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Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

2019-09-13 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 20593 · 75°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:58

Houston Astros defeated Kansas City Royals 4–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Jose Altuve homers (28) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: George Springer homers (35) on a fly ball to left center field. Kyle Tucker scores. Garrett Stubbs scores — worth 48% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Alex Gordon (P): Called strike 3.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

W: Gerrit Cole L: Heath Fillmyer SV: Roberto Osuna

Umpires — HP: Lance Barrett · 1B: Chris Guccione · 2B: Jansen Visconti · 3B: Mike Everitt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	5	1	1	3	0	3
Jose Altuve	5	1	2	1	0	1
Alex Bregman	3	0	1	0	2	0
Yordan Alvarez	2	0	1	0	3	0
Yuli Gurriel	5	0	0	0	0	0
Aledmys Diaz	3	0	0	0	1	1
Kyle Tucker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Martin Maldonado	2	0	0	0	1	2
Jake Marisnick	3	0	1	0	0	1
Michael Brantley	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Reddick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	1	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jorge Soler	4	0	0	0	0	2
Hunter Dozier	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan McBroom	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ryan O'Hearn	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bubba Starling	3	1	2	0	0	0
Meibrys Viloria	2	0	0	1	0	1
Brett Phillips	1	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	8.0	4	2	11
Roberto Osuna	1.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	6.0	4	2	6
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	0	1	1
Jacob Barnes	1.0	0	2	1
Heath Fillmyer	0.2	3	2	1
Josh Staumont	0.1	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Springer: 8/F89XD+
Jose Altuve: HR/F7D+
Alex Bregman: 9/F89M
Yordan Alvarez: W
Yuli Gurriel: 2/F25F-

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: D7/G5
Adalberto Mondesi: 7/F78XD+.2-3
Jorge Soler: K
Hunter Dozier: 8/F8RS

Top 2

Aledmys Diaz: W
Kyle Tucker: 7/F7D+
Martin Maldonado: K
Jake Marisnick: S7/G56+.1-2
George Springer: K

Bot 2

Alex Gordon: K
Ryan McBroom: 9/F9M
Ryan O'Hearn: K

Top 3

Jose Altuve: 8/F8RXD+
Alex Bregman: 4/L6MD
Yordan Alvarez: D7/L78XD+
Yuli Gurriel: 43/G4+

Bot 3

Bubba Starling: D7/L5+
Meibrys Viloria: 7/F78S
Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Top 4

Aledmys Diaz: 43/G4M
Kyle Tucker: 8/F8LXD+
Martin Maldonado: K

Bot 4

Jorge Soler: K
Hunter Dozier: W
Alex Gordon: 9/DP.1X1(963)

Top 5

Jake Marisnick: K
George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: K

Bot 5

Ryan McBroom: W
Ryan O'Hearn: 65(1)/FO/G4
Bubba Starling: 8/F8LS
Meibrys Viloria: K

Top 6

Alex Bregman: S7
Yordan Alvarez: 8/F8RM
Yuli Gurriel: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+

Bot 6

Whit Merrifield: 9/L9S-
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Jorge Soler: 7/L7M+

Top 7

Aledmys Diaz: K
Kyle Tucker: 7/F78D+
Martin Maldonado: W
Jake Marisnick: 53/G5

Bot 7

Hunter Dozier: K
Alex Gordon: K
Ryan McBroom: S9/L34D
Ryan O'Hearn: 56(1)/FO/G6+

Top 8

George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: 63/G6
Alex Bregman: W
Yordan Alvarez: W.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: 43/G4+

Bot 8

Bubba Starling: S7/L6D-
Meibrys Viloria: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Meibrys Viloria: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H(UR)
Whit Merrifield: 3/F3F-
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Top 9

Aledmys Diaz: 8/F8RS
Kyle Tucker: S9/L4D-
Michael Brantley: W.1-2
Josh Reddick: K
George Springer: HR/F78D+.2-H;1-H
Jose Altuve: S5/G56S-
Alex Bregman: W.1-2
Yordan Alvarez: W.2-3;1-2
Yuli Gurriel: 8/L8RD+

Bot 9

Jorge Soler: 9/F9S
Hunter Dozier: 31/G34
Brett Phillips: S9/G34+
Ryan McBroom: K

Notes & reviews

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