Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros

MLB

Royals

52-102

7-5

Final

Astros

85-69

Daikin Park

TV: MLB.TV

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7
HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5

Who won: Royals 7-5

The Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Friday, September 22, 2023 at Daikin Park. The Royals win the series 3-0. The Royals outscored the Astros 4-1 in the 1st inning. Chas McCormick went 1-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.

Recap · Sep 22

Ragans goes 6 innings, Royals use 2 big innings to beat Astros 7-5, knock them out of 1st

Cole Ragans gave up three hits and two runs over six strong innings and the Kansas City Royals used two big innings to defeat Houston 7-5 on Friday night, knocking the Astros out of first place in the AL West.

What it means

Season series: KC wins series 3-0.
Royals 21-55 on the road; Astros 39-40 at home.

Latest headlines

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ESPN · Sep 30

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ESPN · Sep 30

Astros' Daulton Varsho has wrist surgery, done for season

ESPN · Sep 30

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Recap · Sep 30

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Injuries and inactives

Royals5th in AL Cent

Steven Cruz RP
Personal
Out
Mitch Spence RP
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Connor Seabold RP
Lat, Strain, right
60-Day-IL
Nick Loftin 3B
Personal
paternity
Tony Gonsolin SP
Illness
15-Day-IL

Astros1st in AL West

Brice Matthews CF
Knee, Inflammation, left
Out
Cristian Javier SP
Groin, Strain, right
Out
Daulton Varsho CF
Wrist, Surgery, left
Out
Enyel De Los Santos RP
Knee, Tendinitis, right
Out
Mike Burrows SP
Elbow, Inflammation, right
60-Day-IL

Probable starters

Royals5th in AL Cent

Cole Ragans SP

Probable starter · 7-5, 3.47 ERA, 113 K, 1.16 WHIP

Lineup

1Maikel Garcia3B
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS
3Nelson VelazquezRF
4MJ MelendezLF
5Edward OlivaresDH
6Nick Loftin2B
7Logan PorterC
8Nick Pratto1B
9Kyle IsbelCF

Astros1st in AL West

Framber Valdez SP

Probable starter · 12-11, 3.45 ERA, 200 K, 1.13 WHIP

Lineup

1Jose Altuve2B
2Jeremy PenaSS
3Yordan AlvarezDH
4Alex Bregman3B
5Kyle TuckerRF
6Jose Abreu1B
7Chas McCormickLF
8Mauricio DubonCF
9Martin MaldonadoC

The series

KC wins series 3-0

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Game info

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas · Attendance 41,033
Officials: Ryan Wills (Home Plate Umpire), Will Little (First Base Umpire), Ryan Additon (Second Base Umpire), Lance Barksdale (Third Base Umpire)