{"id":2458613,"date":"2026-06-14T05:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2458613"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:29:56","slug":"astros-rally-with-four-homers-to-outlast-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/astros-rally-with-four-homers-to-outlast-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros rally with four homers to outlast Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Christian Walker hit one of Houston\u2019s four homers, reached on a fielder\u2019s choice that allowed the tiebreaking run to score in the ninth and helped the visiting Astros to an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 7-5, Houston\u2019s Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in the eighth before the game endured a 91-minute rain delay. In the ninth, the Astros had runners on first and third with one out when Alex Lange (0-4) got Walker to bounce into a potential 6-4-3 double play, but second baseman Nick Loftin\u2019s throw was wide of first, allowing a run to score.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals\u2019 Bobby Witt Jr. doubled, for his third hit, in the ninth, but was doubled off second on Isaac Collins\u2019 liner to end the game.<\/p>\n<p>Yordan Alvarez had three hits for Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals\u2019 Noah Cameron did not allow a hit or walk through the first three innings, then yielded two-run homers to Walker and Brice Matthews, plus five other hits, over the next 1 1\/3 before being pulled.<\/p>\n<p>Houston starter Mike Burrows grinded before being lifted after allowing Salvador Perez\u2019s single to open the sixth, and gave up seven hits, two walks and was charged with five runs \u2014 four earned.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City opened the scoring in the second on Michael Massey\u2019s single to right field. In the third, Vinnie Pasquantino\u2019s RBI single put Kansas City up 2-0. Witt, who reached on a soft single for his 800th career hit, then scored via a passed ball. Pasquantino later exited with a right hand\/hamate injury.<\/p>\n<p>In the Houston fourth, Alvarez recorded a one-out single and came home via Walker\u2019s drive over the left-field fence. Kansas City got a run back in the bottom of that frame when Lane Thomas went deep into the left-field seats.<\/p>\n<p>The Astros tied it in the fifth, when Jake Meyers reached on an infield single and Matthews homered. They took their first lead in the sixth when Meyers sent a pitch from John Schreiber into the left-center field seats.<\/p>\n<p>However, Carter Jensen\u2019s three-run double split the left-center field gap in the sixth to give Kansas City a 7-5 edge.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan King (1-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win with a strikeout.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v23.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.joxfm.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Walker hit one of Houston\u2019s four homers, reached on a fielder\u2019s choice that allowed the tiebreaking run to score in the ninth and helped the visiting Astros to an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. 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