Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Kansas City 3, Houston 1
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, April 4, 2015
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Clint Fagan, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Manny Gonzalez, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 11399
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Alcides Escobar SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180
     Gabriel Noriega SS 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .250
Mike Moustakas 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
     Ryan Jackson 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Lorenzo Cain CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .382
     Jarrod Dyson CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Eric Hosmer 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333
     Whit Merrifield 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .370
Kendrys Morales DH 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292
     Moises Sierra PH-DH 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .243
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .200
     Brett Eibner PR-RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500
Alex Rios RF 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308
     Paulo Orlando PR-RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .319
Omar Infante 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326
     Christian Colon 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .304
Erik Kratz C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .186
     J.C. Boscan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 31 3 5 2 3 7 8  
Batting
2B - Ryan Jackson (1), Lorenzo Cain (4), Whit Merrifield (2)
3B - Christian Colon (1)
TB - Gabriel Noriega, Ryan Jackson 2, Lorenzo Cain 2, Whit Merrifield 2, Christian Colon 3
RBI - Gabriel Noriega (4), Alex Gordon (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eric Hosmer (7), Whit Merrifield (5)
GIDP - Alex Rios (1)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Gabriel Noriega (1, 2nd by McCullers/Conger)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jason Vargas 4.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 7.89
Luke Hochevar 0.2 0 1 1 2 2 0 3.18
Casey Coleman 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.23
Franklin Morales 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.00
Brian Flynn (W 1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.40
Scott Alexander (H 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
Buddy Baumann (SV 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 53-32, Luke Hochevar 24-13, Casey Coleman 6-5, Franklin Morales 16-9, Brian Flynn 22-13, Scott Alexander 13-9, Buddy Baumann 13-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 4-4, Luke Hochevar 0-0, Casey Coleman 0-0, Franklin Morales 2-0, Brian Flynn 0-0, Scott Alexander 1-1, Buddy Baumann 0-1
Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 13, Luke Hochevar 4, Casey Coleman 2, Franklin Morales 4, Brian Flynn 4, Scott Alexander 3, Buddy Baumann 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Coleman 2-1
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
     Marwin Gonzalez 2B-1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .208
Jonathan Villar 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
     Matt Duffy 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
George Springer DH 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .291
     Anthony Kemp PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
     Tyler Heineman PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Evan Gattis LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .395
     Carlos Correa SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .326
Chris Carter 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217
     Preston Tucker LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Jed Lowrie SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .325
     Joe Sclafani PR-2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .364
Jason Castro C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
     Hank Conger C 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250
Robbie Grossman RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .321
     Ruben Sosa PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jake Marisnick CF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .333
     Teoscar Hernandez CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 30 1 4 1 3 9 8  
Batting
TB - Jonathan Villar, Robbie Grossman, Jake Marisnick 2
RBI - Jake Marisnick (9)
2-Out RBI - Jake Marisnick (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Marwin Gonzalez (4), Preston Tucker (1)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
SB - Ruben Sosa (2, 2nd off Flynn/Kratz)
Fielding
E - Carlos Correa 2 (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Collin McHugh 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.98
Tony Sipp 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.84
Samuel Deduno (H 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.81
Lance McCullers (L 0-1; BS 1) 2.0 4 3 2 1 1 0 6.00
Josh Hader 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
WP - Lance McCullers
Pitches-Strikes - Collin McHugh 46-32, Tony Sipp 17-11, Samuel Deduno 7-5, Lance McCullers 44-30, Josh Hader 16-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Collin McHugh 4-3, Tony Sipp 1-1, Samuel Deduno 1-1, Lance McCullers 3-0, Josh Hader 0-0
Batters Faced - Collin McHugh 13, Tony Sipp 4, Samuel Deduno 3, Lance McCullers 11, Josh Hader 3