Royals comeback stuns Astros

Royals left fielder Alex Gordon plated the go-ahead run with a groundout to cap a stunning five-run, eighth-inning rally in the Kansas City Royals’ 9-6 victory over the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

Correa absolutely shined for Houston, going 4/4 with two runs, four RBI, a double, and a homer to power the team’s offense.

Lesser clubs would have been rattled as Astros rookie sensation Carlos Correa hit his second home run of the day and Colby Rasmus dropped his fourth homer of the postseason to develop a four-run lead at the end of seven on the road.

In game three, Kansas City was the first to score. The Royals, who are no stranger to do-or-die games and sudden-death contest situations are aiming to reach the American League Championship Series for the second straight year. Kendrys Morales, a former Mariner, followed with a hard, one-bouncer off Sipp’s glove.

The Astros scored three times in the seventh, extending their 3-2 lead with a pair of home runs.

Royals right-hander Wade Davis slammed the door with two scoreless innings of relief, sending the series back to Kauffman Stadium with the series tied 2-2. “I think that success is a lot more sweet when you kind of go through hardship like we did the first couple years that I was up here”, Keuchel said.

Kansas City Royals’ Yordano Ventura (30) delivers a pitch to…

The home run was a towering shot into the Astros’ bullpen, but that probably doesn’t happen unless Hosmer comes through in the eighth.

Jason Castro drove in two runs with a single in the fifth that made it 2-1. I’m going to go back to the Astros’ seventh, when they scored four times and were knocking Royals reliever Ryan Madson around. However, the ball took a tough spin and went right past Correa, giving the Royals two runs with no one out.

Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit home runs before Dickey, the 40-year-old knuckleballer, threw his first postseason pitch, and the Blue Jays won both games in Texas in a span of 24 hours.

Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel speaks during a news conference for baseball’s American League Division Series, Saturday, October 10, 2015, in Houston.

Rasmus, who homered in the AL wild-card win over the Yankees, hit his third home run of the ALDS when he followed Correa’s second shot with a home run off the foul pole in right field in the seventh. Lil’ B, a rapper also known as the “Based God”, sent his good vibes to the Blue Jays on Twitter before Toronto’s Game 3 win in Arlington.

“They don’t need to be told that Game 5’s a big game”, he said. 182 in the postseason, and that’s better than the Astros’ home run and RBI leader Evan Gattis, who is hitting just.150.