MLB/Scores/KC at HOU
September 22, 2023 · 2023 · Regular season

01/Line score

9 innings
Runs by inning
Club123456789R
KC4000030007
HOU1100000305
X marks a half-inning that was never played

02/Box score

33 lines
Both sides
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 7
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Cole RagansP212310450.143
James McArthurP60100020.167
Bobby Witt Jr.SS51101020.200
MJ MelendezLF51101020.200
Jackson KowarP43310100.750
Kyle IsbelCF40102010.250
Maikel Garcia3B41000120.000
Michael Massey2B10000000.000
Nick LoftinLF11001010.000
Dairon BlancoCF00000000
Drew WatersLF00000000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Cole Ragans6.03245253.001.17
James McArthur1.2100260.000.60
Collin Snider1.0101150.002.00
Jackson Kowar0.13310581.0012.00
HOUSTON ASTROS 5
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Framber ValdezP2074003101.200
Kyle TuckerRF50100010.200
Rafael MonteroP50100020.200
Jeremy PeñaSS41000110.000
Jose AltuveLF40200100.500
Mauricio Dubón2B40100010.250
Yordan AlvarezLF40101110.250
Alex Bregman3B31000200.000
Chas McCormickLF31113110.333
Martín MaldonadoC30000020.000
Ryne StanekP30000010.000
Phil MatonP10000100.000
Yainer DiazC10000000.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Framber Valdez5.1463102710.131.31
Héctor Neris1.0000130.000.00
Rafael Montero1.0100250.001.00
Ryne Stanek1.0000130.000.00
Phil Maton0.2001020.001.50

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.