Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

KC 5 — 2 HOU

Final — 2026-09-16

MVP: Daniel Lynch IV 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K

Kansas City Royals defeated Houston Astros 5-2. Daniel Lynch IV led the way with 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K. Daniel Lynch IV earned the win and Cristian Javier took the loss.

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

WP Daniel Lynch IV

LP Cristian Javier

Scoring Plays

Top 4: John Rave homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Michael Massey scores. (2-0)

Top 8: Michael Massey homers (12) on a fly ball to right field. (3-0)

Top 8: Astros challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Carter Jensen doubles (33) on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Barrosa. Josh Rojas scores. Isaac Collins scores. Carter Jensen to 3rd. Throwing error by right fielder Jorge Barrosa. (5-0)

Bot 8: Isaac Paredes out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jorge Barrosa scores. (5-1)

Bot 9: Yainer Diaz homers (12) on a line drive to left field. (5-2)

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	1	0	0	.232	.319	.453	.772
Rojas	3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.283	.340	.623
Collins	LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.221	.327	.335	.662
Perez	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.273	.378	.651
Loftin	RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.318	.374	.692
Rave	RF	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	.219	.310	.447	.757
Massey	2B	5	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.282	.316	.443	.759
Pasquantino	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.237	.325	.387	.712
Isbel	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.268	.328	.596
Caglianone	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278	.328	.485	.813
Witt	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	.278	.359	.444	.803

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Paredes	3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.257	.354	.430	.784
Smith	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.278	.397	.675
Varsho	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.285	.355	.640
Altuve	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.303	.392	.695
Loperfido	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.311	.330	.641
Pena	SS	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.329	.470	.799
Wade	PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.311	.325	.636
Walker	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.295	.412	.707
Diaz	C	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.277	.309	.439	.748
Barrosa	RF	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.199	.288	.340	.628
Alvarez	DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.310	.428	.594	1.022
Velazquez	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.196	.259	.423	.682

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Hoffman	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	4.35	1.55	H
Kimbrel	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-10	4.50	1.35	H
Lynch	5.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	72-49	3.29	1.07	W
Pearson	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	16-9	2.51	1.19
(gpid=sa:543238)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-4	0.00	0.84	H
Cruz	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	20-15	4.13	1.25

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
De Los Santos	1.1	2	3	2	2	2	1	28-15	4.67	1.28
Imai	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	5.13	1.48
Javier	5.1	5	2	2	3	2	1	85-53	5.31	1.46	L
King	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-14	4.89	1.47

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas

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