MLB Recap · July 7, 2022

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros: Final Score & Recap

KC2
Final
HOU5

Line Score

Team123456789RHE
KC010100000280
HOU00003002-582

The Story

AI recap unavailable for archived games. The final score, win-probability story, biggest plays, and top performers are all shown below.

Win Probability

755025KC bats firstFinalHOU win %KC win %
DiamondIQ model home win probability across the game (pre-game 79.4% → final 100%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Jose Altuve Home Run
Bot 5th · off Kris Bubic
+20.4%
J.J. Matijevic Grounded Into DP
Bot 2nd · off Kris Bubic
-14.0%
Yordan Alvarez Home Run
Bot 5th · off Kris Bubic
+13.4%
Edward Olivares Single
Top 4th · off Justin Verlander
+9.1%
Cam Gallagher Groundout
Top 6th · off Justin Verlander
-8.8%

Top Batters by WPA

Jose Altuve+31.9%+2.1 RE24
Martín Maldonado+14.9%+1.4 RE24
Edward Olivares+3.1%+0.9 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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