Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

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Kansas City Royals

25-19, 9-12 Away

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Houston Astros

21-20, 14-9 Home

Isaac Paredes homers in bottom of the 9th inning to lift Astros to 2-1 win over Royals

Paredes blasts a walk-off dinger for the Astros

The game was tied at 1 after a home run by Jeremy Peña in the sixth inning when Paredes led off the bottom of the ninth against John Schreiber (1-2). He sent his second pitch to left-center field for his fifth homer this season, giving Houston the win after Kansas City took the series opener Monday.

Both teams got strong outings from their starters. Houston’s Framber Valdez allowed six hits and a run with seven strikeouts in eight innings. Kris Bubic yielded six hits and a run and tied a career high with nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Bryan Abreu (1-1) struck out one in a scoreless ninth for the win.

Hunter Renfroe doubled off the wall in left-center field with one out in the eighth. Valdez plunked Jonathan India on the foot with two outs, but he induced a groundout by Bobby Witt Jr. to end his night.

Maikel Garcia walked to open the fifth before a single by Vinnie Pasquantino sent him to third. The Royals took a 1-0 lead when Freddy Fermin singled on a ground ball to right field that scored Garcia.

Peña’s home run to left field tied it with no outs in the sixth. Jose Altuve followed with a double on a grounder down the third base line, but Bubic retired the next three batters, with two strikeouts, to leave him stranded.

Jake Meyers singled to start Houston’s seventh, but was out at second when Cam Smith grounded into a force out. Bubic was replaced by Lucas Erceg and he picked off Smith at first before striking out Brendan Rodgers to end the inning.

Key moment The home run by Paredes.

Key stat Peña has three homers, four doubles, 24 hits and 13 RBI in 15 games since moving to the leadoff spot.

Up next Kansas City RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-3, 3.57 ERA) opposes LHP Colton Gordon in the series finale Wednesday night. Gordon will be recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land to make his major league debut.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Paredes homered to left center (375 feet).
	9th Inning	Schreiber relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Massey at second base.
	9th Inning	India in left field.
	9th Inning	Garcia grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Perez flied out to center.

Statistics

KC		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
4	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
100	Pitches	107
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	14
32	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
0.5	Runs Created	3.4
.200	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.483
.067	Secondary Average	.241
.250	On Base Percentage	.267
.483	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.749
4.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.0
12.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.57
.033	Isolated Power	.241
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
-.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.5	MLB Rating	76.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0