Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Houston 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 23, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Ryan Additon, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Ryan Wills
Attendance: 41692
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Ryan Additon, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Ryan Wills
Attendance: 41692
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .275 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .276 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .233 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Nelson Velazquez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .237 |
| Tyler Cropley | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .229 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Massey (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Maikel Garcia 2, Michael Massey 3, Drew Waters, Nick Pratto, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (93), MJ Melendez (55) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - MJ Melendez (42), Tyler Cropley (1), Nick Pratto (37) | |||||||||
| SF - MJ Melendez (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Bobby Witt Jr. (12, 2nd by France/Diaz), Drew Waters (5, 2nd by France/Diaz) | |||||||||
| SB - Maikel Garcia (23, 2nd off France/Diaz) | |||||||||
| PO - Bobby Witt Jr. (1st by France) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Lyles (W 5-17) | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.24 |
| Carlos Hernandez (H 15) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.05 |
| Collin Snider (H 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.26 |
| Tucker Davidson (H 1) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 |
| Taylor Clarke (SV 3) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.49 |
| HBP - Jose Abreu (by Clarke) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 82-42, Carlos Hernandez 20-11, Collin Snider 22-15, Tucker Davidson 14-9, Taylor Clarke 28-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 4-5, Carlos Hernandez 0-1, Collin Snider 1-0, Tucker Davidson 0-0, Taylor Clarke 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 19, Carlos Hernandez 4, Collin Snider 5, Tucker Davidson 3, Taylor Clarke 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Clarke 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .310 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .292 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .234 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .285 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Jonathan Singleton | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .197 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (23), Kyle Tucker (34) | |||||||||
| HR - Chas McCormick (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Yordan Alvarez 2, Kyle Tucker 2, Chas McCormick 4, Yainer Diaz, Jeremy Pena 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Kyle Tucker (109), Chas McCormick (69) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (24), Jose Abreu (57), Yainer Diaz (38) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Tucker (29, 2nd off Hernandez/Cropley), Jeremy Pena 2 (13, 2nd off Lyles/Cropley, 2nd off Snider/Cropley) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Yainer Diaz (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| J.P. France (L 11-6) | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.83 |
| Bennett Sousa | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.84 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.88 |
| WP - J.P. France | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - J.P. France 91-58, Bennett Sousa 28-19, Bryan Abreu 15-9, Rafael Montero 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.P. France 2-4, Bennett Sousa 2-2, Bryan Abreu 0-0, Rafael Montero 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - J.P. France 21, Bennett Sousa 6, Bryan Abreu 3, Rafael Montero 3 | ||||||||