Houston at Kansas City — MLB September 17, 2023

7 – 1

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

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

Decisions

Win F. Valdez HOU

7.0 IP · 5 H · 0 ER · 5 K · 3.20 ERA

Loss J. Lyles KC

6.0 IP · 6 H · 4 ER · 6 K · 6.43 ERA

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	HOU	KC
Bottom 2nd Drew Waters hit sacrifice fly, Logan Porter to third, Nick Loftin scored	0	1
Top 3rd José Abreu hit sacrifice fly, Jose Altuve scored	1	1
Top 3rd Chas McCormick singled to center, Yordan Alvarez to second, Alex Bregman scored	2	1
Top 4th Jake Meyers homered (439 ft.) to deep center	3	1
Top 5th Yordan Alvarez homered (401 ft.) to deep right	4	1
Top 9th Jose Altuve singled to left center, Martín Maldonado to second, Jake Meyers scored	5	1
Top 9th Yordan Alvarez walked, Alex Bregman to second, Jose Altuve to third, Martín Maldonado scored	6	1
Top 9th José Abreu hit into fielder's choice, Yordan Alvarez out, Alex Bregman to third, Jose Altuve scored	7	1

Box score

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Altuve 2B	5	2	3	1	0	0	.311
A. Bregman 3B	2	1	0	0	2	0	.269
Y. Alvarez DH	3	1	1	2	1	1	.300
J. Abreu 1B	4	0	0	2	0	1	.233
M. Brantley LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	.262
C. McCormick RF	4	0	3	1	0	0	.284
J. Peña SS	4	0	0	0	0	4	.262
J. Meyers CF	4	2	2	1	0	1	.230
M. Maldonado C	3	1	0	0	1	1	.188
Totals		7	9		4	8

Pitching	IP	H	R	BB	K	PC
F. Valdez W	7.0	5	1	1	5	92
B. Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	10
K. Graveman	1.0	1	0	0	0	8

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.273
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.278
E. Olivares DH	3	0	1	0	1	1	.261
N. Velázquez LF-RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.234
M. Duffy 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.249
N. Loftin 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.333
L. Porter C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.400
D. Waters CF	2	0	0	1	0	2	.228
D. Blanco RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.226
M. Melendez PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232
Totals		1	6		1	5