Astros 7, 
Royals 2
| W: | T. Buchholz (4-6) |
| L: | B. Keppel (0-3) |
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| D DeJesus CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| M Grudzielanek 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .295 |
| D Mientkiewicz 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| E Brown RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| M Stairs LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| E German PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| A Sisco P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J Peralta P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-T Graffanino PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| M Teahen 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 |
| A Berroa SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| P Bako C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .257 |
| B Keppel P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| T Wellemeyer P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| K Robinson LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| a-struck out swinging for J Peralta in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: D DeJesus (5, T Buchholz); M Teahen (4, T Buchholz); M Stairs (9, C Qualls) RBI: D Mientkiewicz (22), P Bako (6) SF: D Mientkiewicz GIDP: P Bako Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (M Grudzielanek-A Berroa-D Mientkiewicz). Outfield Assist: E Brown (L Berkman at 2nd base). | ||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Keppel (L, 0-4) | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 69-39 | 3.64 |
| T Wellemeyer | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41-26 | 2.45 |
| A Sisco | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34-18 | 7.98 |
| J Peralta | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11-6 | 4.80 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 155-89 | |
| PITCHING IBB: M Ensberg (By A Sisco) Batters faced: B Keppel 18; T Wellemeyer 11; A Sisco 9; J Peralta 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Keppel 3-4; T Wellemeyer 4-2; A Sisco 1-1; J Peralta 0-1 Game Scores: B Keppel 35 | |||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Biggio 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .279 |
| E Bruntlett RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| M Lamb 1B-3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .349 |
| C Burke CF-2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .303 |
| L Berkman RF-1B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .314 |
| M Ensberg 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| R Springer P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| P Wilson LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .276 |
| B Ausmus C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .285 |
| A Everett SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 |
| T Buchholz P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .040 |
| a-O Palmeiro PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| C Qualls P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| D Wheeler P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-W Taveras PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |
| a-grounded to shortstop for T Buchholz in the 6th b-struck out swinging for D Wheeler in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Lamb 2 (8, B Keppel, A Sisco); L Berkman (12, J Peralta) RBI: L Berkman 4 (60), M Lamb (15), A Everett (26), P Wilson (36) S: T Buchholz 2-out RBI: M Lamb, A Everett, L Berkman 2 GIDP: O Palmeiro Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Everett 1, B Ausmus 2, T Buchholz 1, M Ensberg 1, C Biggio 1 Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (C Biggio-A Everett-M Lamb). | ||||||||
| Houston Astros | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| T Buchholz (W, 6-10) | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 81-51 | 5.82 |
| C Qualls (H, 23) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-8 | 3.72 |
| D Wheeler (H, 24) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-7 | 4.34 |
| R Springer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-11 | 2.88 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 121-77 | |
| PITCHING HBP: A Berroa (By C Qualls) Batters faced: T Buchholz 21; C Qualls 5; D Wheeler 3; R Springer 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Buchholz 8-4; C Qualls 3-0; D Wheeler 3-0; R Springer 0-1 Game Scores: T Buchholz 65 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| KAN | HOU | |||
 | 1st | D Mientkiewicz hit sacrifice fly to right, D DeJesus scored. | 1 | 0 |
 | 1st | L Berkman singled to right, M Lamb scored, C Burke to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd | M Lamb singled to right, A Everett scored. | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd | A Everett singled to left, M Ensberg scored, P Wilson to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 5th | P Bako grounded out to second, M Teahen scored. | 2 | 3 |
| 7th | L Berkman singled to right, M Lamb scored, C Burke to third, L Berkman out stretching at second. | 2 | 4 |
| 7th | P Wilson singled to center, C Burke scored, M Ensberg to second. | 2 | 5 |
| 8th | L Berkman doubled to deep center, M Lamb and C Burke scored. | 2 | 7 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
| Attendance | 39,048 (95.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:47 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Muchlinski, First Base - Phil Cuzzi, Second Base - Brian Onora, Third Base - Chuck Meriwether |
MLB Scores
Saturday, June 17th 2006
| Boston | 5 | Final |
| Atlanta | 3 |
| NY Yankees | 9 | Final |
| Washington | 11 |
| San Diego | 2 | Final |
| LA Angels | 3 |
| San Francisco | 1 | Final |
| Seattle | 8 |
| Detroit | 9 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 3 |
| Toronto | 2 | Final |
| Florida | 8 |
| Chi White Sox | 8 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 6 |
| Cleveland | 2 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 3 |
| Kansas City | 2 | Final |
| Houston | 7 |
| Tampa Bay | 7 | Final |
| Philadelphia | 2 |
| Minnesota | 5 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Baltimore | 4 | Final |
| NY Mets | 2 |
| Colorado | 5 | Final |
| St. Louis | 6 |
| Arizona | 4 | Final |
| Texas | 8 |
| LA Dodgers | 4 | Final |
| Oakland | 5 | in 17 |