Kansas City at Houston — MLB September 23, 2023

3 – 2

Final

Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX

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

Decisions

Win J. Lyles KC

5.0 IP · 2 H · 0 ER · 3 K · 6.24 ERA

Loss J. France HOU

5.0 IP · 7 H · 2 ER · 5 K · 3.83 ERA

Save T. Clarke KC

1.2 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 5.49 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	HOU
Top 1st MJ Melendez hit sacrifice fly, Maikel Garcia scored	1	0
Top 5th Bobby Witt Jr. hit into fielder's choice, Maikel Garcia out, Kyle Isbel to third, Nick Pratto scored	2	0
Top 5th Kyle Isbel scored on wild pitch	3	0
Bottom 7th Chas McCormick homered (424 ft.) to deep left	3	1
Bottom 8th Kyle Tucker doubled to right, Yordan Alvarez scored	3	2

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Garcia 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.275
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	0	0	1	0	2	.276
M. Melendez LF	3	0	0	1	0	2	.233
D. Blanco LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
N. Velázquez DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.231
M. Massey 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.227
D. Waters RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.237
T. Cropley C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167
N. Pratto 1B	3	1	1	0	0	2	.229
K. Isbel CF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.234
Totals		3	7		1	11

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Lyles W	5.0	2	0	0	2	3	82
C. Hernández	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	20
C. Snider	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	22
T. Davidson	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	14
T. Clarke S	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	28

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	1	2	.310
A. Bregman 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.264
Y. Alvarez DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	.292
K. Tucker RF	3	0	1	1	1	1	.282
J. Abreu 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.234
C. McCormick LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	.281
Y. Diaz C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.285
J. Peña SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	.262
J. Meyers CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.227
J. Singleton PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167
M. Dubón CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.281
Totals		2	6		3	7