Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

14-13, 5-7 Away

Final

14-15, 11-5 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. PenaSS	2-5	0	0	3	.255
I. Paredes3B	0-4	1	0	0	.245
Y. AlvarezDH	2-4	1	1	3	.213
C. Walker1B	0-4	0	0	0	.189
Y. DiazC	1-4	1	1	1	.169
C. SmithRF	0-3	0	0	0	.209
Z. DezenzoLF	1-4	1	0	0	.273
J. MeyersCF	0-0	0	0	0	.247
B. Rodgers2B	0-4	0	0	0	.224
C. McCormickCF-LF	3-4	3	0	0	.318

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
H. Brown	6.0	7	1	1	9	100-66	1.22
B. King	1.0	2	1	0	1	14-12	2.08
S. Okert	1.0	0	0	0	0	11-8	0.69
T. Scott	1.0	2	1	0	0	24-14	5.40

According to ESPN Analytics

HOU

Hits

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

2:10 AM, 28 April 2025

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 21,171

Game Time:2:38

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - CB Bucknor
First Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Second Base Umpire - Chris Segal
Third Base Umpire - John Bacon

Alvarez’s long home run backs Brown’s solid start in Astros 7-3 win over Royals

— Yordan Alvarez’s long home run backed a solid start by Hunter Brown as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Sunday in the series finale to avoid being swept.

Apr 28, 2026, 05:19 am - AP


HOU
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	7	9	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	11	1

H. Brown4-1

6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 1 BB

K. Bubic2-2

5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		HOU	KC
3rd	Alvarez homered to center (436 feet), McCormick scored and Paredes scored.	3	0
5th	Peña singled to left, McCormick scored on error, Peña safe at second on throwing error by left fielder India.	4	0
5th	Witt Jr. doubled to left, India scored.	4	1
6th	Peña doubled to left, McCormick scored and Dezenzo scored.	6	1
7th	Diaz homered to right (384 feet).	7	1
7th	India hit sacrifice fly to left, Biggio scored.	7	2
9th	Waters tripled to right, Garcia scored.	7	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
0
Royals
2

Game 1

26/4

Astros
0
Royals
2

Game 2

27/4

Astros
7
Royals
3

Game 3

28/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Athletics	13	12	.520	-	L1
Texas	12	12	.500	0.5	L1
Los Angeles	12	14	.462	1.5	W1
Seattle	11	15	.423	2.5	W1
Houston	10	16	.385	3.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	14	12	.538	-	L1
Detroit	13	12	.520	0.5	W1
Minnesota	12	12	.500	1	L1
Chicago	9	15	.375	4	L1
Kansas City	8	17	.320	5.5	L1

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Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

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Game Information

Alvarez’s long home run backs Brown’s solid start in Astros 7-3 win over Royals

H. Brown4-1

K. Bubic2-2

Scoring Summary

Inning

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