Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Houston 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 21027
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 21027
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .160 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .208 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Omar Infante (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Lorenzo Cain (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain 4, Eric Hosmer, Alex Gordon, Omar Infante 2, Paulo Orlando | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain 3 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar (2), Omar Infante 2 (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kendrys Morales (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alex Gordon (1, 2nd off Fiers/Kratz) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Medlen (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Luke Hochevar (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Kelvin Herrera (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joakim Soria (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.82 |
| Wade Davis (SV 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Medlen 97-53, Luke Hochevar 15-9, Kelvin Herrera 17-9, Joakim Soria 17-11, Wade Davis 33-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Medlen 4-1, Luke Hochevar 0-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-1, Joakim Soria 1-1, Wade Davis 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Medlen 22, Luke Hochevar 3, Kelvin Herrera 3, Joakim Soria 5, Wade Davis 5 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| George Springer | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .355 |
| Colby Rasmus | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .360 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .520 |
| Carlos Gomez | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .214 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .231 |
| Jake Marisnick | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Erik Kratz | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Preston Tucker | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .312 |
| Jason Castro | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Colby Rasmus (2), Carlos Gomez (3) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 2, Carlos Correa, Colby Rasmus 3, Tyler White, Carlos Gomez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Colby Rasmus (7), Tyler White (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Colby Rasmus (2), Tyler White (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - George Springer (2), Colby Rasmus (2), Carlos Gomez (3), Evan Gattis (1), Luis Valbuena (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Correa (1), Colby Rasmus (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - George Springer (1st by Medlen) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Fiers (L 0-1) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6.55 |
| Will Harris | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Luke Gregerson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Luke Gregerson | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Fiers 101-58, Will Harris 18-15, Luke Gregerson 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Fiers 8-2, Will Harris 3-1, Luke Gregerson 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Fiers 24, Will Harris 7, Luke Gregerson 4 | ||||||||