MLB

Kansas City 5, at Houston 2

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 · Final

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Kansas City Royals

69-93 · W1 · #26 (1255 ELO +3)

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 80

Houston Astros

81-83 · L2 · #17 (1293 ELO -3)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 81

Daikin Park · Houston, TX

Attendance: 28,497

Umpires: Stu Scheurwater [HP], Jordan Baker [1B], Junior Valentine [2B], Rob Drake [3B]

Royals ride Lynch’s pitching, homers to win at Houston

HOUSTON (Interstat) — The Kansas City Royals used five scoreless innings from Daniel Lynch IV, a two-run homer by John Rave and a three-run eighth inning to beat the Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at Daikin Park. Lynch was Kansas City’s top star, allowing two hits and no earned runs while striking out three in five innings. He improved to 6-5. Cristian Javier took the loss for Houston, falling to 2-6 after giving up five hits and two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. The Royals improved to 67-85. The Astros fell to 76-76.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Daniel Lynch IV KCR 5.0ip 2h 0er 3k
Cristian Javier HOU 5.1ip 5h 2er 2k
Yainer Diaz HOU 2/4 1hr 1rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOU 57.4%

Spread HOU -1.5

Projected Score HOU 4 KCR 3

Money Line HOU -145/KCR +125

Over/Under 9 (Under)