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Astros

A.Escobar flied out to right fielder Springer.

Moustakas lined out to right fielder Springer.

A.Gordon singled to right, S.Perez to third.

Royals

Col.Rasmus doubled to right, Springer scored.

Springer singled to left, Carter scored, J.Castro scored, Marisnick to second.

Singled to left, Carter scored, J.Castro scored, Marisnick to second.

Col.Rasmus homered to right on a 1-2 count.

Zobrist grounded into a double play, third baseman Valbuena to second baseman Altuve to first baseman Carter, Rios scored, A.Escobar out.

Grounded into a double play, third baseman Valbuena to second baseman Altuve to first baseman Carter, Rios scored, A.Escobar out.

S.Perez walked on four pitches, Hosmer scored, K.Morales to third, Moustakas to second.

Walked on four pitches, Hosmer scored, K.Morales to third, Moustakas to second.

Zobrist singled to left, A.Escobar scored.

Astros first.  Altuve flied out to center fielder L.Cain.  Springer walked on a full count.  Correa struck out.  Col.Rasmus doubled to right, Springer scored.  Gattis singled to left, Col.Rasmus to third.  Valbuena struck out.

Astros second.  Carter singled to center.  J.Castro walked on a full count, Carter to second.  Marisnick hit an infield single to shortstop, Carter to third, J.Castro to second.  Altuve flied out to right fielder Rios.  Springer singled to left, Carter scored, J.Castro scored, Marisnick to second.  Correa grounded into a double play, third baseman Moustakas to second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Hosmer, Springer out.

Royals second.  K.Morales struck out.  Moustakas lined out to right fielder Springer.  S.Perez homered to left on a 1-0 count.  A.Gordon grounded out, second baseman Altuve to first baseman Carter.

Astros third.  Col.Rasmus homered to right on a 1-2 count.  Gattis grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer.  Valbuena popped out to shortstop A.Escobar.  Carter struck out.

Royals third.  Rios doubled to center.  A.Escobar hit an infield single to second, Rios to third.  Zobrist grounded into a double play, third baseman Valbuena to second baseman Altuve to first baseman Carter, Rios scored, A.Escobar out.  L.Cain fouled out to right fielder Springer.

Royals sixth.  Zobrist flied out to center fielder Marisnick.  L.Cain doubled to right.  O.Perez pitching.  Hosmer singled to center, L.Cain scored.  K.Morales singled to center, Hosmer to third.  Moustakas walked, K.Morales to second.  J.Fields pitching.  S.Perez walked on four pitches, Hosmer scored, K.Morales to third, Moustakas to second.  A.Gordon struck out.  Rios struck out.

Royals seventh.  W.Harris pitching.  A.Escobar tripled to right.  Zobrist singled to left, A.Escobar scored.  L.Cain grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Altuve to shortstop Correa, Zobrist out.  Hosmer flied out to left fielder Col.Rasmus.  Sipp pitching.  K.Morales grounded out, third baseman Valbuena to first baseman Carter.

For the fifth time in franchise history, the Astros are up 1-0 in a best-of-five postseason series. Houston has won each of the last two best-of-five postseason series when it was up 1-0 (2004 and 2005 NLDS both against the Braves). The Royals are down 0-1 in a best-of-five postseason series also for the fifth time in franchise history and they have never come back to win any of the previous four of these series.

Houston has had two home runs in each of its first two games this postseason. It's just the second time in franchise history the Astros have started a postseason with multiple home runs in each of their first two games (also in 2004). Including the regular season, Houston has hit multiple home runs in five of its last six games.

Scott Kazmir will be making his eighth career postseason start and will be making a postseason start with his third different franchise (also Ray and Angels). Since winning his first career postseason start in Game 2 of the 2008 ALDS with the Rays against the White Sox, Kazmir has gone 0-2 with a 5.52 ERA in six starts and one relief appearance.

Johnny Cueto will be making his fourth career postseason start and his first with the Royals. Cueto is still looking for his first postseason win, going 0-2 with a 5.19 ERA in three postseason starts with the Reds. Since joining the Royals, Cueto is 0-4 with a 7.00 ERA after a team loss (team is 0-5 in these games).

Colby Rasmus has homered in each of his first two games this postseason and including the regular season, now has five home runs over his last five games. Rasmus is the first Astros player to homer in each of the team's first two postseason games since Ken Caminiti in 1999.

Last night, Kendrys Morales went 2-for-4 with two home runs, accounting for both of the Royals' runs in the game. Morales is the first player in Royals' postseason history to have a multi-home run game. Four of Morales' 11 hits in his postseason career have been home runs.

HP - Hernandez, 1B - Everitt, 2B - Kulpa, 3B - Davis

The Houston Astros swung a deal for Scott Kazmir in July with October baseball in mind.
The Kansas City Royals did the same for Johnny Cueto.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)  The Kansas City Royals whipped out the same formula that carried them to last year's World Series to turn back the Houston Astros and tie their AL Division Series at a game apiece.
Some clutch hitting. Stingy defense. An unflappable bullpen.

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HOU	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
KC	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	X

Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals on October 9, 2015

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