Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Houston 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, August 23, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 18742
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 18742
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .281 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .263 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .228 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF-1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .207 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 |
| Hanser Alberto | PH-DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (27), Ryan O'Hearn (4), Emmanuel Rivera (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - Whit Merrifield (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (33) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 6, Nicky Lopez, Salvador Perez 5, Andrew Benintendi, Carlos Santana, Ryan O'Hearn 2, Hanser Alberto, Emmanuel Rivera 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (61), Salvador Perez (81), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (20), Emmanuel Rivera 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (38), Nicky Lopez (30), Andrew Benintendi 2 (26), Carlos Santana (37), Hanser Alberto (27) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Emmanuel Rivera (4) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Michael A. Taylor (Correa at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daniel Lynch (W 4-3) | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.74 |
| Domingo Tapia (H 2) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Richard Lovelady (H 2) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 |
| Ervin Santana | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Lynch 88-53, Domingo Tapia 20-9, Richard Lovelady 12-7, Kyle Zimmer 17-7, Ervin Santana 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Lynch 6-2, Domingo Tapia 1-1, Richard Lovelady 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 3-0, Ervin Santana 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daniel Lynch 24, Domingo Tapia 4, Richard Lovelady 3, Kyle Zimmer 4, Ervin Santana 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 2-0, Richard Lovelady 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .280 |
| Michael Brantley | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .315 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .285 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Aledmys Diaz | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .312 |
| Taylor Jones | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .240 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .177 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (20), Yuli Gurriel (26) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yuli Gurriel 4, Carlos Correa, Aledmys Diaz, Taylor Jones | |||||||||
| RBI - Yuli Gurriel (69) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yuli Gurriel (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez 5 (45) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Taylor Jones (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Yimi Garcia (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Taylor Jones (Santana at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zack Greinke (L 11-4) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.41 |
| Yimi Garcia | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Blake Taylor | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 |
| WP - Blake Taylor | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 92-62, Yimi Garcia 19-12, Blake Taylor 12-6, Phil Maton 26-16, Brooks Raley 20-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 12-4, Yimi Garcia 1-0, Blake Taylor 0-0, Phil Maton 1-0, Brooks Raley 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 25, Yimi Garcia 5, Blake Taylor 3, Phil Maton 5, Brooks Raley 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Blake Taylor 1-0, Phil Maton 1-0 | ||||||||