Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

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Kansas City Royals

67-85, 28-49 Away

Final
5 - 2

Houston Astros

76-76, 38-39 Home

Rave and Massey homer as Royals beat Astros 5-2, dropping Houston into first-place tie with Texas

Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

The Astros own the tiebreaker over the Rangers with both teams at 76-76, but this is the first time since Aug. 24 that Houston has not been alone in first place. Whichever team doesn't win the division could still make the playoffs as a wild card.

Rave’s sixth homer came in the fourth inning off Astros starter Cristian Javier (2-6).

Massey led off a three-run eighth inning with his 12th homer of the season and third hit of the night. After the Royals scored another run on a throwing error by right fielder Jorge Barrosa, Carter Jensen capped the frame with an RBI double.

Daniel Lynch IV (6-5) allowed two hits and struck out three in five scoreless innings. Craig Kimbrel worked around a one-out single to complete a scoreless sixth.

Nolan Hoffman allowed singles to two of the three batters he faced in the seventh inning, but Anthony Gose ended the threat by striking out pinch-hitter Nelson Velazquez and getting Daulton Varsho to fly out.

Jeremy Peña was 3 for 4 with a double, his second consecutive three-hit game for Houston. Yainer Diaz homered in the ninth inning.

Javier allowed two runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings for Houston.

Up next RHP Seth Lugo (7-8, 4.99 ERA) will start for the Royals when the series concludes on Thursday. RHP Miguel Ullola (0-0, 3.38) will start for the Astros as an opener.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Barrosa struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Varsho to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Varsho singled to right.
	9th Inning	Loperfido struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Loperfido hit for Velázquez
	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
25	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
21	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	13
42	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
6.1	Runs Created	3.5
.229	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.394
.429	Secondary Average	.212
.357	On Base Percentage	.278
.786	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.672
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
35.0	Batter Rating	23.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.200	Isolated Power	.152
1.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.167	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.200	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
9.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.8	MLB Rating	76.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0