Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 5,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 31, 2024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 2B - Alex Tosi, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 37776
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 2B - Alex Tosi, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 37776
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .240 |
| Michael Massey | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .341 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .277 |
| Paul DeJong | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .235 |
| Freddy Fermin | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Nick Loftin | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .189 |
| Adam Frazier | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .207 |
| Garrett Hampson | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .235 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Garrett Hampson (13) | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (29) | |||||||||
| TB - Bobby Witt Jr. 4, Salvador Perez, Freddy Fermin, MJ Melendez 2, Garrett Hampson 2, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (96), Nick Loftin (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (33) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Maikel Garcia (59), Salvador Perez (36) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Ragans (L 10-9) | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Steven Cruz | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Stratton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.10 |
| WP - Steven Cruz | ||||||||
| HBP - Jose Altuve (by Ragans) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 93-67, Steven Cruz 37-25, Chris Stratton 10-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 1-3, Steven Cruz 3-2, Chris Stratton 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 22, Steven Cruz 6, Chris Stratton 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Steven Cruz 1-1 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .312 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Yainer Diaz | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .298 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .228 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Zach Dezenzo | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .208 |
| Ben Gamel | RF-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Jeremy Pena (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Yordan Alvarez, Yainer Diaz, Jeremy Pena 4, Ben Gamel | |||||||||
| RBI - Yainer Diaz 2 (74), Jeremy Pena 2 (63) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Yordan Alvarez (6, 3rd off Ragans/Perez), Yainer Diaz (2, 2nd off Ragans/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yusei Kikuchi (W 7-9) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.24 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 |
| Ryan Pressly (SV 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Yusei Kikuchi 101-75, Hector Neris 13-9, Ryan Pressly 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yusei Kikuchi 6-1, Hector Neris 1-2, Ryan Pressly 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yusei Kikuchi 26, Hector Neris 4, Ryan Pressly 4 | ||||||||