Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 7,
Kansas City 2
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 1, 2024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Alex Tosi, 2B - Daniel Bellino, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 40229
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Alex Tosi, 2B - Daniel Bellino, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 40229
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Tommy Pham | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .340 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .264 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .217 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .293 |
| Yuli Gurriel | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Dairon Blanco | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Adam Frazier | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .238 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .233 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - MJ Melendez (21) | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (30) | |||||||||
| TB - Tommy Pham 2, Bobby Witt Jr. 4, MJ Melendez 2, Freddy Fermin, Yuli Gurriel, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (97), Yuli Gurriel (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Massey 2 (22), MJ Melendez (34), Maikel Garcia (60), Kyle Isbel 2 (29) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - MJ Melendez (4, 2nd by Blanco/Diaz) | |||||||||
| SB - Dairon Blanco (26, 2nd off Scott/Diaz) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alec Marsh (L 7-8) | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4.70 |
| Sam Long | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.51 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.66 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.46 |
| Chris Stratton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Alec Marsh 73-47, Sam Long 15-11, Carlos Hernandez 14-11, John Schreiber 16-11, Chris Stratton 15-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alec Marsh 6-2, Sam Long 1-1, Carlos Hernandez 0-0, John Schreiber 0-1, Chris Stratton 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Alec Marsh 19, Sam Long 4, Carlos Hernandez 3, John Schreiber 5, Chris Stratton 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Chris Stratton 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .314 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .298 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 |
| Ben Gamel | RF-LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .233 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .226 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yainer Diaz (22) | |||||||||
| HR - Yordan Alvarez 2 (30), Jon Singleton (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez 8, Yainer Diaz 2, Jeremy Pena, Jon Singleton 4, Shay Whitcomb, Mauricio Dubon 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez 2 (73), Yainer Diaz (75), Jeremy Pena 2 (65), Jon Singleton 2 (35) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jon Singleton 2 (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jake Meyers (42) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mauricio Dubon (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ronel Blanco (W 10-6) | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.03 |
| Tayler Scott (H 8) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.97 |
| Hector Neris (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Bryan Abreu (H 34) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 |
| Kaleb Ort | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ronel Blanco 101-60, Tayler Scott 33-21, Hector Neris 14-12, Bryan Abreu 10-8, Kaleb Ort 9-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ronel Blanco 5-5, Tayler Scott 0-0, Hector Neris 2-0, Bryan Abreu 3-0, Kaleb Ort 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ronel Blanco 21, Tayler Scott 6, Hector Neris 4, Bryan Abreu 4, Kaleb Ort 3 | ||||||||