Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros, at Kauffman Stadium, June 12, 2026 Matchups, Preview

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Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Houston Astros
Record 31-39
Manager Joe Espada
Game # 71
On This Date 24-30
Standing 4th (5.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 15-15
Home 16-19
Away 15-20
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 23-27
vs. LHP 8-12
1-Run Games 6-4
vs. East 7-5
vs. Central 3-3
vs. West 12-16
Inter-League 9-15

HOU Last 10 Games

Tatsuya Imai (#45, 28, RHP, 3-3, 5.24)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Kansas City Royals
Record 28-40
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 70
On This Date 23-25
Standing 4th (8.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 11-19
Home 16-18
Away 12-22
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 25-25
vs. LHP 3-15
1-Run Games 6-12
vs. East 1-11
vs. Central 12-15
vs. West 10-7
Inter-League 5-7

KCR Last 10 Games

Luinder Avila (#58, 24, RHP, 1-2, 4.02)

Season Series

All times ET
DateAwayHomeTime
Fri, Jun 12, 2026HOU@KCR8:10pm
Sat, Jun 13, 2026HOU@KCR7:10pm
Sun, Jun 14, 2026HOU@KCR2:10pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2026KCR@HOU8:10pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2026KCR@HOU8:10pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2026KCR@HOU7:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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HOU Batters vs KCR Pitchers
HOU Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Astros Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.63 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 58. Avila 47. Black 64. Cruz 60. Erceg 56. Lange 41. Lynch* 46. Schreiber 25. Strahm* 44. Way
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.375 1/ 6/.500 5/.400 2/.500 ···
44. Alvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 5/.200 2/.000 ···
10. Loperfido* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
Matthews G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
6. Meyers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.250 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ···
15. Paredes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 3/.000 11/.873 2/.000 ···
3. Peña G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ···
37. Price G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Smith G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
26. Trammell* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
2. Vázquez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 5/2.000 5/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ···
8. Walker G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 ··· 2/.000 17/.508 ···
14. Whitcomb G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 205 .232 .314 .370 .684 148 .705 57 .622 .516 28 .525 1 2 5 2
44. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 300 .316 .430 .636 1.066 217 1.068 83 1.057 .952 106 1.135 1 0 22 1
10. Loperfido* G ·  S ·  vP 72 .258 .347 .339 .686 61 .786 11 .182 .688 6 .333 1 1 0 1
Matthews G ·  S ·  vP 170 .204 .254 .318 .573 114 .557 56 .603 .744 62 .445 2 4 4 1
6. Meyers G ·  S ·  vP 109 .212 .275 .313 .588 74 .673 35 .414 .570 66 .517 1 2 2 0
15. Paredes G ·  S ·  vP 265 .236 .332 .406 .738 199 .746 66 .715 .765 104 .767 0 0 9 6
3. Peña G ·  S ·  vP 135 .281 .348 .413 .761 113 .719 22 .988 .709 89 .820 5 1 3 5
37. Price G ·  S ·  vP 11 .200 .273 .300 .573 9 .472 2 1.000 .833 11 .573 0 0 0 0
11. Smith G ·  S ·  vP 260 .220 .309 .366 .675 195 .662 65 .711 .790 93 .744 8 1 7 4
26. Trammell* G ·  S ·  vP 76 .275 .333 .362 .696 65 .710 11 .600 .774 43 .562 1 0 0 1
2. Vázquez G ·  S ·  vP 150 .234 .291 .365 .656 117 .645 33 .688 .723 66 .536 0 0 4 0
8. Walker G ·  S ·  vP 285 .249 .319 .494 .813 221 .848 64 .686 .836 106 .717 0 0 16 0
14. Whitcomb G ·  S ·  vP 24 .130 .167 .391 .558 16 .521 8 .625 .647 7 .714 0 0 2 0
TOTAL .242 .318 .407 .725 .721 .736 .739 .677 24 12 88 28

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
58. Avila G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 31.1 4.02 8.0 134 .272 .803 56 .723 78 .857 1.066 72 .655 2 3 3
47. Black G ·  S ·  vP X··o·····oo··· 11.1 2.38 9.5 50 .273 .724 25 .633 25 .815 .899 28 .655 1 0 0
65. Cameron* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 65.2 3.84 8.6 275 .239 .668 208 .633 67 .776 .702 111 .418 6 1 2
64. Cruz G ·  S ·  vP Xo···X····o·X· 17.2 6.62 12.7 82 .261 .965 29 .776 53 1.057 .931 43 .937 7 2 0
60. Erceg G ·  S ·  vP X··oo···X··X·· 24.1 6.29 8.1 116 .320 .895 49 .736 67 1.002 .861 49 1.265 2 0 2
32. Kolek G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 43.0 3.14 6.3 172 .228 .637 71 .756 101 .557 .535 127 .609 5 3 0
56. Lange G ·  S ·  vP XX··X·XX·o·X·· 31.0 4.06 9.9 135 .239 .745 60 .681 75 .788 .780 50 .779 2 7 2
67. Lugo G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 79.1 3.86 7.5 334 .270 .750 120 .740 214 .755 .753 113 .799 7 2 2
41. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP Xo··o·oo···X·· 28.0 1.93 9.3 114 .176 .549 62 .695 52 .380 .505 46 .695 1 0 0
46. Schreiber G ·  S ·  vP Xo·o··o·oo·o·· 27.0 2.67 6.0 109 .223 .710 53 .399 56 1.024 .573 34 .449 4 1 0
25. Strahm* G ·  S ·  vP X···X·o·o····· 20.1 4.43 8.0 87 .228 .805 62 .923 25 .532 .835 20 1.037 6 1 0
52. Wacha G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 81.0 3.44 7.4 327 .223 .681 136 .797 191 .597 .567 126 .823 9 3 2
44. Way G ·  S ·  vP ···o·o········ 1.1 27.00 13.5 9 .500 1.556 5 .650 4 2.500 9 1.556 1 0 0
TOTAL 4.38 8.3 .250 .757 .736 .792 82 37 19
KCR Batters vs HOU Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
HOU Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 45. Imai 52. Abreu 69. Blubaugh 65. De Los Santos 71. Hader* 74. King* 48. Okert* 55. Pearson 72. Santa
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
14. Caglianone* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Collins# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/ ··· 1/ ··· ···
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 8/.250 ··· 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ···
22. Jensen* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
12. Loftin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/2.285 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 ···
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 ···
26. Misner* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ···
9. Pasquantino* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.167 6/1.166 ··· 5/1.400 2/1.000 ···
15. Thomas G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ···
2. Tolbert G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 10/.900 4/.250 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
14. Caglianone* G ·  S ·  vP 227 .275 .348 .456 .804 165 .799 62 .814 .807 87 .959 3 1 8 1
1. Collins# G ·  S ·  vP 222 .217 .336 .310 .646 154 .724 68 .478 .772 86 .553 3 3 3 1
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 266 .261 .323 .378 .701 213 .634 53 .977 .811 86 .560 4 3 3 4
22. Jensen* G ·  S ·  vP 228 .214 .285 .383 .668 174 .686 54 .616 .667 84 .552 0 0 8 2
12. Loftin G ·  S ·  vP 112 .231 .342 .374 .716 55 .628 57 .807 .777 56 .657 0 0 1 5
Marte G ·  S ·  vP 78 .257 .321 .343 .663 19 .871 59 .591 .657 35 .576 0 1 1 0
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 150 .262 .282 .461 .743 123 .735 27 .778 .917 69 .816 1 0 6 0
26. Misner* G ·  S ·  vP 0 0 0 0 0
9. Pasquantino* G ·  S ·  vP 280 .221 .307 .352 .660 200 .761 80 .417 .591 104 .677 3 0 6 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 265 .197 .245 .332 .577 197 .512 68 .774 .582 93 .594 0 0 9 3
15. Thomas G ·  S ·  vP 152 .234 .362 .315 .676 76 .599 76 .755 .706 58 .787 3 3 2 1
2. Tolbert G ·  S ·  vP 16 .214 .313 .214 .527 6 .667 10 .425 .000 11 .586 5 2 0 0
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 303 .279 .353 .450 .803 237 .766 66 .936 .836 110 .663 24 4 9 3
TOTAL .239 .315 .379 .693 .694 .691 .735 .664 51 17 63 29

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
45. Imai G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 34.1 5.24 9.4 150 .205 .685 64 .561 86 .781 .586 85 .571 5 5 1
52. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP o·oo··X·X···oo 22.1 6.85 12.5 110 .244 .895 58 .697 52 1.129 .952 40 .723 5 5 0
41. Arrighetti G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 57.0 2.21 8.4 243 .185 .582 111 .603 132 .560 .618 118 .550 3 10 2
69. Blubaugh G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X··XX··X·· 42.2 4.22 7.8 182 .204 .658 88 .728 94 .590 .738 65 .488 5 4 1
50. Burrows G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 73.1 5.77 7.4 326 .295 .881 137 .731 189 .992 .775 132 .969 17 5 1
65. De Los Santos G ·  S ·  vP o·X··Xo·o····X 29.1 3.07 8.6 117 .204 .567 58 .648 59 .491 .566 46 .496 2 1 0
71. Hader* G ·  S ·  vP o·o··X·X······ 4.0 .00 15.8 13 .000 .077 12 .083 1 .000 .000 13 .077 0 0 0
74. King* G ·  S ·  vP o·o··o·X····X· 28.2 2.51 6.9 123 .239 .637 75 .564 48 .750 .708 43 .531 1 2 0
38. Lambert G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 57.0 3.47 8.4 238 .212 .629 106 .821 132 .446 .597 118 .704 5 3 1
48. Okert* G ·  S ·  vP ···o··X·X···Xo 30.0 3.00 7.8 117 .175 .560 61 .631 56 .481 .819 40 .371 3 2 2
55. Pearson G ·  S ·  vP ···X···X··o··X 6.2 4.05 9.4 28 .208 .738 15 1.092 13 .322 .384 28 .738 1 1 1
72. Santa G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X··X··X·o· 10.0 .90 7.2 39 .094 .299 23 .367 16 .188 .330 39 .299 0 0 0
17. Teng G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 51.0 3.71 8.6 215 .219 .690 105 .501 110 .878 .681 111 .741 6 0 1
TOTAL 4.85 8.6 .241 .751 .738 .658 89 49 16

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