Whit Merrifield, Hunter Dozier and Emmanuel Rivera all homered as the Kansas City Royals roughed up Cristian Javier early and held on for a 7-4 win over Houston on Wednesday night, ending the Astros' major league-best eight-game winning streak. Javier (6-4) had allowed one hit in 14 innings over his last two starts, which included seven innings of a combined no-hitter against the Yankees on June 25.
W | L | Pct | GB | |
---|---|---|---|---|
47 | 38 | .553 | 0.0 | |
40 | 40 | .500 | 4.5 | |
39 | 41 | .488 | 5.5 | |
34 | 47 | .420 | 11.0 | |
30 | 50 | .375 | 14.5 |