Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

Kansas City Royals69-93

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Final

Houston Astros81-81

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
8:10 PM EDT
MLB

Match odds

No pre-game prices were stored for this game.

Box score

KC	Team stats	HOU
0.244	AVG	0.24
4.63	ERA	4.51
0.314	OBP	0.314
0.711	OPS	0.725
1	RBI	6
0.397	SLG	0.411
11	H	3
6	R	2
1.39	WHIP	1.34
29	AB	34
1	2B	2
0	3B	0
5	HR	0
6	ER	2
7	SO	6
2	BB	2
0	SB	1
0	CS	0
8	IP	9

Kansas City Royals · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Michael Massey	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Maikel Garcia	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carter Jensen	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Isaac Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Rave	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Kyle Isbel	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Witt Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Jac Caglianone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Loftin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Seth Lugo	5.0	8	4	1	5	4	0	1	0
Alex Lange	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Connor Thomas	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cuas	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Jeremy Peña	5	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	0
Daulton Varsho	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Jose Altuve	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
LaMonte Wade Jr.	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
Yainer Diaz	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Isaac Paredes	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cam Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Taylor Trammell	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0

Houston Astros · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Ethan Pecko	5.2	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	0
Bryan King	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Josh Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Ullola	0.2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Abreu	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Recent form

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Houston AstrosLLLWW

Head to head

1KC wins

4HOU wins

Last 5 meetings with a stored final score.

League table

#	Team	Record
1	Milwaukee Brewers	103-59
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	100-62
3	Tampa Bay Rays	98-64
4	Atlanta Braves	94-68
5	Cleveland Guardians	85-77
6	Houston Astros	81-81
7	New York Yankees	93-68
8	San Diego Padres	91-71
9	Chicago Cubs	89-73
10	Philadelphia Phillies	88-74
11	Chicago White Sox	84-78
12	Texas Rangers	80-82
13	Boston Red Sox	87-75
14	Arizona Diamondbacks	86-76
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	82-80
16	Miami Marlins	80-82
17	Minnesota Twins	77-85
18	Seattle Mariners	76-86
19	Baltimore Orioles	79-82
20	Washington Nationals	77-85
21	St. Louis Cardinals	77-85
22	Detroit Tigers	76-86
23	San Francisco Giants	65-97
24	Athletics	64-98
25	Toronto Blue Jays	79-83
26	Cincinnati Reds	75-87
27	New York Mets	74-88
28	Kansas City Royals	69-93
29	Los Angeles Angels	62-100
30	Colorado Rockies	58-104

About this match

Kansas City Royals beat Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 in the MLB.

Recent form: Kansas City Royals have won 1 of their last 5, Houston Astros 2 of their last 5.

In the 5 recent meetings on record, Kansas City Royals won 1 and Houston Astros won 4. The last one finished KC 2, HOU 4 on Sep 15, 2026.

Carter Jensen leads Kansas City Royals in home runs (27 HR).

Yordan Alvarez leads Houston Astros in home runs (42 HR).