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Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

2016-06-26 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 36450 · 87°F · Wind 6 mph from RF · 2:33

Kansas City Royals defeated Houston Astros 6–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 4th — Kendrys Morales homers (9) on a line drive to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Kendrys Morales homers (10) on a fly ball to right field — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
KCA	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0		6	13

W: Ian Kennedy L: Doug Fister SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Kerwin Danley · 1B: Andy Fletcher · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Mark Ripperger · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Marwin Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Altuve	4	0	1	0	0	2
Carlos Correa	4	0	0	0	0	1
Colby Rasmus	3	0	0	0	0	2
A. J. Reed	3	0	0	0	0	3
Carlos Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Valbuena	3	0	0	0	0	2
Evan Gattis	3	1	2	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	1	0	3
Alex Gordon	4	1	1	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	1	3	0	1
Eric Hosmer	4	0	2	2	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	2
Kendrys Morales	4	2	2	2	0
Paulo Orlando	4	0	1	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	1	2	0	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	1	1	2	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Doug Fister	6.2	8	6
Tony Sipp	0.0	3	0
Chris Devenski	1.1	2	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	7.0	3	1	11
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	0	2
Wade Davis	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Springer: W
Marwin Gonzalez: 8/F8RM
Jose Altuve: K
Carlos Correa: 53/G5+

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Alex Gordon: 43/G34
Lorenzo Cain: S7/G56
Eric Hosmer: S9/G4+.1-3
Salvador Perez: 6/F6D-

Top 2

Colby Rasmus: 8/F8RXD+
A. J. Reed: K
Carlos Gomez: K

Bot 2

Kendrys Morales: 8/F8LXD+
Paulo Orlando: 13/G13-
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LXD+

Top 3

Luis Valbuena: K
Evan Gattis: S8/G6M
George Springer: 43/G4-.1-2
Marwin Gonzalez: K

Bot 3

Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Whit Merrifield: S7/L7S+
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LXD+
Lorenzo Cain: S7/L7M+.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 43/G34-

Top 4

Jose Altuve: S8/G6M
Carlos Correa: 4/F34S-
Colby Rasmus: K+CS2(26)/DP/MREV

Bot 4

Salvador Perez: K
Kendrys Morales: HR/F9D+
Paulo Orlando: 63/G6
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6-

Top 5

A. J. Reed: K
Carlos Gomez: 2/P2F
Luis Valbuena: 7/L7D+

Bot 5

Cheslor Cuthbert: 5/L5
Whit Merrifield: K
Alex Gordon: 31/G3

Top 6

Evan Gattis: HR/F7LD+
George Springer: 9/F9D+
Marwin Gonzalez: 8/F8RXD+
Jose Altuve: K

Bot 6

Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: 9/F89D+
Salvador Perez: 3/F34-

Top 7

Carlos Correa: K
Colby Rasmus: K
A. J. Reed: K

Bot 7

Kendrys Morales: HR/F9LD+
Paulo Orlando: 53/G56
Alcides Escobar: S8/L8RM
Cheslor Cuthbert: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Whit Merrifield: K
Alex Gordon: S48/L4D
Lorenzo Cain: D7/L7LD+.1-3
Eric Hosmer: D9/G34+.3-H;2-H
Salvador Perez: K

Top 8

Carlos Gomez: K
Luis Valbuena: K
Evan Gattis: 63/G6-

Bot 8

Kendrys Morales: 63/G4
Paulo Orlando: S8/G6M+
Alcides Escobar: S8/L4M.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 9

George Springer: S7/F78S-
Marwin Gonzalez: 46(1)/FO/G34
Jose Altuve: 9/F89XD+
Carlos Correa: 13/G13-

Notes & reviews

replay,4,rasmc001,HOU,westj901,KAN06,,Y,M,KCA,A $when Jose Altuve was called safe at 2B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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