Texas governor credits Astros a little too quickly

After that, the Royals, who were on the verge of elimination, scored seven unanswered runs, taking the game and tying the best-of-five divisional series at two games each.

“It was critical for us to score in the ninth”, Hosmer said.

“The mindset really from the whole entire team, the whole entire offense, was just make this at-bat count”, Hosmer said. It’s never quit, and the character we showed today. “That’s what a championship ballclub does”.

The Houston Astros, the surprise team of the regular season, need to have a short memory if they are to win their American League Division Series.

Abbott’s tweet was posted – and quickly deleted – during the 7th inning, when the Astros were enjoying a four-run lead over the Royals. “I wish I was flawless, I wish I could do everything ideal, but I’m not, I’m human”. I wish I could do everything ideal, but I’m not. But Kansas City rallied in the top of 8th, scoring 5 runs and forcing a series-deciding Game 5 in Missouri. Collin McHugh gets the nod, and he’s 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA and one strikeout this postseason.

“It’s a big-boy sport”. The Royals reminded every Astros player and fan, though, that it takes 27 outs to win a game – not 21. He tweeted: “No predictions”.

The Kansas City Royals kept their bid for a World Series return on track, rallying with five runs in the eighth inning to beat Houston 9-6 and stay alive in their playoff series.

In the Game 4 loss, Correa launched not one, but two bombs that had the fans in Houston jumping out of their seats and pondering the bright future they have with this young man. Get at-bats, let’s start it moving. Designated hitter Kendrys Morales proceeded to hit a bouncer up the middle that deflected off Sipp’s glove and over the reach of Correa’s glove into center field. “You get down two strikes, you miss a couple of heaters, and I’m just trying to put the ball in play”. That’s a decision I’m sure he is now regretting.

While Gordon pushed the Royals in front with his RBI groundout off Astros closer Luke Gregerson, he merely put the bow on a breathtaking display of plate discipline.

Eric Hosmer was getting criticized for not showing up in this playoff series, but now he’s had at least three huge hits, and two of them came on Monday – and they came when it mattered. Wade Davis pitched two scoreless innings for his second save. Evan Gattis and Carlos Gomez followed with singles, and the Royals season appeared to be in serious peril. McCullers went 6.1 innings giving up two runs on two hits while striking out seven and walking two on 110 pitches.

Will Harris comes back out after the seventh inning with a 6-2 lead and surrenders consecutive hits, but that’s okay because there is no way, no way that we can come down from the seventh inning high, right?

All of the heroes from Game 4 were spotted: starting pitcher Yordano Ventura, Lorenzo Cain, Mike Moustakas and Alex Gordon, who drove in the go-ahead run.

As for the Royals offense, they were the first to crack the scoreboard in this one in the second inning behind a Salvador Perez two run home run.