Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros

Royals Batting

Doubles: Starling (5, Cole); Merrifield (37, Cole)

Runs Batted In: Viloria (12)

Sacrifice Flies: Viloria

Team Left On Base: 5

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-6 (Merrifield 0-1, Soler 0-1, Mondesi 0-2, Dozier 0-1, Viloria 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Mondesi 1; Dozier 1

Royals Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Duffy 16/23; Barnes 3/5; McCarthy 3/4; Fillmyer 3/7; Staumont 0/2

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Duffy-19-10-20-14; Barnes-3-1-4-2; McCarthy-2-3-4-2; Fillmyer-5-2-3-4; Staumont-1-0-1-1

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Duffy 3-8; Barnes 2-0; McCarthy 1-1; Fillmyer 0-1; Staumont 0-1

Game Scores: D Duffy 64

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Dozier-Merrifield-O'Hearn)

Royals Baserunning

Stolen Bases: Starling (2, 2nd base off Cole/Maldonado)

Astros Batting

Doubles: Alvarez (23, Duffy)

Home Runs: Altuve (28, 1st inning off Duffy 0 on, 1 Out); Springer (35, 9th inning off Fillmyer 2 on, 2 Out)

Runs Batted In: Altuve (67), Springer 3 (89)

2-out Runs Batted In: Springer (3)

Ground Into Double Play: Gurriel

Team Left On Base: 10

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-6 (Reddick 0-1, Springer 1-2, Gurriel 0-3)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Springer 1; Gurriel 4

Astros Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Cole 16/29; Osuna 4/4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Cole-25-20-9-15; Osuna-3-1-3-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Cole 2-10; Osuna 1-1

Game Scores: G Cole 81

Astros Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Springer-Bregman-Gurriel)

Errors: Maldonado (4, throw)

Assists: Springer (Dozier at 1st base)