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All right, get ready. You guys ready? Let’s go. getting set for the first pitch once again from the Houston Methodist broadcast booth. Robert Ford’s the man. Robert Ford and Steve Sparks. Let’s do this. We’re at Dyen Park in Houston, Texas. It’s time for Astros baseball. Tonight’s starting lineups are brought to you by Reliant Reliance, the official energy provider of the Houston Astros. Get out those scorecards. Here they are. First for the Royals. Kansas City leads off with Jonathan India. He’ll play third base. The DH batting second, Bobby Wit Jr. Vinnie Pasquantino, the first baseman, bats third. Batting cleanup is the catcher, Salvador Perez. Michael Garcia, the shortstop bats fifth. Batting sixth, Michael Massie, the second baseman. In left field, batting seventh, it’s Kevin Bigio. Drew Waters in right field bats eighth. And batting ninth, Kyle Isel, he’s the center fielder. That’s India, Wit, Pasquantino, Perez, Garcia, and Massie, followed by Bio Waters, and Ispel. And doing the pitching for Kansas City, 33-year-old right-handed pitcher, Michael Walkup. Now for the Astros, Houston leads off with Jeremy Pñena, the shortstop, batting second and second base, Jose Altuve. Esso Parades at third base, bats third. Batting cleanup at first base, Christian Walker. Yiner Diaz, the catcher, bats fifth. Batting sixth to DH, Victor Keratini. Jake Meyers will play center field in bat seventh. Batting eighth in left field, Zack Denzo and Cam Smith will play right field and bat ninth. That’s Pena Altuve Paredes. Walker Diaz and Keratini, followed by Meyers, Denzo, and Smith doing pitching for the Astros with a record of three and one. 26-year-old right-handed pitcher Ryan Gusto. We’ll have the first pitch right after this. The next wave of Astro stars are down in Sugarland with the Space Cowboys. 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Kind of a tough job kind of floating in and out of the the rotation to to kind of get in any kind of a routine. Jonathan India leads it off for Kansas City. Right-handed hitting third baseman. Infield shade slightly to pull. And the first pitch of the ball game is a fast ball taken for a strike at the top of the zone. 94 from Gusto. India batting 224 325 on base percentage. A home run and nine RBI’s in his first year with the Royals. Previously with Cincinnati. The 01. That’s high and inside. It’s a ball into strike. He’ll see a lot of pitches. Big reason they got India from the Reds was to get on base ahead of Bobby Whit Jr. He has been taking his walks but has struggled for the most part offensively. 1-1 and that’s popped up foul and into the third deck behind home. But you could say that for this entire Royals team. 26 in the majors in runs scored dead last in home runs. Just 27 home runs in 42 games coming into play today. But Kansas City 24-8 largely because of how good their pitching has been. Second best RA in the majors to the Mets. Gusto works on the third base side of the rubber and delivers a one-two. It’s a little high. Two and two. Astros dropped two out of three in Kansas City about two weeks ago. Royals winning the first two games of that weekend series, both by shutout before the Astros salvaged the finale. The two- two to India ground ball tap weekly right side pass gusto charging Altuve bare hands throws to first in time. Excellent job by Altuve getting to start at second base today in his return from that hamstring tightness that kept him out yesterday. One away. Well, he looked great there. That was do or die racing for that ball almost to the infield grass and barehanding it to get India. That was a great play and a great pickme up to get the first out of the inning. A big reason why Aluve is playing second base today is Joe Espatada felt that would control his workload a little bit on that that hamstring. So much for that. Bobby Whit Jr. the batter first pitch is up and in for a ball. Whit dhing today batting 315. That’s seventh in the AL. Ninth with a 386 on base percentage. Five homers, 23 RBI’s for Wit. the 10 and that’s lined over the leaping Altuve and in the center a base hit. So Bobby Wit Jr. is aboard with one out in the top of the first. 14 stolen bases on the year. Always a threat on the base paths. Those 14 steals, second most in the American League to Luis Robert Jr. of the White Sock. The one-on-one, oneonone out for Vinnie Pascantino. Left-handed hitting first baseman, batting 217, 266 on base percentage. Six homers and 24 runs. More runs batted in. Wouldn’t be surprised if Whit takes off here. Gusto set at the belt. First pitch and that’s grounded sharply. Alum to his left field. Jump throw to first. It runner. It hit Whit. Rolls behind second. Pñena picks it up and everybody is saved. Altuve getting to that ball to his left. changing directions with the jump throw and it was look looked like it was about to bounce but it wound up hitting Wit and everybody is saved. Two on with one out. Yeah, probably should have gone to first base there. That would have been the easier out Pascino. The hitter doesn’t run very well and to get a sure out there makes more sense. It’ll be scored as a fieldielder’s choice. So, two on for Salvador Perez. Right-handed hitting catcher, first pitch. And that misses a little low for a ball. Perez batting .240, 281 on base percentage, two homers, and 20 RBI’s. You’re talking about two stress plays for for Altuve with that hamstring strength. That’s right. The one and that’s hit foul over the screen. A cutter down and away. And it’s a one ball, one strike count to Perez. 79° outside, the roof is closed. 73° indoors. Perez catching for the first time in nearly two weeks. He’s been dealing with left hip soreness, playing a lot of designated hitter and some first base over that time. 1-1. That’s a little high. And it’s two balls in a strike. No score. One out, two on for the Royals. Top of the first. Gusto hand set at the belt. The 2-1 grounded foul behind home. Grabbed by the on deck hitter bare-handed Michael Garcia. Two and two. Forcing fast ball for Gusto. Plays really well. See the numbers on that pitch. Opponents are eight for 53 against that delivery from Gusto so far this year. here. Is that a small sample size? The reason for it, not really sure yet. So far, it’s been very effective. Yeah, first time the Royals are getting a look at Gusto. Wood off second. Paris Ventino off first to two. Swing and a miss. Got him on a cutter away. Perez strikes out the first for Gusto. Two away. Gusto says he likes to make that cutter run out of barrel when the hitter swings. He likes to get it outside of that that bat. that swing make it look like a fast ball and then they run out of barrel. Mike Hill Garcia will stand in. Right-handed hitting shorts stop adding 306. That’s ninth in the AL. 373 on base percentage. Four homers. 17 runs batted in. Still two and on for the Royals. Outfield shades the other way. First pitch and that’s over for a strike with a fast ball on the outside corner. Home plate umpire tonight is John Bacon. Chris Cuchion the crew chief at first. David Rackley the second base umpire and Edwin Muscoso has the calls at third. Astros winners of three of their last four. The 01 swinging a miss. Rushed a fast ball by him upstairs at 95 and it’s quickly 0 and2 on Garcia. First of three between the Astros and Royals at Dykin Park all night game. 710 starts tomorrow and Wednesday as well. 02 down and away with a cutter and it’s a one-two count. Gusto coming back into the Astros rotation with the Astros going to a six-man rotation over this stretch of 17 straight days with a game that began on Friday. the one-two and that’s driven out into center but playable for Meyers waiting for it in straightaway center makes the catch and the side is retired. Royals have two on with one out but failed to score and after a half inning Royals nothing Astros coming up at the crack of a bat crack open a bud. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo. You know what it means? taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Austin with ano taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Every game night is a chance to go big with MLB Big Inn. Turn on baseball’s only nightly show that brings you the biggest plays of the night. Live and commercial free. Shim out. 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It’s a 1-1 count to Jeremy. He seems like a natural leadoff hitter, doesn’t he? He does. He’s really taken to it. Hitting 350 over his last 14 games. But when he he took over that spot at the top of the order. Here’s a 1-1 just off the outside corner with a slider. Two and one Astros with this being Monday in their City Connect 2.0 uniforms, the white uniforms. It strows across the front. 2-1 and Pñena lifts this one out into right center field to his right. Waiting for it. Waters and makes the catch. Crowd number one. That ball is slicing back to the right fielder. Love these uniforms. Me, too. Jose Altuve will stride to the plate. Not too busy. Just a nice crisp clean look. Altuve didn’t play yesterday after coming out of Saturday’s game with right hamstring tightness. Jose batted 259. 308 on base percentage, four homers, 14 runs batted in. Joe Espatada in the Astro staff had Alt do some running on the field earlier today to test that hamstring, make sure he was all right. First pitch and that’s bounce foul off to the left. Strike one. And Joe Easing before the game that part of the reason Aluve is at second is a nod toward that hamstring. Figures not to run as much at second as he would in left field. 01 swinging a miss at a high one and it’s nothing at two. So, we might see Altuve at least for the next few days. Uh see little to no time in left field depending on how he’s feeling and how the Astros feel about his hamstring. Oh, two swing and a miss goes down on three pitches. The last one a curve ball low and that’s the first strike out for Waka. Two away. Here’s the defense for Kansas City in the outfield. Left to right it’s Bigio Ispel and Waters infield India at third as Mikel Garcia playing short Massie at second. Pascantino at first base and Salvador Perez catch it. Two out, no one on for Isach Parades. Right-handed hitting third baseman. Waka delivers and Parades takes one just below the zone for a ball. Parades hitting 264. 380 on base percentage, four homers, 17 RBI’s a 19 game on base streak. 380 on base. That’s great. the 10 that is just off the outside corner. 2 and 0. Big reason for that high on base percentage. Brady starts today tied for fourth in the American League with 24 walks. Ahead in the count here, Waka delivers and that’s a strike at top of the zone. Two and one. Waka faced the Astros in Kansas City back on April 26. Got a win with six scoreless innings. 2-1. that is off the plate away. It was the first time Waka had faced the Astros since 2021 when he was with Tampa Bay 3-1. That is outside ball four missed with a cutter and that’s a two out walk drawn by Parades off Waka. Had 25 walks on the season now for Parades. Waka last year when he came to Kansas City that Kansas City became his sixth team in six years at that point. He’d really started to travel. Yeah, it seems like he’s found a home in Kansas City. Sure has. Signing a three-year extension after pitching for them last year. Here’s Christian Walker. First pitch and Walker takes one for a strike on the outside corner. Right-handed hitting first baseman. Two hits, three RBI’s yesterday. batting 225, 302 on base percentage, four homers, 15 RBI’s. Walker five for eight with a home run and two doubles in his career off Michael Waka, the 01 and check to swing on a pitch just off the outside corner or did he go around? They check with the first base umpire Chris Gion. He says no swing. It’s a 1-1 count. Big gap in left center field for Christian. They pull on the right side with Pascantino holding ones who’s not a big stolen base threat. 1-1 and that’s line foul to the Honda club level off to the right. One and two. I think Christian would tell you it’s just for him the way he’s turned things around and hit so much better the last 10 games or so. It’s pitch selection. Yeah. He even admitted to maybe being a little too jumpy, swinging at pitches off the plate. Yep. one two and Walker fouls it again into the third deck off to the right and Walker even said he got to a point he’s like that’s not me that’s not what I do and he’s got back to being more like himself over the last couple of weeks or so comes in with a sevename hit streak one two breaking ball and that’s lifted down the right field line slicing toward the seats Waters giving chase won’t have a play that’s seven rows one and two still. One thing that the Royals starters have done a good job of this year is limiting their pitches per inning. Get it below 15 on the season. That’s a very low total. Yeah. The lowest in the big leagues by far. Yeah. Big reason why Royal starters more often than not have been able to get deep in the games. Brady’s off first though. One-two in the dirt and it goes to the left of Perez after he knocked it down pretty. He’s had a notion of taking off but instead retreats to first. It’s a two- two count to Walker. The three starters that the Astros are going to face in this series. Talking about Walka, Chris Bubich, and Michael Lorenzan all had their best starts last game. They all threw seven innings of shut out ball to two. Ground ball up the middle to his left. The shorts stop fields. Garcia goes to second for the force to retire the side. A two out walk, but that’s all. And after one, Astros nothing, Royals nothing. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts went into right down the line. It may go. Go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game behind the three-2 and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. 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Massie hitting 212 229 on base percentage. A home run and 12 runs batted in toes on the grass at third. Rest of the infield back shaded to pull. 01 breaking ball and that’s a little high. Could have been called a strike but it’s one and one. Royals trying to bounce back after dropping backtoback games to the Red Sox. 1-1. And that’s hammered deep to right. Back on it is Smith at the wall and it’s gone. Michael Massie hits his second home run of the season and it’s one- nothing Royals stayed back on a change up. Did Massie taking advantage of that short porch in right field that got out of here in a hurry. 106 miles an hour off Massiey’s bat. So the Royals score first. Scoring was a a problem for them in that Red Sox series. They scored four runs in three games. Scored a total of two runs over the last two games. Both losses 10 to1 and three to one. First pitch to Kevin Bio. And it’s a little low for a ball. Big Bio batting 189. 317 on base percentage. A home run and three runs batted in for Houston native. Of course, the son of Hall of Famer Craig Bio. Here’s a one and that’s it. Foul and out of play behind home. One and one. He’s always had a great eye at the plate. I would imagine Craig throwing batting practice. The cabin drove him crazy. Probably taking pitches just off the plate. Remember the stories with Mike Trout’s dad? That’s right. 1-1. That’s lifted down the left field line. Slicing a racing over to Senzo. Runs it down a couple of steps shy of the line. Good job by Denzo to stay with that. It was in the air for an eternity. And Vigio’s the first out. Mike Trout and his dad who got to double A as a minor league baseball player used to throw batting practice to Mike when he was a kid and they would get in arguments because Mike there was a ball in batting practice just an inch off the plate. He would take it and his dad would get frustrated. Drew Waters stands in. First pitch is a curveball strike. Waters switchhitting right fielder batting left against Gusto. 272 average, 316 on base percentage, a home run, and eight RBI’s. Infield shades him the pull. The 01 swing and a foul tip into the glove of the catcher Diaz. And it’s nothing at two. Well, all of a sudden, the American League Central looks to be pretty good, doesn’t it? Of course, that’s a division that wound up sending three teams to the playoffs last year, including the Royals. 02 dribbled foul off the leg of Waters rolls to the right. Yeah, the Royals are 24 and 18 and they’re two and a half back. Yeah, Detroit, Minnesota are all stout this year as well. Minnesota’s won eight in a row. Yeah, they started to perk up after a slow start. Right. Here’s the O2 to Waters. Ground ball softly hit right side. Waiting on it. Altuve picks it up. Throws to first. Two out. Make sure that change up was a little lower than the one Massie hit out. Every Tuesday night is Dollar Dog Night presented by Texas Chili Company. Enjoy $1 hot dogs all game long every Tuesday night home game throughout the season. Go to astros.com/doll dogs to get your dollar dog night tickets today. Next dollar dog night will be tomorrow night. Astros and Royals. Here’s Kyle Isel, left-handed hitting center fielder. First pitch and Isbel looks at a strike on the outside corner. Nothing at one. Boy Paradis is taking away the bun. Isn’t he? Yeah, he’s a couple of steps in on the grass at third. It’s a Royals team that has quite a bit of team speed. There’s the 01 and that misses outside. Ball and strike. And because they have shown so little power, Royals really have to play a lot of small ball to score. 1-1 is outside the change up two balls in a strike. And the Royals for years have felt that because Kaufman Stadium’s not very homer friendly, they’re better off getting guys who can hit the ball to the gaps. A lot of speed line down the right field line hooking. Will it stay fair? It sure will. And it’ll bounce all the way to the wall for Isbel. Isbel will go into second base with a two out double. The two hits in this inning for the Royals, both for extra bases. Kansas City leading one- nothing. And now back to the top of the order in Jonathan India. You want to get this guy with Bobby Whit Jr. on deck. You’d love to face Whit next inning. India grounded out softly to Altuve who made a great bare-handed play. India’s first time up. That double for Isbel, his third of the season. Outfield shades the other way. Pitch on the way. And that is a strike at the top of the zone. Nothing in one. Starting off India with a fast ball. Royals acquiring India from the Reds in November the 01. And that’s popped up behind home and out of play. In return, the Royals sent Joey Weame an outfielder and pitcher Brady Singer to Cincinnati. The Astro saw Singer pitching against them for the Reds over the weekend. Singer and India were college teammates at the University of Florida. Both first round picks out of Florida in 2018. Wed getting traded for each other as well. Off second, the O2 and that is just off the plate away with a fast ball. It’s one and two. Big pitch. Isbel off second. Royals lead one- nothing. Gusto delivers and it’s low. Two and two. Miss with a cutter. India was a second baseman once he got to the big leagues with the Reds, but he had been a third baseman all through the minor leagues and at Florida in college. And when the Royals acquired him, they asked India to move back to third base this year. 2-2. Grounded foul off to the left. two and two still India defensively never rated particularly well when you look at the metrics at second base Royals felt like might be able to upgrade defensively if he changed positions back to his original home another two to India and that’s fouled back into the screen remains two and two hair ranks among the American League Central. Oh, now you got to now you got me thinking about who else is in the American League Central uh with good flow. I didn’t mean to put you on the spot, but as far as American Leaguers go, I think India is right up there. That black hair down to his shoulders early to two inside. Did India hold on the swing? Yes, he held says Chris Coution at first and it’s a full count. Drawing 11 walks in his last 14 games. This isn’t surprising. Guest has had to battle here. India uses his timeout. You know, he has said that play discipline was not something he always had necessarily at Florida. He said he really learned to be more patient at the plate from playing with Joey Vado in Cincinnati. That makes sense. He could work a count better than anybody this last generation. Absolutely. 3-2 and that’s hit off the hands and blooped in the shallow center. Pñena racing back. Won’t get there. Drops in for a hit around third. Isbel. He scores. Bloop. RBI hit for Jonathan India with two outs and the Royals have a two nothing lead. I think he gets a hitable pitch because of wit on deck. You know that cutter is probably designed to be outside. and it got more of the inner third of the plate and India was able to muscle it into the outfield grass. Yeah, was in on his hands. This will prompt Diaz to go to the mound for a word. One of those ones where he just didn’t want to walk that hitter and he was wearing him out. Eight pitches seen by India there. John Bacon going out to break up the mound meeting as Bobby Wit Jr. prepares. He’s singled his last time up. Before that single in the first inning, Wit had struck out five times in his last six at bats. Very atypical for him. He’s one of those guys if he has a stretch like that, even a minuscule one like that, you know, he’s breaking out soon. Went ready the pitch and that is in there for a strike on the outside corner. A cut fast ball. Nothing in one. That’s pretty amazing that he has become almost slump proof this early in his career. It really is. 24 years old, turns 25 next month. 01 swing and a miss. Tied him up with a good fast ball inside and against a hitter like Whit, you can’t pitch him the same way and you have to mix it up. So started him off with a cutter away and then came in with a fast ball. I think elevating him is the best way to go though. You see any swing and miss, it’s usually when it’s high. Two strike pitch off the outside corner with a cutter. Diaz looked like he was set up off the plate away to emphasize. If you’re going to miss with that, miss off the plate rather than over it. Nobody hits better than than this guy with two strikes this year. 314 average with two strikes. India off first the one-two and Whit drives this one into right center field. Smith racing back. It’s over his head and one hops off the wall on his way to third. India he’s around third. He will score. Whit going into third base with an RBI triple. That makes it three to nothing Royals. Three straight two out hits for Kansas City. And Bobby Wit Jr. with his first triple of the season and 24th run batted in. We try to go inside. Got more of the plate that he wanted and with two strikes we mentioned with the best in all of baseball with that 314 average. Shot one over the right fielder’s head. This is seemingly come out of nowhere. Gave up the leadoff home run to Massie but then got the next two hitters. But Isbel double India RBI single and now Wit RBI triple. Here’s Vinnie Pascantino reached on the fieldielder’s choice his first time. First pitch here. Misses down and away for a ball. So the Royals who scored four runs in three games over the weekend against Boston one away from that total in the second inning here tonight 1. Grounded foul at the first base side and it’s a 1-1 count. This is the the first time in in Walkas’s nine starts now that the Royals have scored more than two runs. That’s right. Yeah, he has been pitching extremely well. Walka just no support. None whatsoever. Here’s a 1-1 and that’s a ground ball. Bounces off the mound and on in the center. Another two out hit for the Royals. It’ll score Whit. Vinnie Pascantino checks in with an RBI single and it’s four nothing Royals. Pascantino’s 25th. A long arduous inning here for Ryan Gusto now with 46 pitches in the game. And keep in mind, he’s only pitched once over the last two weeks, moving back in the rotation, but the Astros going to a six-man as Josh Miller now will go to the mound. And so, it’s kind of tricky if you’re trying to figure out a pitch count here for for Gusto. His one appearance over the last two weeks was only uh twothirds of an inning, and it was last Sunday, more than a week ago, against the White Socks. The Astros would love for for Gusto to be able to make his way to to five innings if possible. Seems less likely now. Astros are going to get some activity in their bullpin now. Bennett Susa. Yep. Bennett Soua just started throwing. So the pitching coach out there, the meeting goes like this. They say, “Hey, keep making pitches with two strikes. You want to expand the plate a little bit?” Sometimes he’s finding himself too much over the plate. He’s a strikethrower. We We’ve talked about that, especially with Salvador Perez. Once you get ahead, no more strikes. Perez struck out his first time. The pitch and he fouls it off his hands and into the third deck behind home. Pascino at first, two outs. Four nothing Royals in the top of the second. 30 pitches so far this inning for Gusto. Here’s the one swinging a miss. Tied him up inside and upstairs. Good fast ball to make it nothing and two. Long way to go. Hold him down here. Make a good pitch. Get into the dugout. Let the Astros go to work. Two strike pitch. Swing and a miss up the ladder with the fast ball. Good morning. Good afternoon and good night to Salvador Perez to finally retire the side. But the Royals get a leadoff home run from Michael Massie and then four straight two out hits. And after one off base is coming in a brand new format. Join Lauren Gardner and Xavier Scrugs as they explore all the baseball buzz across social media, pop culture, and around the majors. The OffBase Podcast, Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern, only on MLB Network. The MLB Network podcast is here. Join your favorite on air personalities for unique perspectives, in-depth interviews, and untold stories from on and off the field. The MLB Network podcast presented by New Balance. Sundays at 11:30 Eastern. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Austin with an taco his 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listen to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahead home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Your moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com You can book an appearance from the Coca-Cola Shooting Stars. Request a Shooting Stars today to bring the energy and excitement of Astros game to your event. Learn more at astros.com/shootingstarss. Four nothing Royals lead the Astros. Bottom of the second. Michael Waka delivers and it’s a strike on the outside corner to Yiner Diaz. Diaz right-handed hitting catcher batting 238, 267 on base percentage, four homers, 21 RBI’s. Comes in with a nine-game hit streak. The 01 is in the dirt. We mentioned it earlier. Michael Waka getting some run support finally as the Royals had scored two runs or fewer in each of his first eight starts when he was in the game. as a result two and four with a 2.98 RA 1-1. Chopper left side. Tough play coming in India. He scoops the short hop, throws it away to first base. Winds up hitting off the fence by the camera. Well, Diaz goes back to first and the Astros have the leadoff man on. Looked like Pascantino on first base was afraid there was going to be a collision so he kind of pulled back for trying to make a a catch at that one. Well, keep in mind it was Jiner Diaz who collided with Vinnie Pascantino last September here at Dyken Park and Pasquantino suffering a thumb injury that kept him out the rest of the regular season came back for the playoffs. I think that was in the back of his mind. Good call. First pitch to Victor Keratini is low for a ball. That’s an error by the way on Indian allowing Diaz to reach. Keratini dhing today hitting 255 359 on base percentage two homers four RBI’s the 10 and Katini lifts it in the right fairly deep back on it. Waters has a play edge of the warning track makes the catch. Katini just missed one and it’s out number one. He did just miss that. and he put some good backspin on it. A little too high. That injury to Pascantino, it was a broken right thumb. It actually happened the very end of August, not in September, August 29th. And it was the start of a tail spin for the Royals as the Royals, they wound up making the playoffs, but kind of limped into the postseason. Picked up Uli after that, right? That’s right. First pitch to Jake Myers, grounded softly left side, fielded by Garcia to second for one. Massie to first in time. A double play 643 and the side is retired. So Michael Waka able to pick up his defense after the India error. And after two Royals four, Astros nothing. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or man said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahead home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Your moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts wanting to right down the line with go crazy folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the Stokes of three to two and a home run by the Wizards. The next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo. Do you know what it means? taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Austin with an oppo taco. His 13th. It’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Any other off any other offer or discount? It’s not really ill. There’s a little Royals lead it 4 nothing. Top of the third inning at Dyken Park. The Astros playing much better baseball at home this year. Certainly hope that they can get back into this ball game. Eight batters faced for Gusto last inning when the Royals scored all four of their runs. Mike El Garcia the shorts stop starts things off here in the third. Gusto right on right matchup delivers the first pitch and it’s a breaking ball but misses high. Garcia flew out to center to end the first inning. Six hits for the Royals already through the first two. Here’s the pitch and it’s fouled back into the screen and it’s one and one. Royals are 16 and4 since April 20th with an erra for their team. Robert mentioned they’ve been as about as good as anybody. A 2.12 erra the last 15 days. Here’s the 1-1 and he pops it up. This could be playable. Coming in for Paradius in foul territory now. He does have room and he makes the catch about halfway to home plate. 10 ft foul for the first out. To really use an efficient inning after that laborious top of the second. Yeah. Now, as a manager, you’re thinking, man, I hope I can get three more innings out of this guy somehow. Two will be okay. But cross our fingers, maybe three more innings. Here’s Michael Massie. He led off last inning with a deep homer to right. right on top of the plate. Takes one outside with a change up to Massie there on first pitch. That was the pitch that he hit for a homer. So sticking to his guns, the 10 and the fast ball this time whistles outside. It’s two and0. Astros a game above 500. How huge was it, Robert, for Ronell Blanco to go eight innings yesterday? So big, so important. Just at the right time. Here’s the 200 and it’s upstairs. Yeah. After a short start by Lance McCullers only getting one out on Saturday, Astros wound up using five relievers. Cover eight and two/3 innings on Saturday, but only needed one yesterday. Sean Duben pitching the ninth. Y here’s a three 0 and it’s a little high. So walks Massie on four pitches with one out. First walk of the game for Gusto. It’s not easy to walk Massie. Just his fourth walk of the season in 142 plate appearances. Kevin Bizio flew out to left field into the corner his last time up and he stands right on top of the plate. Curls the bat around. Here’s the first pitch from Gusto and it’s just below the knees. Ball one. Imagine Craig will watch half of it here and half of it on his recliner at his house. He was here during batting practice. Here’s the 10 and it’s outside two and 0. So Gusto we’ve never really seen before is having trouble throwing strikes right now. Have six straight balls. Royals lineup that has the second lowest walk rate in baseball. Here’s a 200 from Gustoau. The grounder foul to the right, so it’s two and one. Matt Cotero is the manager for Kansas City. He’s in his third season, 51 years old. Had a 30 win improvement last year. Two years ago, they won 56 games. Last year they won 86 times. Over to first base, not in time. He’s from that Tampa Bay Rays organization has produced so many big league managers over the years. Bench coach for the Rays for four years before the Royals manager. Sat at the belt. One out. Four nothing lead for Kansas City. The 2-1. And it’s just outside. just off the outside. Three in one. Yeah, that’s the kind of eye that we’re talking about with Vizio. Yeah, good addition to this Royals club. You mentioned they don’t walk a ton. 3-1’s high ball four. So, back-to-back walks for Gusto here with one out. Sixth and seventh place hitters. That’ll bring up Drew Waters, their right fielder. Twitch hitter batting from the left side. his better side hitting 292 from the left side this year. Grounded out his last time up. Astros would love a ground ball double play here. In part because of how much team speed they have. The Royals have grounded into the third fewest double plays in baseball. Only the Cubs and Marlins have grounded into fewer double plays. It may be because of the lack of walks and base runners. True. Here’s Gusto’s first pitch. change up that falls off the outside corner at the last second. Ball one. So that’s nine of Gusto’s last 10 pitches that have missed the strike zone. Taylor Scott is up in the Astros bullpen. Four nothing lead for Kansas City. Gusto comes set, doesn’t look back, and it’s a line drive to left center field. Base hit. Touring easily. Massie Bishio to third base on the single by Waters and the Royals now lead it 5 nothing. Good approach by Waters going the other way with that fast ball away from him and Gusto leaving it up. Went with it middle away. The Royals striking again here in the third inning. Five runs on seven hits. Shouldn’t take Taylor Scott very long to get ready. We’re in the top of the third. Kyle Isel, ninth place hitter at the plate. He doubled his last time up as Bigio on third. Waters on first base. Waters three for four in stolen base attempts. He’s on first. First pitch is up and away. Paul one. Gusto looks rusty as far as his command goes. We’ve seen him spot his pitches very well. Yeah, he’s only pitched once over the last couple of weeks. It’s a one count. Here’s the pitch and it’s high. Ball two. Gusto has to be thinking, man, what is going on? because generally even when he’s not at his best, he’s usually able to throw strikes. That hasn’t been the case this 65 pitches now. Here’s a 200. That one finds the strike zone. Swinging a miss and it’s two and one. Went to the change up after struggling to throw the fast ball where he wanted at the plate. Very speedy. They’ve got their three outfielders batting seventh, eighth, and ninth. So good speed at the bottom of the order. Five nothing lead Kansas City. We’re in the top of the third at Den Park. Here’s the 2-1. And it’s low. Three and one. Probably Gusto’s last batter, especially if he walks another one. Jonathan India is on deck. He’s their leadoff man. Here’s the 3-1 to Isel. First to throw to first base. Keep him honest. He dives back safely. It’s 3-1 count with one out. The Bell with three homers on the season. Bounces the bat off his back shoulder. Here’s the pitch and it’s outside. That’s ball four. That’s the third walk of the yeti. Noah Spot has got a decision to make now as he pops out of the dugout. That’s going to do it for Ryan Gusto. So, the bases are loaded with one out. Royals lead 5 nothing. Top of the third inning. And this call to the bullpen is brought to you by Landre’s Restaurants, the leader in dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming with over 600 locations nationwide. Find out more at landers8.com. Great moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith Corks went into right down the line. It may go crazy folks. Go crazy. 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Your moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. of Astros. Astros coverage and conversation on your home for the Stros. Sports Talk 790, KBME Houston. Right-hander Taylor Scott pitched on Saturday against the Reds. Allowed a run on two hits, three walks, two strikeouts in two innings of work. Nowhere to put him. First pitch to India. Misses inside. Spins him out of there. India is batting for the third time. We’re in the third inning. And he is going to make you throw him strikes. Nowhere to put him. The one swing and a miss at a high one. And it’s one and one. Astros keep the infield back here. Yeah, they need it out badly. Scott comes set right at his belt. Here’s the pitch. Little off speed pitch and it ticked foul off the the batter. India didn’t think that hit as bad, but the home play umpire John Bacon said it did. And Bacon hearing it from the Royals dugout. Oh, the Royals are thinking about challenging whether that hit India. They’re not going to challenge. Yeah, probably not enough evidence. Those are so dicey. One ball and two strikes in that needs a big whiff here. Here’s the one, two, and it’s fouled straight back. That was the splitfingered fast ball from Scott. India was 1 for 12 in his last three games coming into this one. He’s one for two today. RBI single his last time up. Here’s the one-two pitch and that’s driven to left field. Coming in for it is the left fielder Denzo. He’ll have to play it on a hop. One run will score. Everybody moves up one base. Everybody had to make sure that Denzo wasn’t going to be able to catch it. And India has another RBI single and it’s 6 nothing now. Chance for this to get really ugly now. Ugly now with Whit at the plate. The base is still loaded. Wit so far two for two. RBI triple his last time up. This time goes to right center field. Jake Meyers is there. Makes the catch tagging at third base. Waters. He’ll score. And it’s 7 nothing on the sacrifice fly. Really good approaches by these Royals hitters trying to do too much. Hitting the ball where it’s pitched. getting rewarded. Helped out by the Walks to start the inning. Walks come in to score. Three runs this inning. Runners on first and second now with two outs. Here’s Pasquantino, the first baseman. RBI single. His last time up one for two. First pitch is an off speed pitch. It’s in there for strike one. Boy, this crowd was just getting to their seat before the Royals have piled on. Here’s the pitch. Ground ball right side. Christian Walker’s there. He’ll take it himself. And that’ll be the third out of the inning. So, three runs on two hits, two men left. We play two and a half at Dyken Park. Royals lead the Astros 7 nothing. Great moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith corks one into right down the line. It may go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the start of three to two. A home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. take a hack at guessing which baseball player or managers pick the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahad home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. You know what it means? Ao taco. A home run hit to the opposite field with an taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and mlb.comitch. Kansas City up seven nothing. Bottom of the third. Here’s Zack Denzo to start things for the Astros. Eighth place in first pitch from Michael Walka. He pours in there for strike one. This veteran Waka knows what to do with a lead. Royals hadn’t scored more than two runs for him in his first eight starts this season, but they’ve broken out tonight. That pitch bounces. It’s one and one. One of 20 active pitchers with 1,500 innings pitched in the Major League. His 13th year in the Major League Baseball. Desenzo hitting 254 with a homer. More playing time. Batting for the right side. Walka delivers and it’s fouled off his front foot as he hobbles and it’s one and two. It just wasn’t Ryan Gusto’s night. Two and a third, seven hits, seven runs. The Astros will have to piece it together out of the bullpen again. Second time in three days. Dragon ball grounded foul to the left side. A trickler for Tony Paris Chica, the third base coach for the Astros. Counts one and two to Denzo Walka. Breaking ball misses. That one bounced. Tried to get Denzo to fish for one. It’s two and two. Listen to how consistently good Waka has been since the beginning of last year when he latched on with the Royals. First the 2-2. Got him. Change up that time. Really pulled the string. Desenzo right over the top. Second strike out for Walka. And there’s one away. Since the beginning of last year, Walker has allowed three earned runs or less in 32 of his 37 starts. That’s just a great run. He had a mutual option with Kansas City for this season. And of course, Kansas City wanted to sign Walk it back and he wanted to too. first pitch to Cam Smith as a strike, but he parlayed that into a three-year deal. Said, “Yeah, I’d love to sign this mutual option, but can you add a couple extra years?” Pitches inside oneonone. Of course, the Royals said yes. So, Walk is in the in the fold for a couple more seasons after this. Cam Smith, a 217 hitter, takes one low. It’s two and one. Three homers on the season for Cam. 10 RBI’s. Walking through six scoreless against the Astros on April 26. That pitch is outside. Three and one. One out, nobody on. 7 nothing Kansas City. See if Cam gets a good pitch to hit. That pitch is outside ball four. So Cam takes a walk. Walked 12 times now. He reaches first base and leadoff man Jeremy Pñena comes to the plate coming into this game. Pñena hitting 351 as their leadoff man. Leads the team with five homers. First pitch is a strike on the inside corner. Good news with Yordon Alvarez today. He the swinging the cages a little bit today off of a coach and it sounded like everything went pretty well. This is a ground ball through the left side. Base hit a top a top spin grounder to the left side got by India who tried to snag it to his left and it sneaks by the third baseman. Pñena has himself a hit now. a hit in 28 of his 30 games. And trying to make a a sliding stop to his forehand and whiffed on it. Probably hindsight’s always 2020, right? Maybe takes one more step. Has a better shot at it. Wed not happening. Here’s Aluve. 7 nothing Kansas City. Walker delivers the first pitch and it’s outside to Jose. Jose’s one for seven in his career against Waka with runners in scoring position this year against Waka. Opponents are just four for 37 hitting 108. Here’s the 10 pitch and it’s in there for a strike. So the ability to really tighten the clamps in these situations, get a little more fine with his location. 33 years old Waka went to Texas A&M. 1-1 catches the corner again, splitting that outside corner. It’s one and two. He’s been really fine with the location of these last two pitches. Yeah, right on the edge. Paradus is on deck. First and second for Houston. There’s one out. Here’s a ground ball hit quickly to the left side. Tough play for Garcia. Throws to first. Not in time. Infield single for Alt. strained hamstring and all. He beats it out. Alu has really had to test that hamstring not only on offense but defense too but racing down the line and the Astros have the bases loaded. A tough play for Garcia. didn’t take the most direct route to that ball coming in for it. But even if he had done everything perfectly, it would have been really hard to get Altuve. And Pedes has had good success against this pitcher. He’s three for 10 with a homer and a double. He walked his first time up. Salvador Perez, the catcher, out to the mound. A chance for the Astros to get back into this game with a big swing. Astros have hit 288 as a team in their last eight games. And coincidentally, that’s how many games that Yordon Alvarez has missed. Astros the worst team in baseball hitting with the bases loaded. A 128 average, 5 for 39. This is the first time Parades has come up this year with the bases loaded. 46 years old Parades. First pitch is a strike. Four seam fast ball 94 miles per hour. Two grand slams in his career. Esso close to the plate with an open stance. Here’s the 01 breaking ball. Misses low and away. It’s oneonone. 7 nothing Kansas City. Astros took two out of three from Cincinnati. Here’s the 1-1. That’s ripped up the middle. Snagged by the second baseman Massie on the backand goes to second out over to first base. Double play. Wow. Ridiculous play by Massie. The second baseman on the backand how he came up with that. That was unbelievable. And the Royals are able to Send the Astros packing here in the third inning. Wow, what a play on defense. We play three at Dyen Park. Kansas City leads. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith Clarks went into right down the line. It may go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the score of three to two and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Your day in baseball starts with MLB Central. Let’s get it started. Lead off your morning with in-depth breakdowns, perfect balance, interviews with the players. Get back to the fast ball. I know what that passion feels like and a little bit properly. Hey of everything else. The window seats are the baseball day begins with MLB Central weekdays at 10:00 a.m. Eastern only on MLB Network. If you’re not watching this show, you’re the problem. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is ao taco. Do you know what it means? taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. With an off taco, his 13. It’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. the city city Taylor Scott back out there. He came in to get the last two outs of last inning and Salvador Perez the cleanup man at the plate. 7 nothing Kansas City. First pitch is a big sweeping breaking ball missing outside and really deflating for the Astros to have the bases loaded with one out and not get a run in. Ditches outside. Just rotten luck though. Pedes hit that ball sharply up the middle. He did. Massie made a a great play. Diving stop. Yep. Here’s the two. This one’s hit high in the air to right field. Easy play for Cam Smith as he lops in and toward the line, makes the catch and there’s one out. Long strides of Cam Smith. He can cover a lot of ground out there. Here’s Mike El Garcia, their shorts stop, who’s 0 for two. I asked Dave Clark, who along with Jason Bell works with the outfielders for the Astros. first pitch is outside. I asked, “What are some of the the the primary things, the first things you teach a new outfielder, someone moving from the infield to the outfield?” Fast strength. And Dave said to me, he’s like, “The number one thing I always tell guys is catch the ball. That’s the most important thing.” And he’s he put it, I don’t care if you’re standing on your head, just catch the ball. Fast ball tip foul into the catcher’s glove. It’s one and two because obviously I mean that’s why you’re out there, right? So he said that’s that’s number one. And you know with Cam Smith his routes have gotten better. You know it hasn’t always looked pretty but for the most part he’s caught the ball. Two is outside. It’s two and two. One out. Nobody on. Top of the fourth. Seven nothing Kansas City. I don’t see I don’t think I’ve ever seen especially at the big league level somebody take to outfield as quickly as he has the popup foul to the right still two and two especially when you consider all the circumstances drafted just last year didn’t start playing the outfield until there were what a couple of weeks left in spring training it’s remarkable 2-2 up and in three and two to Garcia IA Garcia, 25 years old, hitting 367 on the road this year. So away from Kaufman Stadium is where he likes it. They’re in the ninth inning in Detroit and the Tigers lead Boston 14 to one. Swing and a miss. Got him. Strike three. Two outs now. First strikeout for Scott. That’s a pretty big series. That game just went final, by the way. 14-2. Tigers win it. Michael Massie, the batter. He has a homer and a walk. He scored twice. First pitch, slugs it to left center field, slicing away from Meyers, but he catches up with it with that good speed for the third out of the inning. So, an easy one for Taylor Scott. We play three and a half now in Houston. Royals leap off Base is coming in a brand new format. Join Lauren Gardner and Xavier Scrugs as they explore all the baseball buzz across social media, pop culture, and around the majors. The OffBase Podcast, Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern, only on MLB Network. The MLB Network podcast is here. Join your favorite on air personalities for unique perspectives, in-depth interviews, and untold stories from on and off the field. The MLB Network podcast presented by New Balance. Sundays at 11:30 Eastern. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said to follow. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahad home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. You know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Boston with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and mlb.com. Royals scored four in the second inning, three in the third inning, lead seven nothing. Bottom of the fourth inning. Here’s Christian Walker, the Astros cleanup man. Hit it to a fieldielder’s choice his first time up. Michael Walka, 33y old, delivers the first pitch and he shoots it straight up in the air. Third baseman India near the coaching box now drifts toward the infield and makes the catch just in fair territory for the first out. So one out quickly here in the fourth. That’ll bring up Yiner Diaz. Diaz with a big three-run homer yesterday at 979 OPS in his last nine games. He’s really heated up. reached on an error his first time up today. First pitch from Walka misses outside. It’s one and0. I think the ideal scenario for the Astros would be for the bats to continue to show progress. Walker delivers. This one’s reached for punched out to center field. Is Bell back a few steps and the center fielder turns around to make a catch and there’s two outs. But yeah, I think the best the most ideal scenario would be for the bats to continue to make progress. You mentioned Diaz Walker’s been swinging it better. Parades Pñena and you hope that you know you have a few guys who are swinging it well right around when Yordon Alvarez comes back. Yep. And Alvarez is eligible to return tomorrow. It seems more likely he’ll come back on the upcoming road trip. Kitini the batter takes one low. Astros those eight games without Yordon have averaged Five and a half runs a game and an 804 OPS is really healthy. So they’re coming around 10 is strike on the outside corner. One of one start a sevengame road trip on Thursday in Arlington. Four games against the Rangers. Change up really pulled the string swinging a miss and it’s one and two. He’s always had that change up. Looks like a parachute. It’s so slow. It’s big reason why he got to the big league so quickly coming out of Texas A&M coming up with St. Louis. See what he throws here. The one two fast ball and it’s driven to left field base hit. Slicing it the other way through the hole. Keratini reaches with two outs. So think about this with Michael Walk drafted in 2012. second round pick of the Cardinals or beg you pardon first round pick of the Cardinals in 2012. The very next year he was the NLCS MVP for St. Louis helped him get to the World Series. So he was the second guy up from that draft class and I can’t remember who was the first was. You remember who that was? I don’t. Jake Meyers the batter. He got up really quickly. Pitches low and away want to know. Didn’t spend much time in the miners. Somebody beat him by about a weak weak I believe to the to the major leagues. Two outs, runner on first. There’s a little squibber down the first baseline. Walker will take it and underhand to the first baseman Pascino for the third out of the inning. Score that one to three. That’s it for the Astros in the fourth. We’ll go to the fifth inning. The Royals lead 7 nothing. It’s a great night for baseball. This matchup features some of the best talent in the game. A lot of power, a lot of marquee names. Here we go. Buckle up, folks. There’s a guy want to be in spotlight. The bats have come alive. We’re just playing Powerball. This place doesn’t know what these kids are entertaining. The show continues. Experience gametoame coverage of the night’s biggest moments live and commercial free. MLB Network Strike Zone Wednesday and Friday nights all season. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Next phrase is ao taco. You know what it means. taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Boston with ano taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts went into right down the line. It may go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the start of three to two. A home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. around you know you know I can use Then it’s SUSA into the game for the Astros. They trail the Royals 7 nothing as we start the fifth. Gavin Vigio stands in. Left on left match up. First pitch and Suza fires a strike on the inside corner at 95. Souza 1.86 86 CRA in nine games. Nine and two/3 innings, nine hits, three walks and 13 strikeouts. The 01 swing and a miss gets slider and it’s quickly 0 and2. Souza last pitch for the Astros on Saturday against the Reds and struck out three over an inning and two/3. Two strike pitch in the dirt. Miss with a slider and it’s one and two to Vio. in a couple innings from SUSA. They don’t wreck the bullpen. Brian Gusto lasting just two and a third innings and his return to the rotation. Taylor Scott pitched an inning in two/3 scoreless one-two and that’s hammered to right. Smith goes back on it, reaches up, makes the catch, steps shy of the warning track and that’s out number one. Vigio hit that pretty well. I say this from experience, but I think the worst part about pitching poorly in a game like this, not only, you know, if your team goes on to lose the game, but it’s what you do to your bullpen, your your teammates, what kind of situation you put them in for maybe the next couple of days. Here’s Drew Waters. RBI single and a run scored. One for two, first pitch. It’s outside. You feel like apologizing to each of them because your job’s to go out there and get them five, six, seven innings. Just didn’t do it. The one that’s down, two balls and no strikes. Enjoying a game at Dyen Park just got easier with go-ahad entry. This hands-free and free flow experience is available for all fans. Visit astros.com/goahhead to learn more and enroll for free today. the two to Waters and that’s smoked out to right center. Meyers and Smith over who wants it and it’s Smith who makes the catch as a little bunny hop almost came together with Meyers. Looked like Myers was calling for it but then peeled off at the last second and they are two out. Kind of tricky there. Meyers has priority so if he calls it, Cam’s got to peel out of the way. Now it’s Kyle Isbel, left-handed hitter who’s doubled and walked in two trips. Has also scored a run. Seven nothing Royals. Top of the fifth. Pitch by Souza is high for a ball. Two more games in this series. 710 first pitches tomorrow night and Wednesday night as well. The 10 and it’s just inside with a slider. Robert Valdez will go against Chris Bubich. Couple of lefties tomorrow. And then Wednesday, Michael Lorenzan will start for the Royals. Astros haven’t named their starter yet for Wednesday’s game. 20 that sliced foul and out of play off to the left. The most likely candidate to start Wednesday would be Colton Gordon, left-hander. He does come up pitch. It would be his big league debut. AJ Blue Ball seemed like a candidate as well, but he pitched yesterday for Sugarland. 2-1 and that is a strike on the outside corner at the knees. 94 on the fast ball to level the count. The Astros have a little depth in TripleA. They’ve got some guys that are pitching well. Ulas pitched well. Walter the lefty has pitched well. Well, we saw him in spring training. Mentioned Colton Gordon, AJ Blue Ball 22 and that’s popped up on the infield coming in. Walker down the first baseline toward the or toward home plate. Makes the catch in fair territory and the side is retired. One, two, three inning. Broua and after four and a half, Royal seven at take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go ahead home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Next phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Boston with a taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. The big hits. All the great brats. You got to be kidding me. And all the swagger. Relive the day’s biggest plays all in one lightning fast hour. Oh my goodness. Show. You better believe it. Quick pitch. Late nights and early mornings only on MLB Network. Royals with a seven nothing lead over the Astros. Bottom of the fifth. First pitch to sack to Senzo is a strike on the outside corner. A cutter from Michael Waka. Senzo struck out his first time. Waka has struck out two. Has walked a couple. He’s given up three hits. All singles. 01. Swing and a miss at a slider away. And it’s nothing and two. Experience the newest Icon Park tour, the speaker series. Take part in a 1-hour Q&A session with legendary Astros figures. Secure your tickets at astros.com/tours. Outfield shaded slightly the other way. Here’s the O2 just outside. Waka working quickly delivers breaking ball in the third knocked down by Salvador Perez. Michael Waka from Tex Arcana originally where he went to high school Tex Arcana, Texas for pitching at Texas A&M for three years. Helped him get to the College World Series in 2011. A football player too, wasn’t he? To two. And Venzo drives it to left racing over toward the line. Vigio and he runs it down. Ran right along the front rim of the warning track. And Venzo a well struck ball but he’s the first out. Visio looked like natural on that play in left field. Normally an infielder. It’s a lot easier to go from infield to outfield than vice versa. So one out of nobody on for Cam Smith who walked his first time. Yaka was a pretty good football player in high school in Tex Arcana. First pitch to Smith. There’s a strike on the outside corner. He had a younger brother, Lucas, who was a football player at University of Wyoming and wound up playing in in the CFL. 01 check swing blooped and caught by Pascantino. Couple of steps to his right. That ball is kind of floating out toward him on that excuse me swing and there are two away. A lot of uh awkward swings and weak contact off Michael Waka tonight. Yeah, a lot of sharp break, lot of late break on these curve balls and sliders. He’s tough. So two out, nobody on for Jeremy Pñena. He’s singled in the third. One for two. Royals with a seven nothing lead. First game of this three-game series. First pitch and Pñena grounds it through the left side on base hit. Second of the game for Jeremy. He has half of the Astros hits. Not waiting around either. Pñena with his two hits tonight now has hits in 28 of his last 30 games. was really impressed by how his strikeout percentage has gotten less every single year and now he’s in the leaderboards as far as that category goes. One on with two out for Altuve. Had an infield hit in the third. One for two. First pitch swing and a miss. Got a fast ball by him away. Nothing and one won’t go anywhere down by seven. 63 pitches for Waka working in the fifth. 01 curve ball tap softly foul behind home and Altuve quickly down two strikes. It’s such a luxury for a pitcher in a lopsided game knowing that team’s not going to run. You don’t even have to really think about that. No. Just pick up your leg like you’re in the wind up. outfield straight away. Set at the belt delivers and Altuve rifles it foul into the third deck off to the right. Al Juve on Friday picking up his 700th career extra base hit becoming the fourth Astro to reach that total 02 way outside. It’s remarkable how he turned around his career about halfway. Right. Right. Started going from a singles opposite field hitter to more of a power guy. High OPS. Greg Vigio, Jeff Bagwell, Lance Burkeman, the other Astros with at least 700 extra base hits. Altuve pops this one up behind home. Perez sheds the mass, moves toward the screen, makes the two-handed catch, and the side is retired. So, Walker works around a two-out hit. Strands a runner. And after five, Royals seven Astros nothing. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts one in right down the line. It may go. Go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the score of three to two and a home run. I am the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. You know what it means? taco. A home run hit to the opposite field with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and mlb.com. The big hits. All the great brats. You got to be kidding me. And all the swagger. Relive the day’s biggest plays all in one lightning fast hour. Show. You better believe it. Quick pitch. Late nights and early mornings. Only on MLB Network. Royals with a seven nothing lead over the Astros. Top of the six. Bennett Suza’s second inning of work. 12 pitches in a one 123 fifth. His first pitch to Jonathan India. And it’s a strike for an 01 count fast in the inner third. India two for three. Couple of RBI’s and a run scored. The 01 and that’s lined into left center. A base hit and a three hit day for India. Royals now with nine hits. Here’s Bobby Whit Jr. He’s driven in a couple of runs today with an RBI triple and a sack fly. He’s two for two. We’re watching Bobby Wit Jr. lag out a triple. Something to watch. Fastest runner in terms of sprint speed in baseball. First pitch, swinging a miss and a pitch up and away. And that was the case last year. Still in the top 10 this year. He ran out the triple today in 11.07 which was the third fastest home to third time this year. Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks has the top two 01. And that’s hit foul over the screen and off the ribbon board. Nothing at two. I mean there really isn’t much on a baseball field that Bobby Wit Jr. cannot do. He’d probably be their best outfielder, right, if he went to the outfield. Yeah, I wouldn’t doubt it. 02 and Whit flies it into shallow right. Smith coming in. Still coming in, waiting for it. And he puts it away. That’s out number one. Could probably be a wide receiver for the Chiefs. Man, he reminds me of Robin Yel. Wit this year is tied actually for the top sprint speed in baseball with Byron Buckston. They both average 30.2 feet per second. 27 feet per second is the average. Here’s Vinnie Pascantino, one for three with an RBI single. First pitch, Pascantino fouls it over the screen. So, Bobby Wit Jr. has led the major leagues in average sprint speed three straight years coming into this year. Probably takes pride in hustling down the line. That’s a big part of it. Yeah. George Brett was like that. Sure was. The one to Pasquantino and that’s hit down the left field line. Over is the Senzo. Will he have a play? He will not. Tend to the seats. Fouled nothing at two. Course Greg Vizio was like that too. Castro’s always talked about what a luxury that was to have he and Bagwell as the hardest workers on the team. Guys that hustled the most as the team leaders, right? Set an example. The O2 get foul and out of play off to the left. Nothing at two. read a great quote today from Brett Boone who’s now the Rangers hitting coach after they fired their offensive coordinator a couple of weeks ago. This one’s lined out in the center and it’s caught by Meyers. Two out Jonathan India back to first. So Brett Boone played with Edgar Martinez, one of the the greatest right-handed hitters of his generation. Yeah. And he then he talked about a conversation he had with Edgar Martinez after they the Mariners are winning big in a game and they had a runner at second, nobody out, and Martinez hit a ground ball to the right side to move the runner over to third. Here’s Salvador Perez at the plate. 0 for three. first pitch is outside for a ball. And Brett Boone after he came to the dugout, he said, “Wait, you’re trying to move the runner over and we’re winning by a bunch.” And he’s like, “Yeah.” He’s like, “I mean, I want to get a hit, but at the very least, I can move the runner over.” And maybe the next guy coming up, maybe he needs an RBI. 10 swing and a miss, one and one. And maybe that guy is struggling and he gets an RBI and starts to feel better about himself. And then that carries over maybe for a little while and that makes our team better. And Brett Boon, he was flabbergasted. He was like, “Man, I never thought of it that way.” 1-1 swing and a miss at a breaking ball. One and two. When you’re your best player has an unselfish attitude. Oh, yeah. And a winning attitude like that. Unreal. That just trickled down to everybody else. Love it. The one two to Perez. Ground ball softly hit foul at the third base side. One and two still. Perez. Two strikeouts in a fly out tonight. Souza trying to complete two scoreless innings. Royals lead 7 nothing. Top of the six. Souza delivers. That’s high and away. Two and two. India held on at first by Walker. Two- two delivery hammered but hooked foul into the net down the left field line. Lowline drive. Third base coach Vance Wilson had to move out of the way. Still two and two. The numbers don’t reflect it but Salvador Perez still hitting the ball very hard. Hard hit rate is high. Exit velocity is high. Chase percentage same as usual. Two-2 swing and a mess. Got him on a slider down and away. Perez strikes out for the third time. First for Souza. Side retired. Royals lead off hit but nothing. Gore and we’re through five and a half at Dy. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahead home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Austin with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts one to right down the line. It may go. Go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the three to two and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Houston, third baseman number 50, Nissa First pitch to Isoach Parades is a little high for a ball from Michael Waka. And that’s how we start the bottom of the six. Royals with a seven nothing lead over the Astros. Robert Ford, Steve Sparks, produced engineer Matt Boltz in the Houston Methodist Broadcast booth. 10. That’s outside and low. Paradus is 0 for one. He walked in the first, came up with the bases loaded and one out in the third. Hit it hard up the middle, but Michael Massie with a great diving stop. Started an inning ending double play. Two 0 and that’s hit high in the air deep down the left field line. This might be playable for Bio moving toward the corner on the warning track. Makes the catch and that is out number one. So that’s a second consecutive frustrating at bat. More parade is maybe just under that. Yeah. Now it’s Christian Walker’s turn. He’s 0 for two. The World Baseball Classic is coming to Dyken Park in 2026 featuring the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and Great Britain. Stay up tod date and receive notifications about tournament information by visiting astros.com/wbc. First pitch to Walker is a fast ball strike at 94 nothing and one. Seven runs, nine hits for the Royals. No runs, four hits for the Astros. Kansas City has also been charged with an error. The 01 hit off the hands back into the screen and it’s nothing and two to Walker. It’s been a tough season for Waka in terms of run support we talked about earlier. This is the first start of the year for Waka in which he’s got more than two runs of support. It’s his ninth start of the season. How about this for his tough luck as well. So, he’s left the game with nine runners on base and seven of those nine runners have scored after the bullpin came in. Oh, two. It’s in the dirt. One and two. probably probably end up wrestling his manager when he comes out to the mound to take him out next time or wrestle some of the relievers. Yeah. Yeah, those are tough, man. When you’re sitting on the bench with a couple runners out there. One, two, breaking ball. Strike three call. Walker thought it was high. He may have a point. Has words for John Bacon. Still standing there and now will slowly walk off. Still muttering to himself. I mean, that’s the one pitch that I keep thinking about. If the ABS system comes, it’s going to be very difficult for a batter to to offer. They just never swing at a high curve like that. But pitchers will be able to get it because it’ll hit the top of the strike zone. First pitch to Yanner Diaz and that’s lined in the left. The base hiter not wasting around. Got a slider and he’s aboard for the first time. Well, the second time tonight he’s also reached on an error. I I think pitchers may start working on throwing high curve balls. Yeah, it’s certainly a pitch that I think hitters will give up on with two strikes. So, two out, one on. Astros down 7 nothing. Bottom of the six. The batter is Victor Keratini. A deep fly out and a single. One for two. Remember coming out of games with couple of base runners on and I knew the cameras were going to be on me so I didn’t want to react. first pitch curve drops in for a strike. Especially if a runner or two scored. Of course, you’re disappointed, but you didn’t want to show up your teammate either. The relation John Bacon is hearing it from the Astros dugout. And Bacon takes his mask off. He’s pointing at someone in the Astros dugout. And now we’ll grant timeout to Keratini. And Bacon puts his mask back on. Bacon, a minor league fill-in umpire. I’m sure the Astros upset about Christian Walker getting rung up on that high curve ball and then Keratini having a curveball at the knees called the strike was trying to diffuse things as quickly as he could. Yeah, nothing and won the count. Pitch on the way and that’s down and away. Missed with an offspe pitch. One and one. Thought Bacon handled that pretty well. They made it clear that he was done with hearing whatever he was hearing and went back to business. 1-1. That is a strike on the outside corner with a change up. One and two. Sometimes you’ll see umpires make situations like that worse. The pitch ground ball softly hit right side coming in to field it. passie second baseman has it throws to first side retired two out hit for the Astros but that’s all threw six innings at Dyen Park Royals seven Astros nothing there’s nothing better than let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term phrase is oppo taco you know what it means oppo taco a home run hit to the opposite fields to with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and mlb.com. Every game night is a chance to go big with MLB Big Inn. Turn on baseball’s only nightly show that brings you the biggest plays of the night live and commercial free. No one stacks more clutch plays into one live show with up to four games on a single screen. out of here. He is a fire. Change up game night with baseball’s biggest game changer. MLB Big Inn inning presented by Rams every night all season long on MLB.TV. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith Clarks went into right down the line. It may go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the three-2 and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Don’t say we could help it. No, I don’t think we could help it. We don’t talk much. New pitcher for the Astros is Brian King or I beg, pardon, Steven Ochre. On for the 17th time this year, 1.35 RA. Kansas City leads 7 nothing, scoring four runs in the second, three runs in the third. This is the fourth pitcher now for the Astros. The Astros last three games now have really taxed their bullpin at two of them. And Mike El Garcia who’s 0 for three will come to the plate to face Oak. Oh, what a fine Oak has been. Mentioned the sparkling erra. First pitch breaking ball. Couldn’t hold up on the swing. had a tough year last year, but he’s really rebounded. Tweaked his slider a little bit. He’s become so reliable for Aspata. Pitches outside is oneonone. One of the big question marks the Astros had coming into spring training was how their middle relief was going to shake up but shake out. But Ochard certainly has been a big part of the of the solution. It’s been a strong point of this team how much depth they have in the bullpin with guys like Poker King. Of course, a Breu and Hater are going to hold down the court in the last couple of innings. Third best bullpen RA in the majors. 2.93 behind the Giants Tigers. Seven nothing Kansas City. The lefty delivers and it’s low. Did he go? Yes, he did. taking with the crew chief Chris Cuchion at first base and it’s two and two. How about a 0.55 whip for Ochre? That is the third best whip among big league relievers. Yeah, that’s that’s fantastic. Whip is walks and hits per innings pitched. So very little traffic. That’s good for blood pressure. 22 is a ground ball to the left side. Parades perfect again. Test high throw and there’s one out. Let’s pause 10 seconds for station ID and the Astros radio network. KVME Houston, an iHeart radio station. You’ve got Houston Astros baseball exclusively on Sports Talk 790. Nice Paradius, by the way. No errors on the year. Only third baseman in baseball. Who can say that? Here’s Massie. Massiey’s had a great game. First pitch is up and in. a homer to get the Royals on the board first. Also walked and scored fly out to center field in the best defensive play of this game. Left-handed hitter, left-handed pitcher Ore 1 and he pops him up. Altuve trots back into the outfield grass. Puts it away with two hands for the second out. Oak making it look easy. Here’s Cavin Bio, the lefty. Vigio has flyed out twice. He’s walked and he scored. Kevin Vigio has said that growing up when his dad Craig was playing for the Astros, he and his older brother Connor explored every nook and cranny of this ballpark. Second ball is low. They used to go into the press conference room. the bowels of the ballpark. Pretend like they were doing a postgame interview after getting a big hit, pitching a great game. 10 is inside. It’s 2 and 0. Pretty cool. It is. Before that, at the Astrodome, it was Nolan Ryan’s kids. That’s right. Doing the same stuff. Harry Pool’s kids. Pretty fun. Grew up as with the ballpark as your playground. Here’s the two to Kevin Stoker misses outside. It’s three and0. Two outs, nobody on. 7 nothing Royals. And those guys who had dads play in the big leagues, they get to the major leagues just like nothing. Where they’ve been their whole life, pitches and strikes. Yeah. They’re less likely to be intimidated, right? Uh-huh. I think part of that is just realizing that all of their dad’s teammates are regular people. Uhhuh. Here’s a 3-1 strike outside corner. Three and two. And you get to you get to know them. I’m sure kids like that like the Vigios. They probably got like, you know, a glove from Jeff Bagwell say or something like that or advice from different guys, right? You don’t forget stuff like that. Three and two. Booker foul. This one into the upper deck to our left. Still three and two. Matter of fact, Jeff Bagwell told me that he was watching when Kevin Vigio made his big league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays. And he said it it almost felt like it was his own kid making his big league debut. Yeah, I’m sure he got choked up. Yeah. Booker delivers a liner to right center field coming in for a Cam Smith. Still coming, diving feet first and makes the catch. Cam Smith showing off in right field again. Makes a great catch coming in. And that’s the third out of the inning. We’ll go to the stretch. It’s time to stretch Astros fans. The Dykan seventh inning stretch is here. Let’s get comfortable for the rest of the game. Royals lead it 7 nothing. Behind every moment, every celebration, every memory, every breath, we are dreaming, shaping, perfecting. For 100 years, we’ve been Introducing baseball’s all new national pregame show, MLB Tonight live at 5. Join Greg, Herald, and Dan, and a star roster for a preview of all the night’s matchups. Get a first look at the lineups. Everything looks good right now for the Yankees. First take from the players. I’m just excited to put any pair of cleats on. And the first of many breakdowns before the first pitch, a full night of baseball starts at 5. MLB Tonight’s National pregame show weekdays at 5 Eastern on MLB Network. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Ao taco. A home run hit to the opposite field and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts went into right down the line. It may go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game. I’m the score of three to two and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Heading off for your Houston Astros, centerfielder number six, Jerry Meyers. Well, the Royals are trying to shut out the Astros for the third time this year. Lead this one 7 nothing. Michael Walka on the mound. 79 pitches through six shutout innings. It’s the bottom third for the Astros, beginning with Jake Myers, who’s 0 for two. Royals got all their runs in the second and third inning. Without hit, the Astros nine to five. Astros still looking for their first extra base hit. Walker delivers the first pitch and it’s low. I’m Steve and that’s Robert. Our producer engineer is Matt Boltz. We’re happy to have you with us. This is outside to Myers. It’s 2 and0. Waka trying to complete seven scoreless innings for the second straight start. He did it in a win over the White Socks on Wednesday. Here’s a 200 and it’s pulled. And that’s a base hit. That’s going to roll to the corner. That’s going to be an extra base hit. Meyers racing for second base. Vizio with the throw in. But it’s late and it’s a double for Jake Meyers. His sixth of the season. And that’s an Astros extra base hit presented by Expinity. The next generation changing network only from Expinity. The future starts now. That’s a way to start the inning. Jake Myers with a hit in 11 of his last 12 games. Here’s Denzo 0 for two playing left field for the Astros. This is when Waka gets better, isn’t it? Runners in scoring position. That’s right. First pitch curve and that’s pulled into the corner she goes. And that’s fair. Meers will touch home. Denzo racing for second base. And it’s backto back doubles for the Astros. That’s Denzo’s sixth. had a first pitch breaking ball. Wonder if he was sitting on something soft on that first pitch. That’s our Honda driver of the game. Race it today for a great deal on a Honda at your Greater Houston Honda dealer. Here’s Cam Smith. How about a double Denzo a big lead off of second. Here’s the pitch. Breaking ball and that’s pulled through the left side. Base hit. Denzo had to make sure it went through. He goes to third base and it’s three straight hits for the Astros. The seventh, eighth, and ninth hitters. And here we go. It’s seven to one runners on the corners. And this has come out of nowhere. Now Brian Sweeney is going to come out of the dugout. The Royals pitching coach Steven Cruz rightander just got up in Kansas City’s bullpen. Cam Smith now one for two in a walk out of the nine hole. The Astros nine hole has been the magic spot in the order this year. So Denzo on third, Cam Smith on first base. It’s going to be Jeremy Pñena’s turn and he’s two for three with the pair of singles. John Bacon, the home plate umpire is going to break up the meeting. Said that’s enough chew in the fat. I hope that’s exactly what he said. He should have. He’s got a nice jog back to home. He’s played some ball. He doesn’t have the typical umpire trot. He’s a young guy. That probably helps, too. Pñena taps the inside corner with the end of his bat and he’s all set. Still nobody out. Walka’s first pitch is fouled straight back. First pitch change up in his eyes and it’s 0 and one. Yeah, I don’t think that’s where it pitch. No. 85 pitches now for Waka. Steven Cruz and John Shriber up in the bullpin for Kansas City. Couple of righties. The 01 upstairs one. Astros trying to make some hay with runners in scoring position now. Timeouts called by Pñena. Pñena’s back in there. One and one’s the count. Walka fast ball misses inside. It’s two and one. Being very careful is on deck. Walk is just about at the end of his rope. All rightanded pitcher set at the belt. Here’s a 2-1 breaking ball. head out into right field toward the line. Coming in for it now is Waters. Right fielder makes the catch. Tagging coming home and he’s saved. Lenzo scores on the sacrifice fly. The throw was cut off by the first baseman and the Astros make it a seven to2 ball game. Pesino cut that off trying to backpick Cam Smith at first base. his 20th RBI of the season. And that looks like it’s going to do it for Michael Walka. One out runner on first base. The Astros with two runs in. And Walka is going to be lifted. So Kansas City leads seven to two. One out. Seventh inning. And this call to the bullpen is brought to you by Landre’s Restaurants, the leader in dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming with over 600 locations nationwide. Find out more at landry.com. Oxy is a Houstonbased international energy company. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field with an aerrun game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts wanted to write down the line. It may go crazy folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the start of three to two and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Your day in baseball starts with MLB Central. Let’s get it started. Lead off your morning with in-depth breakdowns, perfect balance, boom, interviews with the players. Get back to the fast ball. I know what that passion feels like and a little bit behave properly. Hey of everything else. The window seats are the baseball day begins with MLB Central weekdays at 10 a.m. Eastern only on MLB Network. If you’re not watching this show, you’re the problem. Right-hander Paul Shriber now in for Kansas City. Fishing 17 games so far this year. 1.65 ERA. Hard thrower. Got a runner on first base. The Astros have two inn. Made it a seven to2 ball game in favor of Kansas City. Altuve to the plate. Driver delivers the first pitch and it’s load on Shriber 6’3 220 lbs. Aluve so far one for three. Had an infield single in third. This one’s dribble foul to the left toward the Royals dugout and it’s 0 and two. Couple of two seamers running down and in on Joseber pitched yesterday faced one batter Alex Bregman of the Red Sox and struck him out on three pitches to strand a couple of runners. Duvet trying to lift one. Here’s the O2. A breaking ball spins and is fouled off to the right into the Honda club level. Still 0 and two. Sweping breaking ball from Shriber. Royals bullpen’s been excellent. 3.02 erra, fifth best in the majors. Which is outside. Did he go? Nope. That sweeper again. Wonder if he tries to come back in with that two seamer. dangles the arm out to the side. Gets the sign now straightens up. Quick go to first. Not in time. Back safely. Cam Smith just ahead of the tag. Driver pitched for the Royals last year in 59 games. An erra just north of three and a half. He comes set. Here’s the one two now. Tuve breaking balls outside. Two and two. Good job laying off some of these sweepers. Not many catchers know Altuve more than Salvador Perez. They were childhood friends in Venezuela. Barakai. Here’s a 2-2 fast ball. Got him. Strike three. Altuve looking for something else. And that’s the second out of the Yeah, that was the first fast ball he saw away. The other fast balls he saw were down and in. Caught the outside corner there. Two outs for Paradis. Paradus is walked. Head into a double play and fight out to left. First pitch fast ball is just outside. Wanted of that inside ended up outside. Probably caught the corner, but since it missed its location so badly, didn’t get the ball. Yeah, it did catch the outside corner. Here’s the one to Paris. Missed low. Little two seam fast ball again. It’s two and0 here. Shriber grunting with every pitch. Here’s the 2 outside. 3 and 0 on deck. Christian Walker. Astro’s down by five. Take at least one pitch here. Base runners. Yep. There’s a three- 0 from Shriber and it’s outside ball four. So Pedes draws the walk. Second walk he’s drawn that puts two men on for Christian Walker who’s been swinging a hot bat. Astros have a chance to get back into this ball game with one quick swing. Last 10 home games for Christian. He’s hit .378 with 10 RBI’s. Two outs, men on first and second. Triber comes set at the belt. First pitch is a breaker and it’s in there for strike one. 26,386 at Dyken Park tonight. 01 to Christian Walker. This is outside one and one. Giner Diaz is on deck. Walker with orange batting gloves. Rest the bat on his shoulder. Here’s the pitch and it’s low. And that cramp a look by Salvador Perez as he came out of the crouch. Yeah, he grabbed the back of his right leg near the hamstring and that’s going to get the trainer out of the dugout along with Mac Petrero. He came out of that and you could tell that it looked like either a cramp or Yeah, I think it was a cramp or the a hammy. Yeah, he immediately tried to he put his hand on the back of his leg. Looked like maybe he was trying to massage that out. That was strange. I’ve never seen that. Now Perez, he’s catching for the first time in nearly two weeks. Has been dealing with left hip soreness. That wasn’t his left hip, obviously. So, when he goes back down to that crouch, that’s that’s going to really He’s going to feel it. Are they going to ask him to to do that? He says he’s fine. Yeah, he’s batting the trainer on the chest with his gloves saying, “Yeah, let’s go. Let’s play baseball.” Yeah, the trainer just asked him, “Hey, let me see you go in crouch.” And he did and then stood back up. I guess that was good enough. Now, remember, it’s brutally hot in day games in Kansas City. He has to get IVs all the time during the season because of dehydration. All right, here we go. Back to action. It’s a two-1 count to Walker. Should get a good pitch right here from Shriber. Men on first and second. The pitch and he fouls it back. That one on the inner third. Christian missed a good one. He did. It’s two and two. I’m sure he knows it, too. Got to shake it off. Forget it. Stay in the present. First game of this three-game set. Here’s the 2-2 from Shriber. Got him. Strike three just above the belt. Walker swings through it. And that’ll do it for the Astros here in the seventh. They get two runs on three hits. Two men left. We’ll go to the eighth inning with Kansas City. Great moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith Clarks one in right down the line. It may go. Go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the Stone of Three to two. A home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. It’s a great night for baseball. This matchup features some of the best talent in the game. A lot of power, a lot of marquee names. Here we go. Buckle up, folks. There’s a guy in the spotlight. The bats have come alive. We’re just playing Powerball. This place doesn’t know what these teams are entertain. The show continues. Experience gametoame coverage of the night’s biggest moments live and commercial free. MLB Network Strike Zone Wednesday and Friday nights all season. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Next phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and mlb.com. Suit up this season at mlbshop.com. Check out the largest selection of authentic jerseys, caps, hoodies, t-shirts, and more. Visit mlbshop.com, official source for your Houston Astros gear. Royals with a 7-2 lead over the Astros as we begin the eighth inning. Steven Ochert 14 pitches in a 1237. Back out for the eighth facing Drew Waters who has an RBI single and a run scored in three trips to the plate today. Outfield Shades the other way. First pitch and it’s down for a ball. Waters a switch hitter batting right-handed. It’s been impressive watching Ochre throw that slider to righties and lefties in the strike zone and get swing and miss the one and that’s lifted right side over toward the foul line. Walker now a step into foul territory. Squeezes it. First base umpire Chris Cuchion says he actually caught it in fair territory. That’s out number one. Was right by that chalk. Here’s Kyle Isbel. one for two with a double, a walk, and a run scored. I think Oakred has so much confidence in that slider. I think that’s the biggest reason why he hasn’t been walking hitters, too. He’s just confident to throw it in there. First pitch, that’s down and away. You mentioned getting swings and misses in the zone. Doesn’t happen very often. Yeah, that I mean that’s going to make you want to be even more aggressive. Yep. Here’s the one. Joe’s Bunt gets it down and it is just fouled. Gloved by Diaz just to the left of home plate. John Bacon all over it. It’s a one ball, one strike count. Steven Cruz, right-hander up again in Kansas City’s bullpen. Looks like he’ll have the bottom of the eighth. Royal scoring four times in the second, three times in the third. Ryan Gusto going two and a third inning. Charged at those runs. Ground ball up the middle, ranging to his right. Alum, he has it, but then drops it on the transfer. It was going to be tough to get Isbel anyway. Impressive that Alt even got to that ball. That’ll likely be another base hit for Isbel. Yeah, I think that was going to be a single no matter what. Yeah, ranging four or five steps to your right. So one on and one out for Jonathan India who’s three for four. Couple of RBI’s and a run scored. Astros getting there. Two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. RBI’s by Denzo and Pñena. Knocked Michael Waka out of the game. Throw over to first and shuffling back. Isbel. Isbel. One for two stealing bases this year. Rangers beat the Rockies tonight two to one. That’s a final. I set pitch on the way and that’s hit in the air. Foul and out of play. Off to the right. I saw Chase Dolander had a no hitter through six innings in that game. The Rocky’s rookie starter. The Rangers wind up prevailing. Astros will go to Arlington for their next series starting Thursday. Four game series. hit the 01. That’s high. Dolander wound up giving up one hit and it was a two-run home run over Ri Wyatt Langford. Rangers with three hits get the victory. That Rocky’s team continues to struggle. One-1 India swinging a foul tip held on to by Diaz. But that loss, the Rockies are now seven and and 34. Easily the worst record in baseball and one of the worst records in Major League history through that many games. Rockies firing their manager, Bud Black yesterday. Warren Schaefer, who had been the third base coach, is now Colorado’s manager. The one two and that missed inside. two balls and two strikes. So that’s now two managers who have been let go in season. Pirates firing Derek Shelton last week replacing him with bench coach Don Kelly who’s a former coach with the Astros. Two lifted in center. Meyers eases back waiting and squeezes it for route number two. Isbell retreats to first. Notice in that Ranger box score that Cory Seager didn’t play again. And that’s four out of the last five games with that hamstring injury. Yeah. Bruce Bochi said before the game today that it was going to be a game time decision as to whether Seager went on the injury list. So they didn’t put him on the IIL. He’s already been on the injury list this season for the Rangers. Here’s Bobby Whit Jr. He’s driven in two today. Two for three. Has an RBI triple. First pitch is lifted to right and deep. Smith is going back on the edge of the track. Waiting. makes the catch side retired. So Steven Ochre retires six of the seven batters he faces over two scoreless innings. And after seven and a half at Dyken Park, it’s a great night for baseball. This matchup features some of the best talent in the game. A lot of power, a lot of marquee names. Here we go. Buckle up, folks. There’s a guy in spot. The bats have come alive. We’re just playing power ball. This place doesn’t know what these teams are entertaining, are they not? The show continues. Experience gametoame coverage of the night’s biggest moments live and commercial free. MLB Network Strike Zone Wednesday and Friday nights all season. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is ao taco. Do you know what it means? taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Austin with an awful taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listen to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahad home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Your moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Years old, 2 years old to enroll or 13 to 17 with parent guardian city. Make that money. Watch it burn. Kansas City Royals lead the Astros 7 to2 as we go to the bottom of the eighth. First game of a three-game set. And Steven Cruz enters for Kansas City. Right-hander is the Royals third pitcher of the night. 0.54 or pardon a zero RA for Cruz in 13 games. 11 and two/3 innings. Three hits, four walks and eight strikeouts. lead batting 081 against Cruz. He’ll face Ganner Diaz to start. Gner’s one for three with a single. He’s also reached on an error. First pitch is outside for a ball. Cruz started the year at TripleA Omaha. Recalled by the Royals couple of weeks into the season. Classifier crossfire is somebody who steps across their body and fires across their body to the outside corner. 10 low and away with a fast ball at 99. And it’s two balls and no strikes. what Cruz does. That’s why it’s hard to hit him. Cruz pitched yesterday, a one, two, three inning. Cruz working for the third time in the last four games. Two line down the right field side, racing over Waters. That’s past him and one hops off the wall. Diaz chugging for second base and he has himself a leadoff double. Man, he is really tearing the cover off the baseball. It’s been 10 games now, but an OPS near a thousand in those games. 10ame pitch streak for Yiner. That was his sixth double of the season. So, he’s in scoring position with nobody out for Victor Keratini who is one for three tonight. Stephen Cruz, 25 years old from Saledo in the Dominican Republic. Pitch on the way down and in. And Keratini goes down or he does not look comfortable at all. Went down to get out of the way of that pitch. It landed pretty hard. Now gets to his feet. Did that hit him? Yeah. He’s walking to first base. That pitch hit him. Yeah. So Keratini hit by pitch. Got him maybe on the Oh, it got him on the back of the of the on his back leg. on his It looked like that that left You know, Salvador Perez came out of that crouch limping too. Saw him have a cramp last inning. Keratini’s in pain at first base, but the Astros is going to stay in. And Trainer Jobat coming out to check on him. Both of them heading back to the first base dugout. So the Astros with two men on, nobody out, down seven to two. Jake Meyer stands in. He doubled and scored his last time. One for three. Keep an eye on this cramping situation with Perez, the catcher. First pitch way outside and to the back stop it goes. Both runners advance 90 ft. A slider that was nowhere near its intended target. And it’s a wild pitch on Cruz. By the way, watching Keratini jog down to second, he still is feeling the effects of that hit by pitch. not look great running down to second. Be patient at the plate. A one to Meyers. Ground ball through the right side. That’s a base hit. That’ll score Diaz. Karatini stops at third and now the ball gets away from Waters and Carini will come in to score. Meyers goes to second. Seven to four Kansas City. An RBI single for Meyers and then an error by Waters allowing another run to score. Just came in for that ball and the ball trickled underneath the outfielders’s glove as he raced in. Just looked up too quickly I think. to Jake Meyers his second hit tonight and that is the first run allowed by Steven Cruz this season had thrown 11 and 2/3 scoreless innings on the year before tonight. Probably one RBI there for Meyers. Yep. And with Keratini scoring on that error by Waters, the second error committed by the Royals tonight. The error also allowing Meyers to take second. Still nobody out. Astros need another base runner to get the tying run to the plate. Here’s Zack Desenzo. Had an RBI double his last time. First pitch swing and a foul to the back stop. Strike one. Senzo one for three tonight. Lucas Airs up in the bullpin now for Kansas City, their right-hander. So now Matt Petero thinking about using some of his leverage relievers here. It didn’t look that way for a while. Royals led 7 nothing going into the bottom of the seventh. Now it’s seven to four Royals. Bottom of the eighth. 01 swing and a miss. Tardy on that fast ball at 98. Nothing at two. Both teams with 10 hits now. Cruz works on the third base side of the rubber. Meyers off second. Here’s the O2. Strike three call. Fast ball at a 100 right in there. Denzo must have been looking for something else. That is the first out of the inning. And that’ll get Matt Petrero out of the dugout. He’s going to turn to Ersk now. It’s Smith coming up. A runner at second. Astros down by three with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. This call to the bullpin is brought to you by Landre’s Restaurants, a leader in dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming with over 600 locations nationwide. Find out more at landreinc.com. Mattress Mi Furniture. True customer story. Customers. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Next phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Ao taco. A home run hit to the opposite field with an aerun game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts went into right down the line. It may go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game. I the three to two. A home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Take a look at guessing which baseball player or manager said following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahead home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. home in the inning. In the inning, Royals lead seven to four. Jake Myers at second. Cam Smith at the plate. He has a single and a walk in three trips. First pitch, swinging a miss at a slider away. Nothing in one. Astros have right-handers Caleb Ort and Brian Debrau getting ready in the pen. Or started throwing when the inning began. Debrau just recently got up. The 01 breaking ball in there for a strike and Smith quickly down 02. Try to put it in play. Goes the other way. Well, big hole in the right side of the infield. 55 and 2/3 homerless inning streak for Ersk. He keeps the ball in the ballpark. Second longest active homerless streak in baseball. The O2 down and away with a slider. Last home run Ersg allowed was June 12th in San Diego gave it up to Donovan Solano last year. Kate Smith of the Guardians, the only player with an active longer an active streak that’s longer without a homer. This one bounces past Perez on his way to third and getting there without a throw. Meyers the second wild pitch by the Royals of the inning. I mean, that was a 99 mph fast ball that bounced in front of the opposite batters box and pass Perez. Catcher had no shot to two. Ground ball softly hit left side. Sounded like a broken bat. India will field it. Throws to first for the out. Meer scores and the Astros trail seven to five. That wild pitch cost him a run. certainly did. So, two outs in the inning, base is empty. Jeremy Pñena to the plate. He had a sack fly in the seventh. Also has a couple of singles. Two for three. Outfield shades the other way. First pitch, fast ball strike at the knees on the outside corner. 99 on that heater from Ersad. 01. That’s outside. Mentioned that homerless streak for Ersk. That’s just in the regular season. He did allow a home run to the Yankees Jazz Chisum in the division series last year. Not bad for a guy who had 83 RBI’s as a third baseman in the Miners in 2017. Right. 1-1. Pñena hits it in the air out to left center ranging over Vigio and Isbel. And Isbel makes the catch. He and Vigio almost collided. Vigio was calling for it. Isbel has priority, but disaster averted as the side is retired. But the Astros score three times. And we go to the ninth inning. Royals seven, Astros five. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager says the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahead home run in the first New York Mets home game after 911. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if you can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. Do you know what it means? Oppo taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Boston with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Off base is coming in a brand new format. 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Looks like the VO’s been creeping up slightly for Hort last couple of appearances. Yeah, we saw him average about 97 and a half last year. The one ground ball pulled right side and through for a base hit. It looked like Walker may have had a chance at that ball but went straight to the bag, but it’s Pascantino’s second hit. That was a little strange. Yeah. Well, keep them off the scoreboard. The Astros down by two runs. Have the second, third, and fourth place hitters up next inning. That would be Altuve, Cedes, and Walker. Carlos Estz, the Royals closer, is warming in their pen. Right-hander. Here’s Sabador Perez. He’s 0 for four. Couple or three strikeouts on the night and a fly out, first pitch. And that’s hit off the hands, foul, and off the netting above the Astros first base dugout. Seven runs, 11 hits for the Royals. Five runs, 10 hits for the Astros. Kansas City has also been charged with two errors. Or works on the third base side of the rubber. Here’s the 01 off the plate away with a breaking ball and a strike. Or last pitched on Saturday against the Reds, throwing a scoreless inning. Four and two/3 consecutive scoreless innings for Orort. Now the 1-1 swinging a miss some high cheese and it’s one and two. Now when you’re going to bring in Ort, you’re looking at that pocket of the lineup of the other team that doesn’t handle velocity very well. That’s his forte. You reach for those pockets to get Ort in there. One, two, swing and a foul to the back stop. 97 on that fast ball away. I think that’s the hardest one we’ve seen Ort throw so far since coming back. Started the year on the IO with a left oblique strain. Missed the first month. Pascantino conservative lead off first. Walker holding him on the one two. And that is a little bit high. Another fast ball. Two and two. Right-hander. The high set delivers. Poked foul over the screen. Spoiled a breaking ball down and away. Good job by Perez. Still two and two. timeout. The Cardinals won tonight three-2 against Philadelphia. That’s nine in a row. Yeah, they’ve heated up. First time they’ve won nine in a row since 2021 when they won 17 in a row. 2-2. Perez lifts it out to right toward the line. Long run for Smith and he makes the catch. Couple of steps from the chalk. Back to first. Goes pastino. One away. Seemed like that ball was never going to come down. Yeah. Now it’s Michael Garcia who’s 0 for four. Caleb Ort out of Aquinus College, an NIA school in his home state of Michigan. Grew up on the west side of Michigan near Grand Rapids. first pitch and that’s lifted out into right center. Meyers and Smith are over and Smith yields at the last second as Meyers takes it. Both of them were playing pretty shallow and Meyers has priority there to away. Earlier in the game, Cam didn’t give way. That time he did. He peeled out of the way at just the right time. Now it’s Michael Massie. He started the scoring in this game with a home run in the second. That was off Ryan Gusto. He’s also walked tonight one for four or one for three. Brady steps shy of the grass at third. Infield shades to pull against the left-handed hitter. Pascantino slid first. First pitch strike at the top of the zone. Encouraging fast balls from Orton. Yeah, the the best consistent velocity we’ve seen from him so far. That last one 97 the 01 ground ball pulled right side right at Walker. He’ll take it to first himself. Side retired. What a job by the bullpit. Caleb Fort gives up a leadoff single. Nothing else. Astros moments in baseball have been broadcast on the radio since 1921. Smith courts one in right down the line. It may go. Go crazy, folks. Go crazy. It’s a home run and the Cardinals have won the game by the start of three to two and a home run by the Wizards. Catch the next unforgettable call on the MLB app and MLB.com. Let’s see if we can figure out the following baseball slang term. Today’s phrase is oppo taco. You know what it means? taco. A home run hit to the opposite field. Austin with an oppo taco. His 13th and it’s a one-run game. Expand your vocabulary by listening to every game on the MLB app and MLB.com. Take a hack at guessing which baseball player or manager said the following. I really don’t know what to say. I’m just uh so happy I gave something. These people cheer. We all did. I mean, it was a great game. Both teams played incredible. It was a great game. That’s Mike Piaza after he hit an eighth inning go-ahad home run in the first New York Mets home game after 9/11. Hear moments like this and more on the MLB app and MLB.com. Bottom of the ninth inning. Royals with a seven to five lead over the Astros. And Carlos Estz on to try and get the final three outs for Kansas City. Estz tied for second in the AL with 11 saves and 13 chances. 2.5 OER in 17 games. 18 innings, 12 hits, nine walks, 16 strikeouts. Jose Altuve will lead it off. Isad Ces and Christian Walker scheduled to follow. Altuve has an infield hit in four at bats tonight. First pitch outside for ball one. Astros need a base runner. Altuve is the man. Astros are down 7 nothing going into the bottom of the seventh. Score twice in the seventh and three more times in the eighth. 10 in the dirt. It’s two balls and no strikes. Altuve 0 for four in his career against Estz. He should really keyhole him here. Make sure it’s in a the exact spot he wants it or or take it. 20 ground ball foul off to the right. 96 mph fast running in on Jose. Two and one. Estas first year with the Royals. Signed a two-year$22 million deal this off season after pitching last year with the Angels and Phillies. Was an all-star with the Angels two years ago. 2-1 and that’s lined in a left a base hit. Astros have the leadoff man on and will get the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth. Piece of cheese middle now too. They just spun on it and the Astros are in business here in the ninth inning. All the way back from 7 nothing. There’s Isach Parades. He’s 0 for two. walked twice, including his last time up. Brady’s in his career against the Steves is two for five with a double. First pitch, it’s over for a strike with a slider. Nothing at one outfield straight away indeed. Infield back shaded slightly to pull Pascantino holding on Altuve at first who’s likely not going anywhere. The run that matters is the one at the plate. Brady’s uses his timeout here. All of Predis’s four home runs have come here. Andrew’s Cropper box has made for Esotch. 01 foul back to the screen. Fast ball away and Estis quickly quickly gets ahead. 02 Stez 93 career saves on his ninth big league season. Originally came up with the Rockies 02 and that’s hit foul and out of play off to the right and into the Honda club level. Nothing at two still fought off a slider. the kick in the O2 and that’s it high in the air to left. Vigio coming in a few steps waiting for it to come down. Makes the catch and there’s one away. Well, a couple of hangers with two strikes to Parades. Now it’s Christian Walker to the plate. He’s 0 for four tonight. Walker came in with a sevengame pitch streak. That’s four home runs on the season. Well, hot hitters do with Walker and Yiner Diaz on deck. One for 11 with four strikeouts in a walk against a Stez lifetime for Walker. First pitch swing and a miss. Couldn’t could catch up to the fast ball at 96. Nothing in one. Josh her up in the Astros bullpen. Justin K. Seven of five Royals. One out. Altuvi at first for the Astros. Bottom of the ninth. 01. Fast ball high and inside. One and one. Christian saying he’s just trying to trust his process these days. His work is starting to show up in the games. One-1 delivery and that’s fouled over the screen. The slider. One and two. Walker readjust the Velcro on his orange batting gloves during his timeout. 10 RBI’s in his last 10 games at Dykin. Black bat for Walker. He’s ready. One, two. head off the hands and popped up first space side foul ground past Mino and Perez can’t get there lands on the warning track over in front of the Astros dugout by the camera well and again with two strikes and a massive hanger from Estas the pitcher. Yeah, you don’t want that slider in her third like that like that one was. So a couple of those to Paradis. So it’s one and two now to Walker. Espatino continues to hold on Altuve at first. Pitch on the way. Swing and a foul tip into the glove of Perez. Walker strikes out on a high fast ball at 98. And the Astros are down to their final out. Third time Walker has struck out tonight. Well, that’s where he wanted that pitch. Well executed fast ball right at the top of the zone. Last hope for the Astros is Yiner Diaz. He’s two for four with a double and a run scored. He’s also reached on an error. Outfield shades the other way. They’re still deep. First pitch. Slider misses high. 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This is Tu and you’re listening to Astros baseball on Sport Talk 790. Astros fall to the Royals seven to five. Royals seven runs, 11 hits, two errors, eight left on. The Astros five runs, 11 hits, no errors, nine left on. Michael Waka three and four with the win for Kansas City. Ryan Gusto 3-2 with the loss for the Astros. Carlos Estz picks up his 12th save and 14 chances. Time of game 2 hours and 44 minutes. Played in front of 26,386 at Dyken Park. Roof closed tonight. The Royals end twoame skid. They are now 25 and 18. The Astros lose for the second time in their last three games to fall to 20 and 20. Time now for the player of the game. Well, the Astros bullpen did a great job. Bennett Susa right in the middle of the ball game with two shutout innings. Just one run or just one base runner is a hit in that one with a strikeout. So, two shut out innings for Susa to give the Astros a chance later on in this ball game. He’s player of the game. 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Royals jump started their offense in the second with Michael Massie leading off the inning with a home run off Ryan Gusto. Gusto bounced back to get Cavio to fly out and Drew Waters to ground out, but with two outs, Kyle Isbel doubled. Jonathan India singled to score Isbel. Bobby Wood Jr. triple to score India and Vinnie Pascantino single to score Wit. It was four straight two out hits and it was a four- nothing lead for the Royals. And City tacked on in the third inning with one out. Gusto walked. Michael Massie and Kevin Vigio back to back. Drew Waters singled home Massie. After a walk to Kyle Isbel loaded the bases that ended the day for Gusto. Taylor Scott came in, gave up an RBI single to Jonathan India that scored Bigio. And then Bobby Wit Jr. a sack flight to bring home Waters to make it 7 nothing Kansas City. That was the score going into the seventh inning. Michael Waka was dealing six scoreless innings. 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