Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros

Sep 16, 2026

8:10 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Kansas City Royals

Houston Astros

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	8	0
Houston Astros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	1

Hits KC 8 · HOU 8

Errors KC 0 · HOU 1

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CCarter Jensen 2B	4	0	1	1	1	0	3	.232
SSBobby Witt Jr.	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	.278
1BVinnie Pasquantino	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	.237
DHSalvador Perez	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	.229
2BMichael Massey HR	5	2	3	1	0	1	3	.282
RFNick Loftin	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.231
PHJac Caglianone	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278
CFKyle Isbel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.221
RFJohn Rave HR	4	1	1	2	0	1	3	.219
3BJosh Rojas	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	.240
LFIsaac Collins	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	.221
Totals	35	5	8	4	7	6	25	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV (W, 6-5)	5.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	72-49	3.29
Craig Kimbrel (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-10	4.50
Nolan Hoffman (H, 2)	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	4.35
Anthony Gose (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-4	0.00
Nate Pearson	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	16-9	2.51
Steven Cruz	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	20-15	4.13
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	—	—

Home Batting

Houston Astros

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
SSJeremy Peña 2B	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	.277
DHYordan Alvarez 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	4	.310
3BIsaac Paredes	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	.257
2BJose Altuve	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.243
CYainer Diaz HR	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.277
1BChristian Walker	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.222
RFCam Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213
PHLaMonte Wade Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202
LFNelson Velázquez	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.196
PHJoey Loperfido	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214
CFDaulton Varsho	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.224
RFJorge Barrosa	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	.199
Totals	33	2	8	2	2	7	16	—

Home Pitching

Houston Astros

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Cristian Javier (L, 2-6)	5.1	5	2	2	3	2	1	85-53	5.31
Bryan King	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-14	4.89
Enyel De Los Santos	1.1	2	3	2	2	2	1	28-15	4.67
Tatsuya Imai	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	5.13
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	7	6	2	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T4	2–0	John Rave homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Michael Massey scores.
T8	3–0	Michael Massey homers (12) on a fly ball to right field.
T8	5–0	Astros challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Carter Jensen doubles (33) on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Barrosa. Josh Rojas scores. Isaac Collins scores. Carter Jensen to 3rd. Throwing error by right fielder Jorge Barrosa.
B8	5–1	Isaac Paredes out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jorge Barrosa scores.
B9	5–2	Yainer Diaz homers (12) on a line drive to left field.

Game Details

Daikin Park

Probable Starting Pitchers

Daniel Lynch IV

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

6.31

WHIP

1.403

K/9

4.91

BB/9

3.51

25.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.36 WHIP —

Cristian Javier

Houston Astros Home

ERA

6.38

WHIP

1.535

K/9

8.08

BB/9

4.25

42.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 5.98 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+146	+1.5 (-149)	O 9 (+100)
Houston Astros	-158	-1.5 (+134)	U 9 (-113)

Closing line · Sep 16

Weather & Conditions

Temp86°F

Wind 7 mphSE · crossL

Gusts15 mph

Humidity68%

Precip2%

SkyPartially cloudy

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