Kansas City at Houston — MLB September 17, 2026

2 – 6

Final

Daikin Park, Houston, TX

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0
HOU	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1		6	11	0

Decisions

Win B. King HOU

1.1 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 4.78 ERA

Loss S. Lugo KC

5.0 IP · 8 H · 4 ER · 5 K · 5.06 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	HOU
Top 1st Maikel Garcia grounds into a double play, second baseman Jose Altuve to first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Jac Caglianone out at 2nd. Maikel Garcia out at 1st.	1	0
Bottom 1st Jeremy Peña homers (20) on a fly ball to left field.	1	1
Bottom 2nd Daulton Varsho homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field.	1	2
Bottom 5th LaMonte Wade Jr. homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.	1	3
Bottom 5th Yordan Alvarez homers (40) on a fly ball to right field.	1	4
Bottom 6th Jeremy Peña singles on a ground ball to third baseman Maikel Garcia. Taylor Trammell scores. LaMonte Wade Jr. to 3rd.	1	5
Top 8th Carter Jensen singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith, deflected by first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. John Rave scores.	2	5
Bottom 8th Taylor Trammell homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.	2	6

Closing line

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	3	1	2	1	1	0	.235
B. Witt Jr. SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	.276
J. Caglianone DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	.277
N. Loftin PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.262
M. Massey 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.279
S. Perez 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.227
J. Rave RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.222
K. Isbel CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.219
I. Collins LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.219
Totals		2	3		2	6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
S. Lugo L	5.0	8	4	4	1	5	76
C. Thomas	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	21
J. Cuas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14
A. Lange	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	23

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Peña SS	5	1	2	2	0	1	.279
Y. Alvarez DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	.311
I. Paredes 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.257
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.243
N. Allen 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
Y. Diaz C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.277
D. Varsho CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.224
T. Trammell LF	3	2	1	1	1	1	.206
C. Smith RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.212
L. Wade Jr. 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.212
Totals		6	11		2	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Ullola	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	11
B. King W	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	16
E. Pecko	5.2	3	1	1	0	4	71
B. Abreu	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5
J. Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14