Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

70-49, 33-26 Away

Final

51-67, 31-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. Altuve2B	0-4	0	0	0	.271
M. BrantleyLF	0-4	0	0	0	.328
C. CorreaSS	1-3	0	0	1	.271
A. Díaz3B	0-3	0	0	0	.300
Y. Gurriel1B	0-3	0	0	0	.312
C. McCormickRF	1-3	0	0	0	.255
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: McCormick doubled to deep center. 4th: McCormick struck out swinging. 7th: McCormick walked. 9th: McCormick struck out swinging.
T. JonesDH	0-3	0	0	0	.210
J. MeyersCF	2-3	1	0	0	.292
M. MaldonadoC	0-2	0	0	0	.178

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
F. Valdez	6.2	9	3	1	5	99-69	3.16
P. Baez	1.1	0	0	0	0	12-7	0.00

According to ESPN Analytics

HOU

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Kauffman Stadium

8:10 PM, August 17, 2021

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 9,748

Game Time:2:45

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Gerry Davis
First Base Umpire - Rob Drake
Second Base Umpire - Will Little
Third Base Umpire - Paul Clemons

Lynch shuts down Astros for 7 innings as Royals win 3-1

— Royals rookie Daniel Lynch doesn't worry too much about the lineup he's facing, even pointing out how the Triple-A team for Detroit once battered him for eight runs.

Aug 17, 2021, 11:39 pm - AP


HOU
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	-	3	9	0

Scoring Summary

		HOU	KC
3rd	Correa singled to center, Meyers scored, Maldonado thrown out at home.	1	0
4th	Taylor doubled to left, Benintendi scored.	1	1
6th	Alberto doubled to shallow left, Benintendi scored and Dozier scored.	1	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
6
Royals
7

Game 1

8/16

Astros
1
Royals
3

Game 2

8/17

Astros
2
Royals
3

Game 3

8/18

Astros
6
Royals
3

Game 4

8/19

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Texas	48	46	.511	-	W2
Seattle	47	48	.495	1.5	L4
Houston	46	50	.479	3	L2
Athletics	41	53	.436	7	L7
Los Angeles	38	57	.400	10.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	48	45	.516	-	W1
Cleveland	49	46	.516	-	W2
Minnesota	46	49	.484	3	L2
Detroit	44	50	.468	4.5	W6
Kansas City	38	57	.400	11	L3

Diamondbacks shake off Ohtani's leadoff homer to rout the Dodgers 9-3

— Eduardo Rodr guez shook off Shohei Ohtani's leadoff homer to throw six solid innings, Tim Tawa homered and drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night.

Brewers place Kyle Harrison on IL with forearm tightness

Milwaukee Brewers left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison has gone on the 15-day injured list with tightness in his throwing forearm.

Fantasy baseball: Ohtani out of ASG, Kurtz headed to IL and other news to know for Saturday

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Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Lynch shuts down Astros for 7 innings as Royals win 3-1

D. Lynch IV3-3

F. Valdez8-4

J. Brentz2

Scoring Summary

Inning

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2026 American League Central Standings

MLB News

Diamondbacks shake off Ohtani's leadoff homer to rout the Dodgers 9-3

Brewers place Kyle Harrison on IL with forearm tightness

Fantasy baseball: Ohtani out of ASG, Kurtz headed to IL and other news to know for Saturday