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Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

2017-06-06 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 20974 · 82°F, sunny · Wind 11 mph from RF · 3:10

Kansas City Royals defeated Houston Astros 9–7. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jose Altuve out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. George Springer scores. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 9th — Mike Moustakas homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. Salvador Perez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Whit Merrifield doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Josh Reddick. Mike Moustakas scores. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Alex Gordon scores — worth 44% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	13
KCA	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	9	14

W: Mike Minor L: Ken Giles SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Doug Eddings · 2B: Cory Blaser · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	5	2	2	0	0	0
Josh Reddick	5	2	3	1	0	0
Jose Altuve	3	0	1	1	1	1
Carlos Correa	4	1	1	0	1	1
Carlos Beltran	5	2	1	2	0	3
Evan Gattis	4	0	1	0	1	1
Yuli Gurriel	5	0	3	2	0	0
Alex Bregman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Nori Aoki	4	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	0	2	3	0	0
Jorge Bonifacio	4	0	0	0	1	4
Lorenzo Cain	5	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	5	2	3	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	2	3	1	0	0
Mike Moustakas	5	2	4	3	0	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	1	1	1	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Gordon	3	2	1	1	1	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Paulino	5.2	8	1	4
Chris Devenski	1.1	0	0	2
Reymin Guduan	0.1	2	0	1
James Hoyt	0.1	1	1	1
Ken Giles	1.0	3	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jakob Junis	3.2	8	3	1
Kevin McCarthy	2.1	2	0	2
Travis Wood	2.0	2	0	2
Mike Minor	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Springer: 9/F89D
Josh Reddick: 8/F8RXD+
Jose Altuve: W
Carlos Correa: S8/G6+.1-3
Carlos Beltran: K

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 9/F9M
Jorge Bonifacio: K
Lorenzo Cain: K

Top 2

Evan Gattis: D7/L7S+
Yuli Gurriel: 9/F9D+
Alex Bregman: 7/L7LD+
Nori Aoki: WP.2-3
Nori Aoki: 63/G6

Bot 2

Eric Hosmer: S7/F78S-
Salvador Perez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Mike Moustakas: D9/L9LS
Cheslor Cuthbert: 6/F6D

Top 3

George Springer: D7/F78XD+
Josh Reddick: S14/BG4S+.2-3
Jose Altuve: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Carlos Correa: W.1-2
Carlos Beltran: 46(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Evan Gattis: W.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: S8/L8RS.3-H;2-H;1-2
Alex Bregman: 7/L7M+

Bot 3

Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S
Alex Gordon: HR/F8RXD+
Whit Merrifield: 8/F89D
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Top 4

Nori Aoki: 7/F7LD
George Springer: S7/L7S+
Josh Reddick: D9/L9LM+.1-H
Jose Altuve: 63/G6
Carlos Correa: E5/G56+.2-H(UR)(NR)
Carlos Beltran: HR/F9LD+.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Evan Gattis: K

Bot 4

Lorenzo Cain: 63/MREV/G6MD
Eric Hosmer: D8/F78XD+
Salvador Perez: D9/L34D+.2-H
Mike Moustakas: 5/F7LSF
Cheslor Cuthbert: 6/F6-

Top 5

Yuli Gurriel: 7/F78M
Alex Bregman: 63/G6
Nori Aoki: S6/G56
George Springer: 63/G6

Bot 5

Alcides Escobar: K
Alex Gordon: 7/L7D+
Whit Merrifield: D7/F78D+
Jorge Bonifacio: W
Lorenzo Cain: 8/F8RD

Top 6

Josh Reddick: 43/G4
Jose Altuve: S9/L34D+
Carlos Correa: 43/G4M.1-2
Carlos Beltran: K

Bot 6

Eric Hosmer: D7/L5D+
Salvador Perez: C/E2
Mike Moustakas: S7/L8LS.2-H;1-3
Cheslor Cuthbert: 6/F6S-
Alcides Escobar: FC6/G6.3XH(62);1-2;B-1
Alex Gordon: K

Top 7

Evan Gattis: 8/F78D
Yuli Gurriel: S9/L34D+
Alex Bregman: 3/F3SF-
Nori Aoki: 53/G56

Bot 7

Whit Merrifield: 9/F9D+
Jorge Bonifacio: K
Lorenzo Cain: 8/L8RD+

Top 8

George Springer: 63/G6S-
Josh Reddick: S9/L89M
Jose Altuve: K
Carlos Correa: SB2
Carlos Correa: K

Bot 8

Eric Hosmer: K
Salvador Perez: S9/F89S-
Mike Moustakas: S9/G3+.1-3
Cheslor Cuthbert: S9/L34D-.3-H;1-2
Alcides Escobar: K
Alex Gordon: W.2-3;1-2
Whit Merrifield: D7/L7M+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Top 9

Carlos Beltran: K
Evan Gattis: 4/F4D-
Yuli Gurriel: S8/G6M
Alex Bregman: SB2
Alex Bregman: 63/G6

Bot 9

Lorenzo Cain: 53/G56S
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4
Salvador Perez: S9/G4
Mike Moustakas: HR/F9LD+.1-H

Notes & reviews

originally scored as single, changed to E5 on 06-10-2017, removing one RBI and making three runs unearned
replay,4,cainl001,KCA,nelsj901,KAN06,,Y,M,HOU,C $when Lorenzo Cain was called safe at 1B, Astros manager A.J. Hinch challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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