Kansas City at Houston — MLB July 5, 2022

7 – 9

Final

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

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

Decisions

Win L. Garcia HOU

6.1 IP · 8 H · 5 ER · 7 K · 3.81 ERA

Loss Z. Greinke KC

5.0 IP · 10 H · 6 ER · 2 K · 4.85 ERA

Save R. Montero HOU

1.0 IP · 1 H · 1 ER · 2 K · 1.93 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	HOU
Top 1st Bobby Witt Jr. singled to right center, Whit Merrifield scored. Bobby Witt Jr. to second advancing on throw	1	0
Top 2nd MJ Melendez homered (389 ft.) to deep left center	2	0
Bottom 2nd Yuli Gurriel grounded out, shortstop to first, Alex Bregman scored, Kyle Tucker to second	2	1
Bottom 2nd Jake Meyers hit sacrifice fly to center, Kyle Tucker scored, Aledmys Díaz to second	2	2
Top 3rd Bobby Witt Jr. homered (383 ft.) to deep left center, Andrew Benintendi scored	4	2
Bottom 4th Jake Meyers singled to left center, Yuli Gurriel scored, Aledmys Díaz to third	4	3
Bottom 5th Jeremy Peña homered (413 ft.) to deep left center	4	4
Bottom 5th Alex Bregman homered (341 ft.) to left center, Yordan Alvarez scored	4	6
Top 7th Nicky Lopez singled to shallow right, Kyle Isbel scored	5	6
Bottom 7th Aledmys Díaz homered (344 ft.) to left, Yuli Gurriel scored	5	8
Top 8th Michael A. Taylor walked, Vinnie Pasquantino scored, Hunter Dozier to third, MJ Melendez to second	6	8
Bottom 8th Yordan Alvarez homered (348 ft.) to left center	6	9
Top 9th Andrew Benintendi grounded out to first, Whit Merrifield scored	7	9

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
W. Merrifield 2B	5	2	2	0	0	1	.240
A. Benintendi LF	4	1	1	1	1	2	.313
B. Witt Jr. SS	5	1	2	3	0	1	.236
R. O'Hearn PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	1	0	0	0	1	.143
H. Dozier DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259
M. Melendez C	3	1	1	1	1	1	.225
K. Isbel RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.223
M. Taylor CF	2	0	0	1	2	1	.271
N. Lopez 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.228
Totals		7	9		4	10

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
Z. Greinke L	5.0	10	6	6	2	2	80
J. Kowar	3.0	3	3	3	2	3	58

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	1	0	.278
J. Peña SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	.276
Y. Alvarez LF	4	2	2	1	1	1	.313
A. Bregman 3B	5	2	3	2	0	1	.244
K. Tucker RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.259
Y. Gurriel DH	3	2	1	1	1	0	.227
A. Diaz 1B	4	1	3	2	0	0	.226
J. Meyers CF	3	0	1	2	0	0	.278
M. Maldonado C	3	0	0	0	1	2	.148
Totals		9	13		4	5