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Houston Astros 8 Kansas City Royals 7
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Astros 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 8 11 0
Royals 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 11 1
T9 HOU 8- 7 Walker grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, Loperfido scored, Alvarez out at
second.
T8 HOU 7- 7 Altuve homered to left (407 feet), Paredes
scored.
B6 KC 5- 7 Jensen doubled to center, Perez scored, Thomas
scored and Massey scored.
T6 HOU 5- 4 Meyers homered to left center (419 feet).
T5 HOU 4- 4 Matthews homered to center (434 feet), Meyers
scored.
B4 KC 2- 4 Thomas homered to left center (432 feet).
T4 HOU 2- 3 Walker homered to left (394 feet), Alvarez
scored.
B3 KC 0- 3 Witt Jr. scored on a passed ball by Vazquez,
Pasquantino to second on passed ball by
Vazquez.
B3 KC 0- 3 Witt Jr. scored on a passed ball by Vazquez,
Pasquantino to second on passed ball by
Vazquez.
B3 KC 0- 2 Pasquantino singled to center, Jensen scored,
Witt Jr. to third.
B2 KC 0- 1 Massey singled to right, Caglianone scored.
Astros rally past Royals 8-7 after Altuve ties it and a ninth-inning miscue
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jose Altuve hit a tying home run in the eighth inning, Joey Loperfido scored the go-ahead run when the Royals botched a potential inning-ending double play in the ninth, and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 8-7 on Saturday night.
The Astros hit four homers in a game delayed for 91 minutes in the eighth due to tornado warnings. Houston has hit multiple homers in three straight games, 10 in all.
Christian Walker hit his 18th home run in the fourth a two-run shot and Brice Matthews hit his sixth in the fifth inning to tie the game at 4-all.
Jake Meyers sixth-inning solo shot gave the Astros their first lead, 5-4, before Altuve homered to tie it at 7-all moments before the weather delay.
Houston starter Mike Burrows allowed five runs four earned in five-plus innings, and has surrendered 10 home runs in his last six starts and 18 on the season, most in the American League.
Bryan King (1-1) struck out one in a hitless eighth and Bryan Abreu pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
The Royals took the lead in the second inning when Jac Caglianone walked and went first-to-third on a grounder before scoring on Michael Masseys single.
Vinnie Pasquantino delivered an RBI single and Carter Jensen scored on Christian Vazquezs passed ball for a 3-0 lead in the third.
Lane Thomas added a fourth-inning solo shot into the left-field fountains to make it 4-2.
Jensen doubled twice, including a two-strike, bases-clearing liner to left-center which gave Kansas City a 7-5 lead in the sixth.
Pasquantino left the game in the fifth with a right hand hamate injury after a pop up.
Alex Lange (0-4) allowed a hit and a walk in 1 2/3 innings in the Royals' fourth straight loss.
Astros RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-1, 2.21 ERA) opposes Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (3-1, 3.14) in Sundays series finale.
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