Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Houston 3
When: 7:40 PM ET, Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - Derek Thomas, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 11926
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - Derek Thomas, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 11926
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .347 |
| Kyle Tucker | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .302 |
| Chas McCormick | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .211 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .059 |
| Victor Caratini | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Jon Singleton | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .238 |
| Totals | 44 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 29 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (3), Mauricio Dubon (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez 5, Kyle Tucker 2, Alex Bregman, Yainer Diaz, Chas McCormick, Jeremy Pena 2, Mauricio Dubon 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez 2 (11), Yainer Diaz (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yordan Alvarez (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Tucker (8), Yainer Diaz (3), Chas McCormick (7), Jeremy Pena 2 (6), Jake Meyers (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 13 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jeremy Pena (2, 2nd off Ragans/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alex Bregman (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cristian Javier | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.10 |
| Rafael Montero | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11.57 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Wander Suero (L 0-1) | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cristian Javier 93-55, Rafael Montero 7-5, Bryan Abreu 19-10, Ryan Pressly 26-16, Josh Hader 11-7, Wander Suero 2-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cristian Javier 5-8, Rafael Montero 1-1, Bryan Abreu 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Josh Hader 1-1, Wander Suero 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cristian Javier 25, Rafael Montero 2, Bryan Abreu 4, Ryan Pressly 5, Josh Hader 3, Wander Suero 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Rafael Montero 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .108 |
| Garrett Hampson | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .341 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Dairon Blanco | PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nelson Velázquez | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .323 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .217 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .156 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .226 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Velázquez (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Bobby Witt Jr. (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Bobby Witt Jr. 3, Salvador Perez 2, MJ Melendez, Nelson Velázquez 3, Hunter Renfroe | |||||||||
| RBI - Maikel Garcia (10), Bobby Witt Jr. (3), Salvador Perez (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Renfroe 2 (7), Kyle Isbel 2 (4) | |||||||||
| S - Kyle Isbel (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Maikel Garcia (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - MJ Melendez (1, 2nd off Javier/Diaz), Dairon Blanco (5, 2nd off Pressly/Diaz) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Bobby Witt Jr. (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Ragans | 5.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Chris Stratton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| James McArthur (W 1-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 96-63, Nick Anderson 14-10, Chris Stratton 21-15, John Schreiber 8-6, James McArthur 25-19 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 4-4, Nick Anderson 1-0, Chris Stratton 1-0, John Schreiber 1-1, James McArthur 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 26, Nick Anderson 4, Chris Stratton 5, John Schreiber 3, James McArthur 7 | ||||||||