Perez's 8th-inning 選び出す／独身 sends 王室のs past Astros, 7-6
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City 王室のs had shown very little fight in a three-game sweep by the St. Louis 枢機けい／主要なs over the 週末.
They showed about three games' 価値（がある） of it Monday night.
After answering about every time the Houston Astros tied the game or pulled ahead, Salvador Perez capped the 支援する-and-前へ／外へ 事件／事情／状勢 with a two-out 選び出す／独身 in the eighth inning that 解除するd the 王室のs to a 7-6 victory over the AL West leaders.
"We just played three games that I felt were very uncharacteristic. We didn't 陳列する，発揮する any 肉親，親類d of whatever," 王室のs 経営者／支配人 マイク Matheny said. "It wasn't like us, and to see them come out - we talk about teams having short memories and it's pretty amazing how these guys forget about the last one and come 支援する and keep going."
Whit Merrifield and Nicky Lopez produced 支援する-to-支援する two-out （テニスなどの）シングルス off Astros reliever Yimi Garcia (3-8) before Perez （機の）カム to the plate. The big catcher got just enough of a slider off the 扱う of the bat to 減少（する） it 負かす／撃墜する the 権利-field line, 許すing Merrifield and Lopez to 得点する／非難する／２０ the go-ahead runs - and both would be important.
Scott Barlow (5-3), who who unable to 保存する the lead in the eighth when he 許すd an 相続するd 走者 to 得点する／非難する／２０, also gave up a ホームラン to Jason Castro in the ninth. But he got a みごたえのある 防御の play from Lopez at second base to retire Jake Meyers, and Jose Altuve popped out to end the game along with Kansas City's four-game losing streak.
Kansas City 王室のs' Salvador Perez celebrates in the dugout after 得点する／非難する／２０ing on a 選び出す／独身 by Ryan O'Hearn during the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
"Just trying to get on base, keep it moving and turn it over to Salvy," said Lopez, who also stole three bases in the game.
"I mean, that´s their game. That´s the 傾向 of the 王室のs as long as I can remember," Astros 経営者／支配人 Dusty パン職人 said. "Not only are they 積極的な, they have 速度(を上げる）. They're 主要な the world in stolen bases."
Aledmys Diaz and Carlos Correa went 深い for the Astros, whose bullpen had put together a 英貨の／純銀の 1.85 ERA since the 貿易（する） 最終期限. But reliever Ryne Stanek coughed up a run in a messy seventh inning that 含むd a walk, a 選び出す／独身 and a 攻撃する，衝突する 乱打する, and Garcia 許すd three straight 攻撃する，衝突するs in the eighth to take the loss.
Stolen bases aside, both teams had trouble on the base paths.
The 王室のs had 走者s thrown out at the plate in each of the first two innings. And in the fifth, Carlos Santana was caught wandering off second on a comebacker to the 投手.
The Astros watched Michael Brantley get thrown out at first after his tying 選び出す／独身 in the fifth. Chas McCormick made a silly 試みる／企てる at 前進するing on Meyers' 内野 選び出す／独身 in the seventh and was thrown out at third. And Diaz gave up the last out of the eighth when he was caught between first and second に引き続いて his tying 選び出す／独身.
That wasn't the end of the teams mimicking each other.
Correa broke a 3-all 行き詰まる with his 発射 to left 主要な off the sixth, only for Dozier to answer with his ホームラン in the 底（に届く） half. And when Lopez swiped two 捕らえる、獲得するs after a walk to 製造（する） a go-ahead run for Kansas City in the seventh, pinch hitter Taylor Jones 二塁打d and 得点する／非難する／２０d on Diaz's 選び出す／独身 to knot the game again.
TRAINER'S ROOM
王室のs: SS Adalberto Mondesi has 支援するd off left-手渡すd swings after some scar tissue from a previous oblique 傷害 was 設立する on that 味方する. Mondesi is still doing some fielding work, throwing and swinging 権利-手渡すd as he tries to come 支援する from his third 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） stint of the season. His 緊張するd left oblique landed him on the IL on June 21.
"There's some 深い 失望／欲求不満. This guy wants to play," Matheny said. "That's the thing that gets lost in this. As much as we want to see him out there, he wants to be out here more."
ROSTER MOVES
The 王室のs placed RHP Greg Holland on the IL with a 権利 shoulder impingement and 解任するd RHP Joel Payamps from ３倍になる-A Omaha. Holland is 2-5 with a 5.79 ERA and seven saves in 50 外見s.
"It's been something he's been trying to fight through," Matheny said. "We weren't 伸び（る）ing ground."
CENTER SITUATION
McCormick and Meyers flip-flopped what have become their normal 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs in the 外野. McCormick moved to 権利 field for the 15th time this season while Meyers made his first career start in 中心.
"I just felt like it was better for McCormick to play 権利 and Meyers to play 中心," パン職人 said.
UP NEXT
Houston's Framber Valdez (8-3, 3.09 ERA) takes the 塚 against Kansas City's Daniel Lynch (2-3, 5.97) as the series continues on Tuesday night.
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Houston Astros' Jose Altuve celebrates in the dugout after 得点する／非難する／２０ing on a 選び出す／独身 by Yordan Alvarez during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City 王室のs Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas City 王室のs starting 投手 Carlos Hernandez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Houston Astros starting 投手 Jake Odorizzi throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City 王室のs Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez 攻撃する，衝突するs an 打点 選び出す／独身 during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City 王室のs Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas City 王室のs' Ryan O'Hearn is tagged out at home by Houston Astros catcher Jason Castro as he tried t o 得点する／非難する／２０ on a fielder's choice 攻撃する，衝突する into by Hunter Dozier during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas City 王室のs' Whit Merrifield 攻撃する，衝突するs an 打点 選び出す／独身 during the second inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas City 王室のs' Hunter Dozier celebrates in the dugout after 得点する／非難する／２０ing on an 打点 選び出す／独身 攻撃する，衝突する by Whit Merrifield during the second inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
