Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Astros
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
June 18, 2005
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Houston Astros, played on June 18, 2005 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 2005 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 2005 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roy Oswalt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | D.J. Carrasco |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 26,523 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marty Foster 1B: Jim Joyce 2B: Laz Diaz 3B: Dana DeMuth |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willy Taveras | Center Fielder |
| Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
| Mike Lamb | DH |
| Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
| Morgan Ensberg | Third Baseman |
| Jason Lane | Right Fielder |
| Adam Everett | Shortstop |
| Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
| Chris Burke | Left Fielder |
| Phil Garner | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Angel Berroa | Shortstop |
| David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
| Terrence Long | Left Fielder |
| Matt Stairs | First Baseman |
| Emil Brown | Right Fielder |
| Shane Costa | DH |
| Tony Graffanino | Third Baseman |
| Ruben Gotay | Second Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Astros
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
June 18, 2005
Top 1
-
Astros, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Carrasco
Taveras hits a fly ball into left field. Long picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Long. Taveras moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Biggio vs. Carrasco
Biggio bunts towards the mound. Carrasco fields it and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Lamb vs. Carrasco
Lamb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Berkman vs. Carrasco
Berkman takes first base on ball four. Lamb moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ensberg vs. Carrasco
Ensberg hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taveras tags and scores. Lamb tags and moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Lane vs. Carrasco
Lane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berroa fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Oswalt
Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Oswalt
DeJesus hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Biggio reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Long vs. Oswalt
Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Carrasco
Everett hits a popup beyond short. Berroa can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Carrasco
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Carrasco
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berroa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Oswalt
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Oswalt
Brown hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Costa vs. Oswalt
Costa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Graffanino vs. Oswalt
Graffanino strikes out. View Play
Top 3
-
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Carrasco
Taveras takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Carrasco
Biggio hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Long. Biggio reaches second base with a double. Taveras goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lamb vs. Carrasco
Lamb hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Berkman vs. Carrasco
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berkman for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Ensberg vs. Carrasco
Ensberg strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Oswalt
Gotay hits a fly ball into right field. Lane settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Oswalt
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Oswalt
Berroa strikes out. View Play
Top 4
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lane vs. Carrasco
Lane takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Everett vs. Carrasco
Everett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lane moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Ausmus vs. Carrasco
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berroa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lane moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Burke vs. Carrasco
Burke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Oswalt
DeJesus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burke. DeJesus reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Oswalt
Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ensberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stairs vs. Oswalt
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DeJesus moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Oswalt
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Carrasco
Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Carrasco
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Lamb vs. Carrasco
Lamb hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Berkman vs. Carrasco
Berkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Ensberg vs. Carrasco
Ensberg hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Costa vs. Oswalt
Costa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oswalt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Graffanino vs. Oswalt
Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ensberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Oswalt
Gotay bunts towards third. Ensberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lane vs. Carrasco
Lane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gotay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Carrasco
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Graffanino fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Carrasco
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berroa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Oswalt
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Oswalt
Berroa hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Oswalt
DeJesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Oswalt
Long hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burke. Long reaches second base with a double. DeJesus moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Stairs vs. Oswalt
Stairs hits a line drive towards the mound. Oswalt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Carrasco
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Graffanino fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Graffanino. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Carrasco
Taveras bunts towards third. Graffanino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burke moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Biggio vs. Carrasco
Biggio bunts towards the mound. Carrasco fields it and throws to third for the out. Taveras moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lamb vs. Carrasco
Lamb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Biggio moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Berkman vs. Carrasco
Berkman hits a line drive into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ensberg vs. Carrasco
Ensberg hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Buck settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Oswalt
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Costa vs. Oswalt
Costa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ensberg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Graffanino vs. Oswalt
Graffanino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gotay vs. Oswalt
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lane vs. Affeldt
Jeremy Affeldt now pitching.
Lane hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Everett vs. Affeldt
Everett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gotay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Affeldt
Ausmus takes first base on ball four. Lane moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Burke vs. Affeldt
Burke hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lane scores. Ausmus moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Taveras vs. Affeldt
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay misplays the ball. That's an error on Gotay. Ausmus scores. Burke goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Affeldt
Biggio hits a line drive towards the mound. Affeldt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lamb vs. Affeldt
Lamb strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Astros, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Oswalt
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Oswalt
Berroa hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Lane. Berroa reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
McEwing vs. Oswalt
Joe McEwing pinch hits for David DeJesus.
McEwing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berroa moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Long vs. Oswalt
Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berroa scores. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Oswalt
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Long moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Stairs vs. Oswalt
Stairs hits a popup towards third. Ensberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Nunez
Joe McEwing now playing third base. Terrence Long now playing center field. Matt Stairs now playing left field. Tony Graffanino now playing first
Berkman hits a line drive towards first. Graffanino reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ensberg vs. Nunez
Ensberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. McEwing fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lane vs. Nunez
Lane strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Everett vs. Nunez
Everett strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Springer
Russ Springer now pitching.
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Lane settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Costa vs. Springer
Costa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Graffanino vs. Springer
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Costa moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Graffanino vs. Springer
Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ensberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gotay vs. Springer
Gotay hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Taveras who is chasing the ball. Gotay reaches third base with a triple. Costa scores. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Buck vs. Springer
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 6/18/2005 -- Houston at Kansas City (N)
Houston AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Taveras W, cf 4 3 3 0 Berroa A, ss 4 1 1 0
Biggio C, 2b 4 0 1 1 DeJesus D, cf 2 0 1 0
Lamb M, dh 4 0 1 1 McEwing J, ph-3b 1 0 0 0
Berkman L, 1b 3 0 0 0 Long T, lf-cf 4 0 2 1
Ensberg M, 3b 4 0 1 1 Stairs M, 1b-lf 4 0 0 0
Lane J, rf 4 1 1 0 Brown E, rf 4 0 2 0
Everett A, ss 5 0 2 0 Costa S, dh 4 1 1 0
Ausmus B, c 3 1 0 0 Graffanino T, 3b-1b 4 0 1 0
Burke C, lf 4 1 1 1 Gotay R, 2b 4 0 1 1
Buck J, c 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 10 4 35 2 9 2
Houston 101 000 130 -- 6
Kansas City 000 000 011 -- 2
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt R (W) 8.0 7 1 1 1 4
Springer R 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Carrasco D (L) 7.0 7 3 2 5 2
Affeldt J 1.0 2 3 1 1 1
Nunez L 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
E -- Long T, Graffanino T, Gotay R
DP -- Houston 1, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Houston 10, Kansas City 7
2B -- Biggio C, DeJesus D, Long T, Berroa A
3B -- Gotay R
SH -- Biggio C
SF -- Ensberg M
T -- 2:40
A -- 26523
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
