Astros 5, Royals 2

Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .240

a-Massey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Witt ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .341

Perez c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277

DeJong 3b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .268

Fermin dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .293

Melendez lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .216

Loftin 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .189

b-Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207

Hampson rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .235

Isbel cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233

Totals 34 2 7 2 0 13

Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Altuve 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .296

Alvarez lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .312

Heyward rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

Diaz dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .298

Peña ss 4 1 2 2 0 1 .272

Meyers cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .228

Caratini c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .273

Dubón 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255

Dezenzo 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .208

Gamel rf-lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .364

Totals 29 5 5 4 2 11

KC 000 000 110 — 2 7 0 HOU 000 005 00x — 5 5 0

a-flied out for Garcia in the 8th. b-grounded out for Loftin in the 9th.

LOB: Kansas City 5, Houston 3; 2B: Hampson (13); 3B: Peña (2); HR: Witt (29), off Neris; RBI: Loftin (14), Witt (96), Diaz 2 (74), Peña 2 (63); SB: Diaz (2), Alvarez (6).

Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 2 (Garcia, Perez). Houston 0; RISP: Kansas City 0 for 5. Houston 2 for 2.

Runners moved up: Garcia.

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Ragans 5 4 5 5 2 10 93 3.46

Cruz 2 0 0 0 0 1 37 0.00

Stratton 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 5.10

Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Kikuchi 7 5 1 1 0 12 101 2.57

Neris 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 3.38

Pressly 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 3.70

W: Kikuchi 3-0; L: Ragans 10-9; SV: Pressly 3-10

Inherited runners-scored: Cruz 1-1; HBP: Ragans (Altuve); WP: Cruz.

T: 2:21; A: 37,776 (41,000).