Houston at Kansas City — MLB August 16, 2021

6 – 7

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	6	12	0
KC	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2		7	12	0

Decisions

Win S. Barlow KC

1.2 IP · 2 H · 1 ER · 0 K · 2.68 ERA

Loss Y. García HOU

1.0 IP · 3 H · 2 ER · 2 K · 3.61 ERA

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	HOU	KC
Top 1st Yordan Alvarez singled to shallow left, Jose Altuve scored	1	0
Bottom 2nd Ryan O'Hearn doubled to deep left center, Andrew Benintendi scored	1	1
Bottom 2nd Whit Merrifield singled to right center, Hunter Dozier scored, Emmanuel Rivera to third	1	2
Bottom 3rd Ryan O'Hearn singled to left center, Salvador Perez scored, Carlos Santana to second	1	3
Top 5th Aledmys Díaz homered (385 ft.) to deep left	2	3
Top 5th Michael Brantley singled to center, Jake Meyers scored, Jose Altuve to second	3	3
Top 6th Carlos Correa homered (401 ft.) to deep left	4	3
Bottom 6th Hunter Dozier homered (413 ft.) to deep left center	4	4
Bottom 7th Carlos Santana singled to left center, Nicky Lopez scored	4	5
Top 8th Aledmys Díaz singled to left, Taylor Jones scored. Aledmys Díaz out advancing on throw	5	5
Bottom 8th Salvador Perez singled to right, Whit Merrifield and Nicky Lopez scored	5	7
Top 9th Jason Castro homered (399 ft.) to deep left center	6	7

Box score

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG
J. Altuve 2B	5	1	3	0	0	.274
M. Brantley LF	4	0	1	1	0	.332
C. Correa SS	4	1	2	1	1	.270
Y. Alvarez DH	3	0	1	1	0	.289
T. Jones PH-DH	1	1	1	0	0	.218
Y. Gurriel 1B	4	0	0	0	0	.315
A. Diaz 3B	4	1	2	2	0	.305
C. McCormick RF	4	0	1	0	0	.254
J. Castro C	4	1	1	1	1	.197
J. Meyers CF	3	1	0	0	0	.238
Totals		6	12		2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Odorizzi	5.1	8	4	4	2	2	89
P. Maton	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	10
R. Stanek	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	29
Y. García L	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	15

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
W. Merrifield 2B	5	1	3	1	0	0	.276
N. Lopez SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	.270
S. Perez C	4	1	1	2	1	1	.277
C. Santana 1B	4	0	2	1	1	1	.224
A. Benintendi LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.249
R. O'Hearn DH	3	0	2	2	0	0	.240
M. Taylor CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.244
H. Dozier RF	4	2	1	1	0	1	.205
E. Rivera 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.256
Totals		7	12		3	7