Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 4,
Kansas City 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, September 13, 2019
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 20593
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 20593
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF-CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .296 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .305 |
| Alex Bregman | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .316 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .302 |
| Aledmys Diaz | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| Kyle Tucker | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .230 |
| Michael Brantley | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Garrett Stubbs | PR-C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 |
| Josh Reddick | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .268 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (23) | |||||||||
| HR - George Springer (35), Jose Altuve (28) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 4, Jose Altuve 5, Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez 2, Kyle Tucker, Jake Marisnick | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer 3 (89), Jose Altuve (67) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - George Springer 3 (25) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - George Springer (44), Yuli Gurriel 4 (58) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Yuli Gurriel (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Martin Maldonado (4) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - George Springer (Dozier at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (W 17-5) | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Roberto Osuna (SV 33) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.90 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 101-70, Roberto Osuna 13-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 2-5, Roberto Osuna 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 29, Roberto Osuna 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .266 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .255 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .262 |
| Brett Phillips | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 |
| Ryan McBroom | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .189 |
| Bubba Starling | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .229 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (37), Bubba Starling (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Brett Phillips, Ryan McBroom, Bubba Starling 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Meibrys Viloria (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi (34), Hunter Dozier (50) | |||||||||
| SF - Meibrys Viloria (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bubba Starling (2, 2nd off Cole/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.55 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.19 |
| Jacob Barnes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.27 |
| Heath Fillmyer (L 0-2) | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8.68 |
| Josh Staumont | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 108-64, Kevin McCarthy 17-11, Jacob Barnes 19-10, Heath Fillmyer 28-14, Josh Staumont 8-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 3-4, Kevin McCarthy 1-0, Jacob Barnes 2-0, Heath Fillmyer 0-1, Josh Staumont 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 23, Kevin McCarthy 4, Jacob Barnes 5, Heath Fillmyer 7, Josh Staumont 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Josh Staumont 2-0 | ||||||||