Here’s The Royals vs. Astros Game Schedule

Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer waits to take batting practice before Game 2 in baseball’s American League Division Series against the Houston Astros, Friday, October 9, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo.

Zobrist grounded a single to left on a curveball by Houston reliever Will Harris that scored Escobar, who led off the inning with a triple to right center. “And we just concentrated to the last out”. It doesn’t matter how many runs we are down as long as we have an out left we are going to try and find a way, and we did that today.

Three relievers took over and got the game to Luke Gregerson, part of Oakland’s wild-card collapse in Kansas City a year ago. John Lackey got the win against former teammate Jon Lester and rookies Tommy Pham and Stephen Piscotty each hit home runs to help power the Cards to a 4-0 win.

Keuchel, a Cy Young Award contender, already has one postseason victory. Keone Kela ended up with the win for the Rangers, while LaTroy Hawkins took the loss and Ross Ohlendorf finished off the game with the save. The Blue Jays are trying to turn the rare feat of winning a best-of-five series after dropping the first two games at home, and they were just 40-41 on the road during the regular season. “So I think I made the right choice”. It’s just a little bit higher than home.

It starts with Edinson Volquez, who faced the ‘Stros in Houston once this year.

Johnny Cueto’s struggles since joining the Royals after the trade deadline (including a 2-4 record and 5.58 ERA in September) appeared to be following him into the postseason.

The Minute Maid Park roof will be closed and the air conditioning will be running Sunday when the Astros return home for the first time since September 27.

Volquez, who signed with the Royals before the season, has never won a postseason game in two previous starts.

But he has a 6-0 career record and a 2.70 ERA in nine career outings against the Astros while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres in the National League.

DH Kendrys Morales blasted a pair of home runs in Game 1.

It should be a very close game that comes down to the wire, but Kansas City should be able to even the series at 1-1.

Look, I get it. I know no one wants to think about off season moves because the Kansas City Royals will have a lot of hard decisions to make. “He’s a guy that locates real well, so we understand we’ve got to sit on the pitch and drive it the other way”.

It didn’t work when Hinch pulled starter Scott Kazmir in the sixth inning, as Oliver Perez and the rest of the Astros bullpen melted down, allowing Kansas City to score twice and knot the game 4-all.

As rain started falling in the third inning, the grounds crew sprang into action, hustling to get the tarp over the field as quick as possible.

“Getting out of here with a win feels great”. His goal is soft contact and brief at-bats, and for the last two seasons, few have been better at this pursuit. He has pitched to a 1.46 ERA at Houston’s Minute-Maid Park.