Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 6,
Kansas City 5
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Nate Tomlinson, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 21052
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Nate Tomlinson, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 21052
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .280 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .278 |
| Salvador Perez | DH-C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .272 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .223 |
| Jarrod Dyson | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .215 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .273 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .180 |
| Hanser Alberto | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Joel Payamps | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (28) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (9), Salvador Perez (34) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 6, Salvador Perez 4, Hunter Dozier 2, Michael A. Taylor 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 4 (65), Salvador Perez (82) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield 4 (24) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Whit Merrifield (3, 3rd by McCullers Jr./Maldonado), Hunter Dozier (3, 2nd by McCullers Jr./Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Minor | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5.30 |
| Domingo Tapia (H 3) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Richard Lovelady (H 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 |
| Josh Staumont (H 9) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.42 |
| Scott Barlow (BS 6) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.49 |
| Joel Payamps (L 0-3) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Minor 94-61, Domingo Tapia 18-9, Richard Lovelady 5-4, Josh Staumont 17-9, Scott Barlow 31-17, Joel Payamps 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Minor 5-6, Domingo Tapia 1-1, Richard Lovelady 0-0, Josh Staumont 0-1, Scott Barlow 1-1, Joel Payamps 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Minor 25, Domingo Tapia 5, Richard Lovelady 1, Josh Staumont 4, Scott Barlow 7, Joel Payamps 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Richard Lovelady 2-0, Scott Barlow 2-1 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .274 |
| Aledmys Diaz | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .303 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .316 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .284 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .278 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .274 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .316 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 |
| Michael Brantley | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| Jason Castro | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 |
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yuli Gurriel (27), Alex Bregman (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Yordan Alvarez (26), Martin Maldonado (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Aledmys Diaz, Yuli Gurriel 2, Yordan Alvarez 5, Alex Bregman 3, Kyle Tucker 2, Jake Meyers 2, Martin Maldonado 4, Michael Brantley | |||||||||
| RBI - Aledmys Diaz (38), Yordan Alvarez (86), Alex Bregman (35), Jake Meyers (12), Martin Maldonado (30), Michael Brantley (43) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Aledmys Diaz (17), Alex Bregman (9), Michael Brantley (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve (41), Yordan Alvarez (47), Alex Bregman (21), Kyle Tucker (51) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3.32 |
| Cristian Javier (BS 2) | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.90 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.94 |
| Kendall Graveman (W 5-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.02 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance McCullers Jr. 107-66, Cristian Javier 15-11, Ryan Pressly 15-12, Kendall Graveman 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance McCullers Jr. 9-0, Cristian Javier 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Kendall Graveman 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance McCullers Jr. 27, Cristian Javier 5, Ryan Pressly 4, Kendall Graveman 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Cristian Javier 3-3 | ||||||||