Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

KC 2 — 4 HOU

Final — 2026-09-15

MVP: Jeremy Pena 3-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI

Houston Astros defeated Kansas City Royals 4-2. Jeremy Pena led the way with 3-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI. Hunter Brown earned the win and Michael Wacha took the loss. Josh Hader recorded the save.

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

WP Hunter Brown

LP Michael Wacha

SV Josh Hader

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Jeremy Peña homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field. (0-1)

Bot 3: Jeremy Peña homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. (0-2)

Top 5: Carter Jensen doubles (32) on a fly ball to left fielder LaMonte Wade Jr. Isaac Collins scores. (1-2)

Bot 5: Yordan Alvarez homers (39) on a fly ball to right field. Jeremy Peña scores. (1-4)

Top 6: Vinnie Pasquantino homers (12) on a line drive to right center field. (2-4)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	.232	.319	.452	.771
Tolbert	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.295	.360	.410	.770
Collins	LF	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.220	.326	.335	.661
Perez	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.275	.382	.657
Loftin	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.315	.374	.689
Rave	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.218	.312	.427	.739
Massey	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278	.312	.433	.745
Pasquantino	1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	.240	.327	.391	.718
Isbel	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.269	.330	.599
Garcia	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.266	.323	.381	.704
Caglianone	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.279	.328	.486	.814
Witt	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.280	.359	.447	.806

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Paredes	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258	.357	.432	.789
Allen	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.327	.382	.709
Smith	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.279	.399	.678
Varsho	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.286	.356	.642
Altuve	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.303	.393	.696
Pena	SS	4	3	3	2	2	0	1	.273	.325	.465	.790
Wade	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.311	.325	.636
Walker	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.223	.297	.415	.712
Diaz	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.307	.428	.735
Barrosa	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.201	.282	.345	.627
Alvarez	DH	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	.310	.429	.594	1.023

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Cuas	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	19-10	2.37	1.84
Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	6.09	1.85
Wacha	6.0	4	4	4	1	2	3	99-61	3.34	1.10	L

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	3.79	1.35	H
Brown	5.0	2	1	1	3	10	0	91-51	3.43	1.29	W
Hader	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-10	0.85	0.66	S
Blubaugh	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	3.26	1.21	H
Sousa	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	17-11	5.54	1.69	H

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

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