Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, June 23, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Lance Barrett, 2B - Adam Hamari, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 40028
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Lance Barrett, 2B - Adam Hamari, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 40028
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .280 |
| Rosell Herrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .227 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 |
| Lucas Duda | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .255 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .262 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .228 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .205 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .219 |
| Totals | 40 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Hunter Dozier (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez, Lucas Duda, Alex Gordon, Hunter Dozier 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Hunter Dozier 3 (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hunter Dozier 3 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Rosell Herrera (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Adalberto Mondesi (1, 2nd by Harris/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (7), Ryan Goins (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5.09 |
| Wily Peralta (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Brandon Maurer (BS 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.05 |
| Burch Smith | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.40 |
| Justin Grimm (L 1-3) | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
| WP - Ian Kennedy | ||||||||
| IBB - Marwin Gonzalez (by Smith), Jose Altuve (by Grimm) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 104-65, Wily Peralta 21-13, Brandon Maurer 20-13, Burch Smith 30-16, Justin Grimm 12-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 3-6, Wily Peralta 1-2, Brandon Maurer 1-0, Burch Smith 5-0, Justin Grimm 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 26, Wily Peralta 4, Brandon Maurer 6, Burch Smith 9, Justin Grimm 4 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | CF-RF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .272 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .346 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Jake Marisnick | PR-CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .173 |
| Josh Reddick | RF-LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF-1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .250 |
| Brian McCann | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .215 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (21) | |||||||||
| HR - Yuli Gurriel (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve 2, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel 5, Josh Reddick 2, Brian McCann | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Correa 2 (49), Yuli Gurriel (32), Evan Gattis (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yuli Gurriel (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian McCann 2 (20) | |||||||||
| S - Josh Reddick (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Carlos Correa (7), Evan Gattis (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Brad Peacock (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3.82 |
| Brad Peacock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.23 |
| Tony Sipp | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.04 |
| Will Harris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Chris Devenski | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 |
| Collin McHugh (W 3-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.09 |
| WP - Lance McCullers Jr. | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance McCullers Jr. 103-63, Brad Peacock 19-13, Tony Sipp 10-6, Will Harris 15-10, Chris Devenski 22-15, Collin McHugh 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance McCullers Jr. 5-2, Brad Peacock 1-2, Tony Sipp 2-0, Will Harris 1-0, Chris Devenski 1-2, Collin McHugh 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance McCullers Jr. 24, Brad Peacock 4, Tony Sipp 2, Will Harris 3, Chris Devenski 6, Collin McHugh 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tony Sipp 1-0 | ||||||||