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Royals won series 3-2

Division Series

Odds:

Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 40,566

(86-76)

1st AL West

L: McHugh (1-1)

2

L: McHugh (1-1)

(95-67)

5th AL Central

W: Cueto (1-0)

7

W: Cueto (1-0)

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	r	h	e
HOU	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
KC	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	X	7	8	0

Box Score

Scoring Summary

Top 2nd

HOU	2 0	Luis Valbuena homered (392 ft.) to deep right, Evan Gattis scored

Bottom 4th

KC	2 1	Eric Hosmer singled to shallow center, Lorenzo Cain scored

Bottom 5th

KC	2 3	Álex Ríos doubled to left, Salvador Perez and Alex Gordon scored
KC	2 4	Ben Zobrist hit sacrifice fly to right, Álex Ríos scored

Bottom 8th

KC	2 7	Kendrys Morales homered (417 ft.) to deep left center, Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain scored

Batting

Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	BB	K	LOB	AVG
27 Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136
4 George Springer RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.211
1 Carlos Correa SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350
28 Colby Rasmus LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.429
27 Carlos Gómez CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
11 Evan Gattis DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211
18 Luis Valbuena 3B	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.154
31 Chris Carter 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294
15 Jason Castro C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071
8 Preston Tucker PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Totals	29	2	2	2	1	0	0	9	0

Batting: HR - L Valbuena (1, 2nd inning off J Cueto, 1 on, 2 out); RBI - L Valbuena 2 (2); 2-out RBI - L Valbuena 2; Team LOB - 0

Fielding: DP - 2 (L Valbuena-J Altuve-C Carter, L Valbuena-C Correa-C Carter)

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	BB	K	LOB	AVG
2 Alcides Escobar SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286
18 Ben Zobrist 2B	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.333
6 Lorenzo Cain CF	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250
30 Eric Hosmer 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.190
8 Kendrys Morales DH	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	.263
18 Mike Moustakas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111
13 Salvador Perez C	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
4 Alex Gordon LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.235
15 Álex Ríos RF	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.286
16 Paulo Orlando RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	28	7	8	7	1	0	2	3	8

Batting: 2B - A Escobar (1, D Keuchel), A Gordon (1, C McHugh), A Rios (2, M Fiers); HR - K Morales (3, 8th inning off D Keuchel, 2 on, 2 out); RBI - B Zobrist (2), E Hosmer (5), K Morales 3 (6), A Rios 2 (2); 2-out RBI - K Morales 3; S - A Escobar; SF - B Zobrist; GIDP - L Cain, A Gordon; Team LOB - 2

Pitching

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	ERA
31 Collin McHugh (L, 1-1)	4.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	1.10	4.50
50 Mike Fiers	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	9.00
29 Tony Sipp	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.46	0.00
93 Pat Neshek	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.00	0.00
60 Dallas Keuchel	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	1.38	4.50

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	ERA
47 Johnny Cueto (W, 1-0)	8.0	2	2	2	0	8	1	0.86	3.86
71 Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.50	0.00

Pitching: IBB - L Cain (by D Keuchel); HBP - S Perez (by C McHugh); Pitches-strikes - C McHugh 72-45, M Fiers 9-6, T Sipp 17-13, P Neshek 6-4, D Keuchel 27-12, J Cueto 91-62, W Davis 8-5; Ground balls-fly balls - C McHugh 3-7, M Fiers 2-1, T Sipp 2-2, P Neshek 0-0, D Keuchel 2-2, J Cueto 5-11, W Davis 1-1; Batters faced - C McHugh 17, M Fiers 4, T Sipp 5, P Neshek, D Keuchel 6, J Cueto 26, W Davis 3

Game Details: Game Time: 2:42; Umpires: HP-Gerry Davis. 1B-Todd Tichenor. 2B-Lance Barksdale. 3B-Angel Hernandez. LF-Mike Everitt. RF-Ron Kulpa.; Weather: 63 degrees. Clear.; Wind: 2 MPH Right to Left.