Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros, June 5, 2022
June 5, 2022, 2:10 PM ET | Kauffman Stadium
Starting Pitchers
Houston Astros
Recorded starter
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2022Houston AstrosKansas City Royals
.743
OPS.686
214
HR138
737
Runs640
2.90
ERA4.70
1.09
WHIP1.47
1524
Strikeouts by pitchers1191
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Houston Astros, MLBDB pick
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Yordan Alvarez led Houston Astros with 3 hits and 1 home run and 1 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio DubónCF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose SiriCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle TuckerRF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuli Gurriel1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy PeñaSS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chas McCormickLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Martín MaldonadoC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Salvador Perez and Michael A. Taylor led Kansas City Royals with 2 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield2B/RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Collin SniderP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert AbreuP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'HearnPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador PerezDH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky LopezPR/2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ MelendezC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter DozierRF/LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Rivera3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael A. TaylorCF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
Pitching
Framber Valdez went 6.0 innings for Houston Astros (5 SO, 2 ER); Jonathan Heasley went 6.0 innings for Kansas City Royals (5 SO, 3 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | |||||||
| Framber Valdez | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Héctor Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Jonathan Heasley | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arodys Vizcaíno | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Collin Snider | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Abreu | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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- runs batted in
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- SO
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- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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