Houston Astros

1stin AL West · 77-76

YES!

Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals

67-86 2 – 6

77-76

Final · Thu, Sep 17

Game Details

Daikin Park (Houston) · 34,853 fans · FOX, MLB.TV

Recap

Alvarez hits 40th home run, Astros beat Royals 6-2 to move 1 game ahead of Rangers for AL West lead

Yordan Alvarez hit his 40th home run, one of five Houston long balls, and the Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Thursday night to move back over .500 and open a one-game lead over Texas in AL West.

Recap via ESPN

Daikin Park · Houston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0
HOU	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1		6	11	0

Win Probability · Houston Astros

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Kansas City Royals

Carter Jensen · 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Seth Lugo · 5.0 IP, 4 ER, 5 K (L, 7-9)Pitching

Houston Astros

Jeremy Pena · 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Bryan King · 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 3-5)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

Scoring

Bot 8th

HR Trammell homered to right (359 feet).2–6

Top 8th

1B Jensen singled to right, Rave scored.2–5

Bot 6th

1B Peña reached on infield single to third, Trammell scored, Wade Jr. to third.1–5

Bot 5th

HR Alvarez homered to right (385 feet).1–4

Bot 5th

HR Wade Jr. homered to right (365 feet).1–3

Bot 2nd

HR Varsho homered to right center (407 feet).1–2

Bot 1st

HR Peña homered to left (394 feet).1–1

Top 1st

GRO Garcia grounded into double play, second to first, Jensen scored, Caglianone out at second, Witt Jr. to third.1–0

Team Stats

Kansas City RoyalsHouston Astros

Batting

3 Hits 11

0 Home Runs 5

2 Walks 2

6 Strikeouts 7

0 Stolen Bases 1

8 Left on Base 11

Pitching & Fielding

134 Pitches Thrown 117

0 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 2

Box Score

Kansas City Royals ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JensenC	3	1	2	1	1	0	.235	14	.322	.454
B. Witt Jr.SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	.276	16	.359	.441
J. CaglianoneDH	2	0	0	0	0	1	.277	12	.328	.483
N. LoftinPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	3	.317	.373
M. Garcia3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.262	14	.319	.376
M. Massey2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.279	14	.313	.438
S. Perez1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.227	6	.272	.376
J. RaveRF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.222	14	.311	.453
K. IsbelCF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.219	15	.265	.325
I. CollinsLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.219	9	.325	.333
Team	29	2	3	1	2	6		117

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S. Lugo(L, 7-9)	5.0	8	4	4	1	5	4	76-53	5.06
C. Thomas	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	21-12	9.33
J. Cuas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	2.25
A. Lange	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	23-14	6.09
Team	8.0	11	6	6	2	7	5	134-88

Houston Astros ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. PenaSS	5	1	2	2	1	0	1	.279	11	.330	.477
Y. AlvarezDH	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.311	17	.429	.598
I. Paredes3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.257	18	.355	.429
J. Altuve2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.243	14	.303	.393
N. Allen2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	0	.327	.382
Y. DiazC	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.277	12	.309	.436
D. VarshoCF	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.224	12	.285	.361
T. TrammellLF	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	.206	17	.295	.366
C. SmithRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.212	19	.278	.395
L. Wade Jr.1B	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	.212	14	.316	.364
Team	34	6	11	6	5	2	7		134

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
M. Ullola	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	11-2	4.15
B. King(W, 3-5)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	16-12	4.78
E. Pecko(H, 1)	5.2	3	1	1	0	4	71-49	3.77
B. Abreu(H, 16)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5-3	3.77
J. Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	0.83
Team	9.0	3	2	2	2	6	117-77