Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros

7-7, 3-5 Away

Final

5-11, 3-7 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
N. AokiRF	2-4	2	0	.265
O. Infante2B	0-4	0	0	.255
E. Hosmer1B	1-4	0	1	.283
S. PerezC	1-4	0	1	.300
A. GordonLF	2-4	2	0	.269
B. ButlerDH	1-3	1	0	.160
M. Moustakas3B	1-4	0	1	.130
A. EscobarSS	1-4	0	2	.250
J. DysonCF	0-3	0	0	.125

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Shields	8.0	4	1	2	12	107-64	2.00
W. Davis	1.0	1	0	0	1	14-9	3.24

HOU

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Daikin Park

8:10 AM, 18 April 2014

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 26,333

Game Time:2:37

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - CB Bucknor
First Base Umpire - Hal Gibson III
Second Base Umpire - Dale Scott
Third Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa


KC
HOU

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

J. Shields1-2

8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 12 K, 2 BB

S. Feldman2-1

6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	HOU
1st	E Hosmer grounded out to first, N Aoki scored.	1	0
2nd	M Moustakas singled to center, A Gordon scored, B Butler to second.	2	0
4th	A Escobar doubled to deep right center, A Gordon and B Butler scored.	4	0
5th	S Perez doubled to center, N Aoki scored, E Hosmer thrown out at home.	5	0
5th	A Presley hit sacrifice fly to left, C Carter scored.	5	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
4
Astros
2

Game 1

16/4

Royals
6
Astros
4

Game 2

17/4

Royals
5
Astros
1

Game 3

18/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	37	31	.544	-	L2
Chicago	34	31	.523	1.5	L1
Minnesota	30	37	.448	6.5	L2
Detroit	27	39	.409	9	W1
Kansas City	27	39	.409	9	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	35	32	.522	-	W1
Texas	32	33	.492	2	W1
Athletics	31	35	.470	3.5	L1
Houston	31	37	.456	4.5	W1
Los Angeles	25	42	.373	10	L1

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Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros

Game Information

J. Shields1-2

S. Feldman2-1

Scoring Summary

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