Astros lose 6-4 in extra innings.
WP: Danny Duffy (1-0)
LP: Jerome Williams (0-1)
S: Gregg Holland (5)
contributed by Sphinx Drummond
The usual 13,000 or so who attend home games were joined by another 10,000 (or so) who were eagerly awaiting the debut of George Springer only to be greeted by Gerorge Springer, at least according to the Astros’ scoreboard operators. 
Come on guys, it’s embarrassing enough being a proud Astro fan. Okay so maybe it’s not as egregious as promoting an appearance by a dead guy but I really think this organization needs to hire a proof reader.
As nice as the addition of Springer is, the team is still about 5 or 6 position players and 5 or 6 pitchers from being contenders. But he does make them incrementally more competitive. They’re are better team with Grorege in the line up. Even if he did only manage a 20 foot infield single as his first hit, finishing the night 1 for 5.
After a clean first frame, the Astros fell behind in the second on a solo blast by Danny Valencia. Goerge Springer’s single came with one out in the bottom of the third inning and he scored his first run when the next batter Jason Castro hit his third home run of the season, giving the Astros a 2 to 1 lead.
The Royals scored one run in the fourth inning to tie the game and the Astros surged ahead with two more runs in the sixth frame. Houston starter Dallas Keuchel pitched well though six innings and left the game with a chance to pick up a win. The lead was short lived as Kansas City scored two runs of their own in the top of the seventh.
The game remained tied at the end of nine, and it was on to extra innings. The Royals scored two runs in the eleventh inning off of Jerome Williams, who was working his second inning in relief. Although they did get the tying run on base, the Astros were unable to knock the runners in and lost the game 6-4 in eleven innings.
Thursday the Astros will start Scott Feldman (2-0) and the Royals will send James Shields (0-2) to the mound in a 7:10 CT start time.
The Astros have now fallen to a 5-10 record. It’s not the worst in record in MLB, they still have a better record than the Cubs and Diamondbacks. Also they have fallen below .500 on Wōden’s day for the first time in years* (citation needed). What the hell is going on in Asgaard?
Game Time: 4:06
Weather: 63 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind: 9 mph, Out to Left
Attendance: 23,043