Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

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Kansas City Royals

25-20, 9-13 Away

Final
3 - 4

Houston Astros

22-20, 15-9 Home

Jeremy Peña's RBI single in 8th inning lifts the Astros to a 4-3 win over Royals

The Astros trailed by 1 when Zach Dezenzo singled with one out in the eighth and was lifted for pinch-runner Chas McCormick. Mauricio Dubón’s second double of the game dropped into the left field corner and scored McCormick, tying the game and chasing Michael Lorenzen (3-4).

Carlos Estévez took over and Peña lined his third pitch into left field, sending Dubón home and putting the Astros on top.

Josh Hader walked one in a scoreless ninth for his 10th save after Bryan King (1-0) threw a scoreless eighth for the win.

Isaac Paredes homered for a second straight game for the Astros after his shot in the ninth inning Tuesday night lifted them to the 2-1 win.

Maikel Garcia homered and doubled as the Royals built a 3-1 lead.

Dubón’s first double came with one out in the sixth and he scored on a double by Peña to get the Astros within 3-2.

Houston’s Colton Gordon allowed seven hits and three runs in 4 1/3 innings in his major league debut.

Lorenzen yielded seven hits and four runs in 7 1/3 innings for the loss.

Garcia put the Royals up 1-0 with his towering home run to start the second inning. There were two outs and two on in the inning when Jonathan India then smacked an RBI double off the left field wall to make it 2-0.

The Royals had runners at first and second with two outs in the third when Jake Meyers robbed Hunter Renfroe of extra bases with a nifty catch on the track in center.

Paredes homered in the fourth before Garcia’s RBI double that bounced off second base and into the outfield pushed the lead to 3-1.

Key moment Dubón’s RBI double in the eighth that tied it and chased Lorenzen.

Key stat Peña has been great in 16 games since moving to the leadoff spot and has five doubles, three homers, 15 RBI and 28 hits.

Up next The Royals are off Thursday and RHP Hunter Brown (6-1, 1.48 ERA) starts for Houston on Thursday night in the opener of a series at Texas with RHP Jacob deGrom (3-1, 2.72) on the mound.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pasquantino lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. stole second.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. walked.
	9th Inning	India flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Fermin struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved King

Statistics

KC		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	8
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
164	Pitches	97
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	14
39	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
5.0	Runs Created	3.4
.229	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.483
.343	Secondary Average	.241
.308	On Base Percentage	.323
.736	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.805
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
30.5	Batter Rating	33.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.13
.200	Isolated Power	.207
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.034
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.0	MLB Rating	82.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0