MLB/Scores/KC at HOU
August 23, 2021 · 2021 · Regular season

01/Line score

9 innings
Runs by inning
Club123456789R
KC0110002307
HOU0010000001
X marks a half-inning that was never played

02/Box score

25 lines
Both sides
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 7
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Daniel Lynch IVP211600350.286
Andrew BenintendiLF50100000.200
Carlos Santana1B50100000.200
Richard LoveladyP30100010.333
Ryan O'Hearn1B31100010.333
Salvador PerezC31211200.667
Michael A. TaylorRF22000210.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Daniel Lynch IV5.06135241.801.80
Domingo Tapia1.1001140.000.75
Ervin Santana1.0000230.000.00
Kyle Zimmer1.0001040.001.00
Richard Lovelady0.2100130.001.50
HOUSTON ASTROS 1
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Brooks RaleyP40100110.250
Carlos CorreaSS40100010.250
Jake MeyersCF40000020.000
Jose AltuveLF40100110.250
Phil MatonP43300100.750
Yimi GarcíaP42200110.500
Yordan AlvarezLF40000010.000
Martín MaldonadoC20000210.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Zack Greinke6.06212253.001.17
Brooks Raley1.0101150.002.00
Blake Taylor0.2100030.001.50
Phil Maton0.23310540.506.00
Yimi García0.22111513.504.50

The line score is derived from the play log rather than read from a stored innings table, because the play log covers 2015 onward where that table starts in 2023. The two were compared on their overlap and agree on every inning-half except the ones the stored table marks unplayed, which is the case shown as X above: when the home club leads after the top of the last inning it does not bat, and printing a zero there would say it batted and failed to score. Games before 2015 have no play log and so no line score, only the final. Batting average in the hitting table is this game alone, not the season. Earned run average and WHIP in the pitching table are likewise this appearance, which is why a one-inning reliever who allowed a run reads 9.00. Innings come from the out count rather than the stored decimal: “6.1” means six innings and one out. No venue is shown because no MLB fixture in this database carries one.