Overview

• Seth Lugo delivered eight dominant scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing just three hits with one walk on 94 pitches.
• Lucas Erceg secured his first career save with a perfect ninth inning, preserving the Royals' first shutout win of the season.
• Drew Waters sparked Kansas City's offense with two doubles, setting up both runs scored on sacrifice flies in the fifth and sixth innings.
• The Royals have rebounded from early-season struggles, winning five straight games after a six-game losing streak.
• Astros starter Hayden Wesneski took the loss, allowing two runs on eight hits over five-plus innings in Houston's series-opening defeat.