LIVE 9th Mar 26
TB 7 -129 o8.0
STL 9 +119 u8.0
AZ +236 o9.0
LAD -265 u9.0
CLE +161 o6.5
SEA -176 u6.5
Final Mar 26
PIT 7 +105 o7.0
NYM 11 -113 u7.0
Final Mar 26
CHW 2 +167 o8.0
MIL 14 -183 u8.0
Final Mar 26
WAS 10 +178 o7.0
CHC 4 -196 u7.0
Final Mar 26
MIN 1 +125 o8.5
BAL 2 -135 u8.5
Final Mar 26
LAA 3 +160 o8.0
HOU 0 -175 u8.0
Final Mar 26
DET 8 -118 o7.0
SD 2 +109 u7.0
Final Mar 26
BOS 3 -155 o8.0
CIN 0 +143 u8.0
Final Mar 26
TEX 3 +143 o8.5
PHI 5 -155 u8.5
Houston

Kansas City vs Houston Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Boxscore

Livescore Details
Team R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Kansas City Royals KC Kansas City 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston Astros HOU Houston 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Kansas City Pitcher James Shields J. Shields (L)

Houston Pitcher Jordan Lyles J. Lyles (W)

Game Info

Location  Minute Maid Park

Temperature  Temperature

Attendance  - attendance

Batting Stats

Kansas City Batting Stats Table
POS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
C. Getz 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .209
A. Escobar SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .251
A. Gordon LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .352
B. Butler DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267
E. Hosmer 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
L. Cain CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .298
M. Moustakas 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
J. Francoeur RF 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .226
G. Kottaras C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .143
Totals 31 1 6 1 2 5 7

Battling

  • 2B - George Kottaras (2)
  • 3B - Jeffrey Francoeur (2)
  • TB - Christopher Getz 1, Alcides Escobar 1, Alex Gordon 1, Lorenzo Cain 1, Jeffrey Francoeur 3, George Kottaras 2
  • RBI - George Kottaras (4)
  • Team LOB - 7
Houston Batting Stats Table
POS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
R. Grossman CF -LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .208
J. Altuve 2B 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .312
J. Castro C 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .252
J. Martinez LF 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .250
     B. Barnes PR -CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
V. Carter 1B 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .228
C. Pena DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .233
J. Paredes 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
T. Crowe RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208
M. Gonzalez SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238
Totals 31 3 8 3 1 8 11

Battling

  • 2B - Jason Castro (13), Carlos Pena (8)
  • HR - Julio Martinez (4)
  • TB - Robert Grossman 1, Jason Castro 4, Julio Martinez 5, Vernon Carter 1, Carlos Pena 2
  • RBI - Jason Castro (12), Julio Martinez 2 (14)
  • GIDP - Jose Altuve (6)
  • Team LOB - 11

Pitching Stats

Kansas City Pitching Stats Table
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J. Shields (L 2-5) 7 .0 7 2 2 0 7 1 2.47
K. Herrera 1 .0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.87
  • Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 0-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-0
  • Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 4-5, Kelvin Herrera 1-0
  • Batters Faced - James Shields 26, Kelvin Herrera 6
Houston Pitching Stats Table
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J. Lyles (W 2-1) 6 .0 6 1 1 1 3 0 5.40
T. Blackley 1 .0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.32
H. Ambriz 1 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
J. Veras (S 8) 1 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.32
  • Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 0-0, Travis Blackley 0-0, Hector Ambriz 0-0, Jose Veras 0-0
  • Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 8-3, Travis Blackley 1-0, Hector Ambriz 1-1, Jose Veras 3-0
  • Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 24, Travis Blackley 4, Hector Ambriz 2, Jose Veras 3

KC vs HOURecords

KC vs HOURecords

Team Table
Team W/L H/A $ RF RA Tot O/U
Kansas City logo KC 21-21 11-13 12 4.36 3.95 8.31 18-23
Houston logo HOU 13-33 7-17 -1180 3.96 5.93 9.89 29-15

KC vs HOUHead To Head

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
4-5-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U KC Starter (IP) HOU Starter (IP)
May 21, '13 HOU Kansas City logo 7 - 3 KC -128 o9.0 W. Davis (5.0) D. Norris (6.0)
May 20, '13 HOU Houston logo 6 - 5 HOU +146 o9.0 J. Guthrie (5.0) D. Keuchel (6.2)
Jun 20, '12 HOU Kansas City logo 2 - 1 KC -120 u8.5 B. Chen (5.2) J. Lyles (7.0)
Jun 19, '12 HOU Kansas City logo 2 - 0 KC +108 u8.0 L. Hochevar (7.2) W. Rodriguez (7.0)
Jun 18, '12 HOU Houston logo 9 - 7 HOU -111 o8.5 C. Sanchez (6.0) J. Happ (6.0)
Jun 17, '10 KC Kansas City logo 5 - 2 KC -102 u9.5 A. Lerew (6.0) B. Myers (6.2)
Jun 16, '10 KC Houston logo 4 - 2 HOU -114 u8.5 B. Chen (5.2) R. Oswalt (7.0)
Jun 15, '10 KC Kansas City logo 15 - 7 KC -113 o9.0 H. Davies (3.0) F. Paulino (4.2)
Jun 25, '09 HOU Houston logo 5 - 4 HOU -114 P9.0 B. Bannister (6.0) B. Moehler (5.0)
Jun 24, '09 HOU Kansas City logo 4 - 3 KC +162 u8.5 L. Hochevar (7.0) R. Oswalt (6.0)

Kansas City logo Kansas City Record Last 10

Win / Loss
3-7-0
Over / Under
4-6-0
ML
-$397
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
May 21, '13 @ Houston logo HOU W 7 - 3 W -128 o9.0 W. Davis (5.0) D. Norris (6.0)
May 20, '13 @ Houston logo HOU L 5 - 6 L -159 o9.0 J. Guthrie (5.0) D. Keuchel (6.2)
May 19, '13 @ Athletics logo OAK L 3 - 4 L +151 u8.0 L. Mendoza (6.0) A. Griffin (6.0)
May 18, '13 @ Athletics logo OAK L 1 - 2 L +126 u7.0 E. Santana (7.0) T. Milone (6.0)
May 17, '13 @ Athletics logo OAK L 1 - 2 L -111 u7.0 J. Shields (8.0) J. Parker (7.0)
May 15, '13 @ Los Angeles logo LAA W 9 - 5 W -101 o9.0 W. Davis (5.1) B. Enright (2.0)
May 14, '13 @ Los Angeles logo LAA L 2 - 6 L +115 u8.5 J. Guthrie (7.0) J. Vargas (7.0)
May 13, '13 @ Los Angeles logo LAA W 11 - 4 W +126 o9.0 L. Mendoza (6.0) J. Blanton (4.2)
May 12, '13 New York logo NYY L 2 - 4 L -115 u7.0 E. Santana (6.1) H. Kuroda (7.2)
May 11, '13 New York logo NYY L 2 - 3 L -154 u7.5 J. Shields (8.0) A. Pettitte (7.0)

Kansas City Next 3 Games

Houston logo Houston Record Last 10

Win / Loss
3-7-0
Over / Under
7-3-0
ML
-$8
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
May 21, '13 Kansas City logo KC L 3 - 7 L +118 o9.0 D. Norris (6.0) W. Davis (5.0)
May 20, '13 Kansas City logo KC W 6 - 5 W +146 o9.0 D. Keuchel (6.2) J. Guthrie (5.0)
May 19, '13 @ Pittsburgh logo PIT L 0 - 1 L +156 u8.5 L. Harrell (7.0) J. Locke (7.0)
May 18, '13 @ Pittsburgh logo PIT W 4 - 2 W +232 u7.5 E. Bedard (6.0) A. Burnett (7.0)
May 17, '13 @ Pittsburgh logo PIT L 4 - 5 L +169 o8.5 J. Lyles (5.0) J. Gomez (4.2)
May 15, '13 @ Detroit logo DET W 7 - 5 W +314 o9.0 D. Keuchel (5.2) M. Scherzer (7.0)
May 14, '13 @ Detroit logo DET L 2 - 6 L +267 u8.5 L. Harrell (5.0) D. Fister (7.0)
May 13, '13 @ Detroit logo DET L 2 - 7 L +275 o8.0 D. Norris (5.0) A. Sanchez (7.0)
May 12, '13 Texas logo TEX L 7 - 12 L +128 o9.0 J. Lyles (4.0) N. Tepesch (6.0)
May 11, '13 Texas logo TEX L 7 - 8 L +228 o8.0 E. Bedard (5.0) Y. Darvish (7.0)

Houston Next 3 Games

Series Stats

Series Game Records

Kansas City - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 6-9 18-16 6-13
Game 2 8-7 14-9 17-12
Game 3 7-4 13-13 12-8
Game 4 0-1 1-1 5-3
Houston - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 6-9 5-8 15-24
Game 2 4-11 7-13 9-23
Game 3 3-11 5-9 8-26
Game 4 0-2 1-3 1-5

Next 3 Series

Kansas City
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Fri, May 24 - Sun, May 26 @ KC logo KC 86-76 44-37 H
Mon, May 27 - Wed, May 29 vs STL logo STL 97-65 43-38 A
Thu, May 30 - Fri, May 31 vs KC logo KC 86-76 42-39 A
Houston
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Sat, May 25 - Sun, May 26 vs OAK logo OAK 97-66 44-37 A
Mon, May 27 - Tue, May 28 vs COL logo COL 74-88 29-52 A
Thu, May 30 - Fri, May 31 @ COL logo COL 74-88 45-36 H

KC vs HOU Preview

Last Meeting ( May 21, 2013 ) Kansas City 7, Houston 3

KC vs HOUInjury report

Kansas City logoKansas City's Injuries

Kansas City Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS # Player
SP 0 Bruce Chen
RP 0 Kelvin Herrera
RP 0 Luke Hochevar
RP 0 Greg Holland
Hitters
POS # Player
LF 0 David Lough
2B 0 Johnny Giavotella
1B 0 Salvador Perez
DH 0 Billy Butler
CF 0 Lorenzo Cain
RF 0 Justin Maxwell
C 0 Brett Hayes
SS 0 Pedro Ciriaco
3B 0 Irving Falu
(* - Change In Order)

Houston's Injuries

Houston Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS # Player
RP 0 Erik Bedard
RP 0 Josh Zeid
RP 0 Kevin Chapman
RP 0 Rhiner Cruz
RP 0 Josh Fields
RP 0 Lucas Harrell
RP 0 Jorge De Leon
Hitters
POS # Player
SS 0 Jonathan Villar
2B 0 Jose Altuve
3B 0 Matt Dominguez
1B 0 Chris Carter
RF 0 J.D. Martinez
DH 0 Brandon Laird
PH-DH 0 * Brett Wallace
CF 0 Trevor Crowe
C 0 Carlos Corporan
LF 0 Jake Elmore
PH-LF 0 * Marc Krauss
(* - Change In Order)

KC vs HOU Starters Recent Games

Win / Loss
2-3
ERA
2.08
Avg. IP
7.2
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
May 17, '13 ATH 2 - KC 1
L -111 u7.0 8.0 6 2 2 9 1 2 0 0.0 1.7
May 11, '13 KC 2 - NYY 3
L -154 u7.5 8.0 6 3 2 5 2 1 0 0.0 0.3
May 06, '13 KC 1 - CHW 2
L -138 u7.0 8.0 2 0 0 9 2 0 0 0.0 1.0
Apr 30, '13 KC 8 - TB 2
W -132 o7.5 7.0 5 2 2 7 1 1 0 0.0 1.6
Apr 25, '13 DET 3 - KC 8
W +156 o7.0 8.0 5 3 3 4 3 0 0 0.0 0.9
Last 5 Avg. 7.2 4.8 2.0 1.8 6.8 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.1
Last Vs Houston
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Jun 24, '11 HOU 1 - TB 5
W -124 u7.0 9.0 3 1 1 9 1 0 106 11.8 2.3
Last 1 Avg. 9.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 9.0 1.0 0.0 106.0 11.8 2.2
Win / Loss
2-3
ERA
4.50
Avg. IP
5.1
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
May 17, '13 PIT 5 - HOU 4
L +169 o8.5 5.0 4 2 1 4 2 1 0 0.0 1.3
May 12, '13 HOU 7 - TEX 12
L +128 o9.0 4.0 11 8 8 1 2 1 0 0.0 0.0
May 07, '13 HOU 7 - LAA 6
W +154 o9.0 5.0 4 3 3 6 2 1 0 0.0 3.0
May 02, '13 HOU 3 - DET 7
L +146 o9.5 5.0 6 2 2 6 1 0 0 0.0 0.8
Sep 30, '12 MIL 0 - HOU 7
W +226 u8.5 9.0 4 0 0 3 1 0 103 11.4 1.3
Last 5 Avg. 5.1 5.8 3.0 2.8 4.0 1.6 0.6 20.6 2.3 1.3
Last Vs Kansas City
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Jun 20, '12 HOU 1 - KC 2
L +113 u8.5 7.0 3 2 2 4 0 0 85 12.1 2.2
Last 1 Avg. 7.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 85.0 12.1 2.2

KC vs HOUStats

KC vs HOU Stats Analysis

All Pitchers
Team ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Kansas City logo Kansas City 3.58 .257 .312 1.27 8.1 1.1 2.5 7.1
Houston logo Houston 5.49 .294 .365 1.59 8.2 1.5 3.7 6.4

More Stats

Kansas City Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
William Smith (L) 24 1 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 5 9.00 2.00 3:1
Last 3 1 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 5 9.00 2.00 3:1
Kelvin Herrera (R) 3 18 19.1 18 10 10 8 7 23 4.74 1.29 19:7
Last 3 3 4.0 3 2 2 2 2 2 4.50 1.25 7:3
Luis Mendoza (R) 3 7 36.0 36 26 22 4 13 26 5.50 1.36 42:14
Last 3 3 18.0 19 11 8 1 3 12 4.00 1.22 20:7
Luke Hochevar (R) 2 11 16.1 10 2 2 1 3 18 1.13 0.80 10:9
Last 3 3 5.0 3 1 1 0 0 6 1.80 0.60 2:4
Gregory Holland (R) 1 16 15.0 13 7 5 0 7 24 3.00 1.33 8:9
Last 3 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00 0.33 2:2
Wade Davis (R) 1 9 45.2 67 34 30 7 22 36 6.00 1.95 40:25
Last 3 3 15.1 24 14 14 3 9 11 8.40 2.15 13:4
Aaron Crow (R) 1 15 12.2 7 2 2 1 4 8 1.50 0.87 17:8
Last 3 3 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.43 4:0
Bullpen Total 35 77 149.0 158 87 75 22 57 140 4.53 1.44 139:73
Last 3 19 51.2 56 34 29 7 17 42 5.05 1.41 51:21
Available Bullpen 32 37 75.2 71 44 38 14 24 72 4.52 1.26 74:31


Houston Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Darin Downs (L) 89 16 20.2 14 6 6 2 5 25 2.70 0.92 10:13
Last 3 3 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 3 4.50 1.25 3:2
Joshua Fields (R) 49 2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0:0
Last 3 2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0:0
Rhiner Cruz (R) 22 14 14.1 20 8 7 2 9 6 4.50 2.02 10:10
Last 3 3 3.0 6 1 1 0 0 2 3.00 2.00 0:2
Philip Humber (R) 11 9 35.2 57 38 38 7 14 20 9.77 1.99 41:27
Last 3 3 6.0 13 13 13 4 5 5 19.50 3.00 5:5
Jordan Lyles (R) 5 4 19.0 25 15 14 3 7 17 6.63 1.68 23:11
Last 3 3 14.0 19 13 12 3 6 11 7.71 1.79 19:6
Bullpen Total 176 45 90.1 116 67 65 14 35 69 6.48 1.67 84:61
Last 3 14 27.2 42 29 28 7 12 22 9.11 1.95 27:15
Available Bullpen 176 45 90.1 116 67 65 14 35 69 6.48 1.67 84:61
Kansas City All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Ervin Santana (R) 3 8 55.1 51 18 17 6 9 44 2.78 1.08 48:37
Jeremy Guthrie (R) 2 9 59.1 61 24 23 13 20 32 3.51 1.37 64:41
Bruce Chen (L) 1 9 15.1 14 5 3 0 2 12 1.80 1.04 10:15


Houston All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Brett Oberholtzer (L) 31 1 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 9.00 1.50 2:4
Bradley Peacock (R) 22 6 22.0 29 23 23 7 13 19 9.41 1.91 16:16
Erik Bedard (L) 4 9 33.0 37 22 22 9 15 34 6.00 1.58 27:14
Lucas Harrell (R) 3 10 56.1 63 30 29 8 29 32 4.66 1.63 77:23
Dallas Keuchel (L) 2 9 34.2 43 24 19 6 14 22 5.03 1.64 46:15
Paul Clemens (R) 1 14 27.2 24 15 14 7 8 20 4.67 1.16 25:23

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Betting Terminology

  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds
  • O/U: Closing total and odds
  • IP: Innings pitched by the starter
  • H: Hits allowed by the starter
  • R: Runs allowed by the starter
  • ER: Earned runs allowed by the starter
  • SO: Strikeouts thrown by the starter
  • BB: Walks allowed by the starter
  • HR: Home runs allowed by the starter
  • PIT: Total pitches thrown by the starter
  • P/IP: Pitches thrown per inning by the starter
  • GB:FB: Groundball - flyball ratio by the starter

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win-loss record (last 10)
  • Net $: $ won/lost based on $100 bets (last 10)
  • O/U: Over under record (last 10)
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the game
  • O/U: Closing total and odds for the game
  • Away/Home Starter: Starting pitchers for the game
  • Last vs: The result last time the teams played
  • Schedule Starter: Expected starter for the upcoming game

Betting Terminology

Records below refer to the game # of all series across the season. Game 1, game 2 etc.

  • Overall: Team’s season record
  • After Win: Team’s record for the game immediately after a win
  • After Loss: Team’s record for the game immediately after a loss

Betting Terminology

  • Runs/9: Runs per nine innings
  • AVG: Batting average
  • Hits: Average hits per game
  • HR: Average home runs per game
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) per game
  • EB Hits: Average extra base hits per game
  • SB: Average stolen bases per game
  • OBP: On base percentage
  • R: Runs allowed
  • ER: Earned runs allowed
  • AVG: Batting average allowed
  • HR: Average home runs allowed
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) allowed
  • IP(S): Average innings pitched by starters
  • K(S): Average strikeouts by starters
  • K(B): Average strikeouts by bullpen
  • Rest(B): % of relievers that are available to pitch today
  • RF: Average team runs for. The run support pitchers are getting

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