Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals, August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021, 8:10 PM ET | Minute Maid Park
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Houston Astros
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2021Kansas City RoyalsHouston Astros
.702
OPS.783
163
HR221
686
Runs863
4.64
ERA3.78
1.39
WHIP1.23
1344
Strikeouts by pitchers1456
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Houston Astros, MLBDB pick
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Whit Merrifield and Emmanuel Rivera led Kansas City Royals with 3 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield2B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky LopezSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador PerezC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrod DysonPR/RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter DozierRF/1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan O'HearnDH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hanser AlbertoPH/DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael A. TaylorCF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Rivera3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Yuli Gurriel led Houston Astros with 3 hits and 1 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael BrantleyRF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel1B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos CorreaSS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aledmys Díaz3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake MeyersCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor JonesLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Martín MaldonadoC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Pitching
Daniel Lynch IV went 5.0 innings for Kansas City Royals (5 SO, 1 ER); Zack Greinke went 6.0 innings for Houston Astros (2 SO, 2 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Domingo Tapia | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ervin Santana | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Astros | |||||||
| Zack Greinke | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Yimi García | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Blake Taylor | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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