MLB/Scores/KC at HOU
September 23, 2023 · 2023 · Regular season

01/Line score

9 innings
Runs by inning
Club123456789R
KC1000200003
HOU0000001102
X marks a half-inning that was never played

02/Box score

30 lines
Both sides
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 3
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Taylor ClarkeP50000010.000
Bobby Witt Jr.SS40001020.000
Drew WatersLF40100020.250
Maikel Garcia3B41200011.500
Michael Massey2B40200000.500
MJ MelendezLF30001020.000
Kyle IsbelCF21100100.500
Dairon BlancoCF00000000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Jordan Lyles5.02023190.000.80
Taylor Clarke1.2000160.000.00
Carlos Hernández1.0001140.001.00
Collin Snider1.0210259.002.00
Tucker Davidson0.12100327.006.00
HOUSTON ASTROS 2
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
J.P. FranceP193700151.368
Bennett SousaP60000010.000
Chas McCormickLF41111000.250
Jeremy PeñaSS40200002.500
Jose AltuveLF40000120.000
Yainer DiazC40100010.250
Yordan AlvarezLF41100000.250
Alex Bregman3B30000100.000
Bryan AbreuP30000030.000
Kyle TuckerRF30101111.333
Rafael MonteroP30000020.000
Jake MeyersCF20000000.000
Mauricio Dubón2B10000000.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
J.P. France5.07215213.601.60
Bennett Sousa2.0000160.000.00
Bryan Abreu1.0000330.000.00
Rafael Montero1.0000230.000.00

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.