Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Houston 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 22, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ryan Wills, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Ryan Additon, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 41033
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ryan Wills, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Ryan Additon, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 41033
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .273 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 |
| Nelson Velazquez | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .236 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .234 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Edward Olivares | DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Nick Loftin | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .364 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| Logan Porter | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .228 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .232 |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Edward Olivares (22) | |||||||||
| 3B - Bobby Witt Jr. (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Bobby Witt Jr. 3, MJ Melendez, Edward Olivares 2, Nick Pratto, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (92), MJ Melendez (54), Edward Olivares (32), Nick Loftin (9), Nick Pratto (33), Kyle Isbel 2 (32) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Maikel Garcia (45), Nick Pratto (36) | |||||||||
| S - Logan Porter (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Nick Loftin (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Bobby Witt Jr. (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Edward Olivares (11, 2nd off Valdez/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Ragans (W 7-4) | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.31 |
| Collin Snider | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Jackson Kowar | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.88 |
| James McArthur (SV 2) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.59 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 93-62, Collin Snider 21-13, Jackson Kowar 18-10, James McArthur 19-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 5-6, Collin Snider 1-1, Jackson Kowar 0-1, James McArthur 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 25, Collin Snider 5, Jackson Kowar 5, James McArthur 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - James McArthur 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .314 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .260 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .293 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .282 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .235 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .281 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .281 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .189 |
| Yainer Diaz | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (22), Mauricio Dubon (26) | |||||||||
| 3B - Kyle Tucker (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Abreu (17), Chas McCormick (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yordan Alvarez 2, Kyle Tucker 3, Jose Abreu 5, Chas McCormick 4, Mauricio Dubon 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez (94), Jose Abreu (83), Chas McCormick 3 (68) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jeremy Pena (46), Yordan Alvarez (34), Kyle Tucker (59), Chas McCormick (46), Mauricio Dubon (37) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Altuve (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (L 12-11) | 5.1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3.39 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.99 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.96 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.84 |
| HBP - Edward Olivares (by Valdez), Nick Loftin (by Valdez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 92-58, Phil Maton 8-4, Ryne Stanek 10-7, Rafael Montero 26-15, Hector Neris 11-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 4-4, Phil Maton 1-0, Ryne Stanek 0-1, Rafael Montero 1-1, Hector Neris 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 27, Phil Maton 2, Ryne Stanek 3, Rafael Montero 5, Hector Neris 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Phil Maton 1-0 | ||||||||