Michael Massey homered to ignite a four-run second inning in assist of right-hander Michael Wacha, who carried a shutout into the seventh inning of the Kansas Metropolis Royals’ 7-5 win over the host Houston Astros on Monday.
The Royals, 17-4 over their previous 21 video games, maintained their torrid tempo when 5 consecutive batters reached in a three-run third, establishing a 7-0 lead. Jonathan India led Kansas Metropolis with three hits, whereas Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and Kyle Isbel had two hits apiece.
Jeremy Pena, Jose Altuve, Yainer Diaz and Jake Meyers every collected two hits for the Astros, who had gained three of their earlier 4 video games.
Massey clubbed his second house run of the season main off the highest of the second to open the scoring. Astros right-hander Ryan Gusto (3-2), who stranded two runners within the first inning, appeared to seek out his stride by retiring Cavan Biggio and Drew Waters following the Massey house run. He didn’t.
Isbel smoked a two-out double to proper discipline, and India adopted with an RBI single. Witt, who scorched the ball in his first three plate appearances, adopted with a run-scoring triple to right-center. Pasquantino drove house Witt for a 4-0 lead.
The Royals did not wait till there have been two outs within the third to precise extra harm. Gusto issued one-out walks to Massey and Biggio earlier than Waters prolonged the result in 5-0 with a single to left.
Isbel walked, prompting Gusto’s exit. India produced one other RBI single, this one off Tayler Scott, and Witt then drilled a sacrifice fly to heart, pushing the benefit to 7-0.
Wacha (3-4) cruised by means of six innings regardless of permitting at the least one baserunner in every body. Second baseman Massey began a stunning, inning-ending double play within the third inning to maintain the shutout bid intact, smothering a grounder from Isaac Paredes earlier than making a backhanded toss to shortstop Maikel Garcia. That snuffed a bases-loaded risk.
Meyers and Zach Dezenzo tagged Wacha with consecutive doubles to open the seventh. Wacha surrendered two runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings.
The Astros scored three runs within the eighth inning, however Royals nearer Carlos Estevez recorded his twelfth save with a scoreless ninth.
–Area Degree Media