Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros

Sep 17, 2026

7:15 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0
Houston Astros	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	-	6	11	0

Hits KC 3 · HOU 11

Errors KC 0 · HOU 0

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CCarter Jensen	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	.235
SSBobby Witt Jr.	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.276
DHJac Caglianone	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.277
PHNick Loftin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
3BMaikel Garcia	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.262
2BMichael Massey	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279
1BSalvador Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
RFJohn Rave 2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.222
CFKyle Isbel	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.219
LFIsaac Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.219
Totals	29	2	3	1	2	6	8	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Seth Lugo (L, 7-9)	5.0	8	4	4	1	5	4	76-53	5.06
Connor Thomas	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	21-12	9.33
Jose Cuas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	2.25
Alex Lange	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	23-14	6.09
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	2	7	5	—	—

Home Batting

Houston Astros

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
SSJeremy Peña HR	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	.279
DHYordan Alvarez HR	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.311
3BIsaac Paredes	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.257
2BJose Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.243
2BNick Allen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
CYainer Diaz	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.277
CFDaulton Varsho HR	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.224
LFTaylor Trammell HR	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	.206
RFCam Smith	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.212
1BLaMonte Wade Jr. HR 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.212
Totals	34	6	11	6	2	7	11	—

Home Pitching

Houston Astros

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P‑S	ERA
Miguel Ullola	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	11-2	4.15
Bryan King (W, 3-5)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	16-12	4.78
Ethan Pecko (H, 1)	5.2	3	1	1	0	4	71-49	3.77
Bryan Abreu (H, 16)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5-3	3.77
Josh Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	0.83
Totals	9.0	3	2	2	2	6	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	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.
B1	1–1	Jeremy Peña homers (20) on a fly ball to left field.
B2	1–2	Daulton Varsho homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field.
B5	1–3	LaMonte Wade Jr. homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.
B5	1–4	Yordan Alvarez homers (40) on a fly ball to right field.
B6	1–5	Jeremy Peña singles on a ground ball to third baseman Maikel Garcia. Taylor Trammell scores. LaMonte Wade Jr. to 3rd.
T8	2–5	Carter Jensen singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith, deflected by first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. John Rave scores.
B8	2–6	Taylor Trammell homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.

Game Details

Daikin Park

Probable Starting Pitchers

Seth Lugo

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

4.99

WHIP

1.451

K/9

6.91

BB/9

2.91

164.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 5.02 WHIP —

Miguel Ullola

Houston Astros Home

ERA

0.00

WHIP

0.000

K/9

0.00

BB/9

0.00

1.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.38 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+132	+1.5 (-157)	O 8.5 (-117)
Houston Astros	-143	-1.5 (+141)	U 8.5 (+104)

Closing line · Sep 17

Weather & Conditions

Temp85°F

Wind 7 mphESE · crossL

Gusts16 mph

Humidity74%

Precip12%

SkyPartially cloudy

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