Royals vs Astros — MLB, Sep 24, 2023

The Royals beat the Astros 6–5 on Sep 24, 2023.

FinalSun, Sep 24

Kansas City Royals

69-93 · W1

6

Houston Astros

81-81 · W2

5

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Box scoreiEvery hitter and pitcher's line from the game. Batting order, substitutes indented; W marks the winning pitcher.◷History

Kansas City Royals

No batting lines are stored for this game.

Pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
S. CruzSteven Cruz	1.0	3	1	0	0		24
J. McArthurJames McArthur	1.0	1	0	0	1		12
A. MarshAlec MarshW	5.1	3	3	2	6	1	77
C. HernándezCarlos Hernández	1.0	1	0	0	0		10
T. DavidsonTucker Davidson	0.2	0	0	0	0		7

Houston Astros

No batting lines are stored for this game.

Pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
H. BrownHunter Brown	3.0	6	6	1	4	4	65
H. NerisHéctor Neris	1.0	0	0	0	1		7
K. GravemanKendall Graveman	1.0	0	0	1	1		15
J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	3.0	0	0	1	2		44
R. PresslyRyan Pressly	1.0	0	0	2	1		23

Market◇Market

No lines were stored for this game.

Park and weather

Park and weather post closer to first pitch.

Plate umpireiCounts per game across this official's recent games, next to the league's over the same dates. History; not a forecast.◷History

No plate umpire is on record for this game.

Going into the game · starters, recent form+

Starters, season numbers going iniEach starter's season stats before this game; green marks the better side (lower is better for ERA, WHIP, BB/9, HR/9). The last four rows are tracking data on batted balls and swings; a dash means too few pitches are tracked.◷History

KC

Steven Cruz

RHP · 2 starts

HOU

Hunter Brown

RHP · 28 starts

KCHOU

4.14

ERA?Earned runs per nine innings this season, going into the game. Lower is better.

4.86

1.72

WHIP?Walks plus hits per inning pitched. Lower is better.

1.34

11.38

K/9?Strikeouts per nine innings.

10.32

8.28

BB/9?Walks per nine innings. Lower is better.

3.14

1.03

HR/9?Home runs allowed per nine innings. Lower is better.

1.31

8.7

Innings?Innings pitched this season (as a starter and reliever).

151.7

KC · last 2 starts

• 09-19 vs CLE1.7 IP · 2 K · 1 H · 4 BB0 ER
• 09-13 @ CWS2.0 IP · 4 K · 2 H · 0 BB0 ER

HOU · last 3 starts

• 09-19 vs BAL5.3 IP · 5 K · 6 H · 2 BB7 ER
• 09-13 vs OAK5.0 IP · 7 K · 0 H · 2 BB0 ER
• 09-08 vs SD4.3 IP · 5 K · 6 H · 2 BB6 ER

Season numbers to date; a starter with few innings has a noisy line.

Recent formiLast ten games (hover for scores), runs for and against per game, and home/road splits.◷History

KC · last 108-25.3 scored · 4.3 allowed a game

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Home 41-40Road 28-53Run diff -120

HOU · last 103-74.6 scored · 5.1 allowed a game

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Home 39-42Road 42-39Run diff -32

Starters' numbers are their season going into the game; weather is the first-pitch forecast; lines are the market's, from the sportsbooks we track. Descriptive data only, there is no MLB model. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.