The Scorecard · September 16, 2026

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

Daniel Lynch threw five scoreless innings on 72 pitches.

Fever Baseball · Scored on the record

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

Daikin Park · September 16, 2026 · Final: KC 5, HOU 2 · W: Daniel Lynch IV

First pitch 7:10 PM · Final out 10:00 PM · Time of game 2:50

Umpires — HP Stu Scheurwater · 1B Jordan Baker · 2B Junior Valentine · 3B Rob Drake

ABSKC HOU ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

Scored play-by-play by the FVR engine from the official MLB feed — every mark reconciled, or the card refuses to print. Tap any box for the pitches that made the mark.

Kansas City Royals

5R8H0E10LOB

Batter

Carter JensenC KC

Bobby Witt Jr.SS KC

Vinnie Pasquantino1B KC

Salvador PerezDH KC

Michael Massey2B KC

Nick LoftinRF KC

PHJac CaglianonePH KC

→Kyle IsbelCF KC

John RaveCF/RF KC

Josh Rojas3B KC

Isaac CollinsLF KC

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Daniel Lynch IVW5.0200137249

Craig Kimbrel1.0100001710

Nolan Hoffman0.12000066

Anthony Gose0.20000154

Nate Pearson1.011110169

Steven Cruz1.0211032015

SBBobby Witt Jr. (2B)

Houston Astros

2R8H1E7LOB

Batter

Christian Walker1B HOU

Cam SmithRF HOU

PHLaMonte Wade Jr.PH HOU

announced, did not bat

PHNelson VelázquezPH/LF HOU

PHJoey LoperfidoPH SUG

Daulton VarshoCF HOU

Jorge BarrosaLF/RF HOU

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Cristian JavierL5.1522328553

Bryan King1.1100111814

Enyel De Los Santos1.1232222815

Tatsuya Imai1.0000111811

Excitement 2.63 of win probability moved, per nine inningsComeback 2.8 — the winner's floor was 35%Biggest swing +0.233 in the 4th, at leverage 1.7

The hit chart

Where every ball landed

KC — visitors

HOU — home

hit

out

All 16 hits located, and 56 balls in play with them. Coordinates are the game’s own, from the same feed the engine reads.

Reading the marks · no black boxes

1–9 the nine fielders (1 P, 2 C, 3 1B … 9 RF)

6‑3 ground out, shortstop to first

3U put out unassisted

K strikeout · K called (backward)

F8 fly · P6 pop · L7 line (to that fielder)

1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

◆ diamond fills = run scored

⚫ the out it made (1, 2, or 3), in that runner’s box

2‑4 a runner retired on the bases (caught stealing, picked off), written small in his box as the chain that got him

one dot per run driven in (RBI)

PH · PR · → a substitute badged by his name — pinch hitter, pinch runner, or defensive sub

A ABS (Automated Ball‑Strike) challenge — filled = overturned

The diamond fills teal when the run scores; the out lands in the box of the runner it was made on. Names link to their pages at www.feverbaseball.com. New to the marks? The primer scores a full inning from scratch. Every pitch under these marks is typed, clocked and located off the same official feed. A hand-scorer could record what happened; nobody could record the pitch that did it.

Home plate: Stu Scheurwater · Blue Notes for this game → · his road to the plate →Crew: 1B Jordan Baker · 2B Junior Valentine · 3B Rob Drake

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Lynch walked 1 and struck out 3, and when he handed the ball over the Royals led 2-0 on John Rave's sixth homer. The eighth broke it open: Jensen's double, a throwing error by Barrosa, and Massey's blast made it 5-0. Houston scored single runs in the eighth and ninth and got no closer.

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