, Taylor scored and Rivera scored.	7	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
7
Astros
1

Game 1

8/23

Royals
0
Astros
4

Game 2

8/24

Royals
5
Astros
6

Game 3

8/25

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	59	53	.527	-	L1
Cleveland	57	57	.500	3	L1
Minnesota	56	58	.491	4	L3
Detroit	55	58	.487	4.5	W4
Kansas City	47	67	.412	13	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	59	56	.513	-	W1
Texas	56	58	.491	2.5	W1
Seattle	55	59	.482	3.5	L1
Athletics	45	68	.398	13	L6
Los Angeles	43	70	.381	15	L1

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Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros

Merrifield has 3 RBIs, Perez homers as KC downs Astros 7-1

D. Lynch IV4-3

Z. Greinke11-4

Inning