Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 3,
Kansas City 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, August 30, 2024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Daniel Bellino, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Alex Tosi
Attendance: 37279
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Daniel Bellino, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Alex Tosi
Attendance: 37279
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 2B-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .341 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .277 |
| Paul DeJong | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .238 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Nick Loftin | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .193 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Michael Massey | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Garrett Hampson | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 |
| MJ Melendez | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Tyler Gentry | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Kyle Isbel | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Paul DeJong (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Paul DeJong 4, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Paul DeJong 2 (55) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Maikel Garcia (58), Nick Loftin (13) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Freddy Fermin (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Dairon Blanco (25, 2nd off Valdez/Diaz) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Seth Lugo | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3.12 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.54 |
| James McArthur (L 5-6) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.47 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Seth Lugo 93-63, Carlos Hernandez 10-7, Daniel Lynch IV 4-3, James McArthur 11-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Seth Lugo 4-2, Carlos Hernandez 0-1, Daniel Lynch IV 0-0, James McArthur 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Seth Lugo 28, Carlos Hernandez 4, Daniel Lynch IV 1, James McArthur 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Daniel Lynch IV 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .298 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .312 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 |
| Victor Caratini | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .276 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .270 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .367 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .257 |
| Jon Singleton | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (24), Victor Caratini (6), Jeremy Pena (23) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Gamel (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 3, Yordan Alvarez, Yainer Diaz 2, Victor Caratini 2, Jeremy Pena 2, Ben Gamel 4, Jake Meyers, Mauricio Dubon | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (57), Jeremy Pena (61), Ben Gamel (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Altuve (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yainer Diaz (50), Jason Heyward 2 (2), Ben Gamel (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Jeremy Pena (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jeremy Pena (18) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3.11 |
| Bryan Abreu (H 33) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Josh Hader (W 7-7; BS 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.28 |
| WP - Framber Valdez | ||||||||
| HBP - Salvador Perez (by Valdez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 98-60, Bryan Abreu 16-8, Josh Hader 15-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 9-1, Bryan Abreu 1-2, Josh Hader 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 24, Bryan Abreu 4, Josh Hader 5 | ||||||||