KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — The Houston Astros defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-7 on Saturday, June 13, at Kauffman Stadium in front of 17,881 fans. The game lasted 2 hours, 51 minutes.

Houston trailed early but scored two runs in the fourth on Christian Walker’s 18th home run, two in the fifth on Brice Matthews’ sixth homer, one in the sixth, two in the eighth on Jose Altuve’s sixth homer, and one in the ninth on a force out with an error. Kansas City scored one in the second, two in the third, one in the fourth, and three in the sixth, highlighted by Carter Jensen’s two-run double. Both teams collected 11 hits.

Bryan King (1-1) earned the win, Bryan Abreu recorded his fifth save with a scoreless ninth. Alex Lange (0-4) took the loss. Matthews went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, Altuve went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs, and Walker drove in two runs. Jensen drove in three runs for Kansas City. Houston improved to 33-39, dropping Kansas City to 28-43.