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Royals
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
July 6, 2022
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 6, 2022 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 6, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 6, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brad Keller |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Cristian Javier |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 26,534 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brennan Miller 1B: Marvin Hudson 2B: Adrian Johnson 3B: Ryan Blakney |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| MJ Melendez | Catcher |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | DH |
| Hunter Dozier | First Baseman |
| Edward Olivares | Right Fielder |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Emmanuel Rivera | Third Baseman |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mauricio Dubon | Second Baseman |
| Jeremy Pena | Shortstop |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH |
| Alex Bregman | Third Baseman |
| Kyle Tucker | Right Fielder |
| Aledmys Diaz | First Baseman |
| Jake Meyers | Center Fielder |
| Chas McCormick | Left Fielder |
| Martin Maldonado | Catcher |
| Dusty Baker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
July 6, 2022
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Javier
Merrifield hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Javier
Benintendi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Melendez vs. Javier
Melendez strikes out. There goes Benintendi. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Pasquantino vs. Javier
Pasquantino strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Dozier vs. Javier
Dozier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olivares vs. Javier
Olivares strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dubon vs. Keller
Dubon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Keller
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Keller
Alvarez hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Javier
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Javier
Rivera hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Javier
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Diaz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lopez for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Javier
Merrifield hits a fly ball into center field. Meyers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Keller
Bregman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Keller
Tucker hits a popup beyond third. Rivera can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Bregman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Diaz vs. Keller
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bregman moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Meyers vs. Keller
Meyers hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Meyers reaches second base with a double. Bregman scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Keller
McCormick strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Javier
Benintendi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Melendez vs. Javier
Melendez hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pasquantino vs. Javier
Pasquantino hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Dozier vs. Javier
Dozier hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of McCormick. Dozier reaches second base with a double. Benintendi goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Olivares vs. Javier
Olivares hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Keller
Maldonado hits a fly ball into right field. Olivares settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dubon vs. Keller
Dubon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Keller
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Javier
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Javier
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bregman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Javier
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Keller
Alvarez hits a fly ball into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Bregman vs. Keller
Bregman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Tucker vs. Keller
Tucker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alvarez scores. Bregman moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Diaz vs. Keller
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera has Bregman trapped. There's the throw to Melendez and back to Lopez, who tags Bregman for the out. Tucker moves to third. Diaz moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Meyers vs. Keller
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tucker scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Keller
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Maldonado vs. Keller
Maldonado hits a fly ball into right field. Olivares settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Javier
Merrifield strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Javier
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Javier
Melendez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pasquantino vs. Javier
Pasquantino hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dubon vs. Keller
Dubon hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Keller
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Keller
Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dozier scoops it up and throws to first, with Keller covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Abreu
Bryan Abreu now pitching.
Dozier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Olivares vs. Abreu
Olivares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bregman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Abreu
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bregman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Keller
Bregman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Keller
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Keller
Diaz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Cuas
Jose Cuas now pitching.
Meyers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Cuas
McCormick takes first base on ball four. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Maldonado vs. Cuas
Maldonado takes first base on ball four. Meyers moves to third. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Dubon vs. Cuas
Dubon hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Merrifield fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Abreu
Rivera takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Abreu
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bregman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Stanek
Ryne Stanek now pitching.
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Coleman
Dylan Coleman now pitching.
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Coleman
Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dozier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alvarez for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Coleman
Bregman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Stanek
Benintendi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Melendez vs. Stanek
Melendez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pasquantino vs. Stanek
Pasquantino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Benintendi moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Dozier vs. Stanek
Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Benintendi moves to third. Pasquantino moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Isbel vs. Stanek
Kyle Isbel pinch hits for Edward Olivares.
Isbel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Taylor vs. Stanek
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Clarke
Kyle Isbel now playing right field. Taylor Clarke now pitching.
Tucker hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Clarke
Diaz hits a popup towards short. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Clarke
Meyers hits a fly ball into right field. Isbel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Neris
Hector Neris now pitching.
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dubon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Neris
Lopez hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Merrifield vs. Neris
Merrifield hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Benintendi vs. Neris
Benintendi hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Meyers. Benintendi reaches second base with a double. Lopez scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melendez vs. Neris
Melendez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Benintendi scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pasquantino vs. Neris
Pasquantino hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 7 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Barlow
Scott Barlow now pitching.
McCormick strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Matijevic vs. Barlow
J.J. Matijevic pinch hits for Martin Maldonado.
Matijevic hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dubon vs. Barlow
Dubon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Barlow
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Matijevic moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Barlow
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/6/2022 -- KCA at Houston (N)
KCA AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Whit Merrifield, 2b 5 1 1 1 Dubon M, 2b 5 0 0 0
Andrew Benintend, lf 3 3 2 1 Pena J, ss 5 0 0 0
MJ Melendez, c 4 0 1 1 Alvarez Y, dh 4 1 1 0
Vinnie Pasquanti, dh 5 0 1 0 Bregman A, 3b 2 1 0 0
Hunter Dozier, 1b 3 1 2 3 Tucker K, rf 4 1 2 1
Edward Olivares, rf 3 0 0 0 Diaz A, 1b 4 1 1 1
Kyle Isbel, ph-rf 0 0 0 0 Meyers J, cf 4 0 2 2
Michael A. Taylo, cf 4 0 0 0 McCormick C, lf 2 0 0 0
Emmanuel Rivera, 3b 3 1 1 1 Maldonado M, c 2 0 0 0
Nicky Lopez, ss 4 1 1 0 Matijevic J, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 7 9 7 33 4 7 4
KCA 311 000 002 -- 7
Houston 010 201 000 -- 4
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Brad Keller (W) 5.2 5 4 4 3 3
Jose Cuas 0.1 1 0 0 2 0
Dylan Coleman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Taylor Clarke 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Barlow (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Javier C (L) 5.0 4 5 5 3 7
Abreu B 1.1 0 0 0 2 0
Stanek R 1.2 2 0 0 1 2
Neris H 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
DP -- KCA 1, Houston 2
LOB -- KCA 6, Houston 7
2B -- Meyers J, Hunter Dozier, Alvarez Y, Nicky Lopez, Andrew Benintendi
HR -- Whit Merrifield, Hunter Dozier, Emmanuel Rivera, Diaz A
SB -- Andrew Benintendi
T -- 3:29
A -- 26534
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