Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Houston 5
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 24, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ryan Additon, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Ryan Wills, 3B - Will Little
Attendance: 41438
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ryan Additon, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Ryan Wills, 3B - Will Little
Attendance: 41438
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Houston | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Edward Olivares | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .262 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .275 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .252 |
| Nelson Velazquez | RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Nick Loftin | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .354 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .225 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Drew Waters | CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| Logan Porter | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 32 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (22), Nelson Velazquez 2 (14), Matt Duffy (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Salvador Perez 4, Nelson Velazquez 8, Nick Loftin, Matt Duffy 4, Logan Porter | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (74), Nelson Velazquez 2 (27), Matt Duffy 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edward Olivares (32) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Edward Olivares (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Drew Waters (16, 2nd off Pressly/Diaz) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Logan Porter (1, Catcher interference) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 |
| Alec Marsh (W 3-8) | 5.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5.66 |
| Tucker Davidson (H 2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.12 |
| Carlos Hernandez (H 16) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.98 |
| James McArthur (SV 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.31 |
| HBP - Yordan Alvarez (by Marsh) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Steven Cruz 24-13, Alec Marsh 77-51, Tucker Davidson 7-4, Carlos Hernandez 10-8, James McArthur 12-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Steven Cruz 0-2, Alec Marsh 7-3, Tucker Davidson 0-0, Carlos Hernandez 1-0, James McArthur 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Steven Cruz 6, Alec Marsh 23, Tucker Davidson 2, Carlos Hernandez 4, James McArthur 4 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .261 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .295 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Chas McCormick | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .281 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .285 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .261 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Abreu (21), Chas McCormick (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Yordan Alvarez (29) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yordan Alvarez 5, Jose Abreu 2, Chas McCormick 2, Yainer Diaz, Mauricio Dubon | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (49), Yordan Alvarez (95), Jose Abreu (84), Chas McCormick (70), Yainer Diaz (60) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Abreu (43) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman (44), Chas McCormick 2 (48), Mauricio Dubon 2 (39) | |||||||||
| S - Jeremy Pena (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Hunter Brown (L 11-13) | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5.12 |
| Jose Urquidy | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.84 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.81 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Hunter Brown 65-42, Jose Urquidy 44-29, Kendall Graveman 15-7, Hector Neris 7-6, Ryan Pressly 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Hunter Brown 4-1, Jose Urquidy 4-1, Kendall Graveman 1-0, Hector Neris 0-2, Ryan Pressly 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Hunter Brown 16, Jose Urquidy 10, Kendall Graveman 3, Hector Neris 3, Ryan Pressly 5 | ||||||||