On the brink of elimination, the Royals, score 5 runs in the top of the 8th to erase a 6 – 2 deficit and go on to beat the Astros, 9 – 6, to force a fifth game in the Division Series. The big inning results from a series of singles and walks, and one error. Houston wastes great performances by two youngsters, P Lance McCullers who strikes out 7 and gives up only 2 runs in 6 1/3 innings, and SS Carlos Correa who reaches base five times, hits a pair of homers and a double, and drives in 4 runs.

On October 12, 2015 — On the brink of elimination, the Royals, score 5 runs in the top of the 8th to erase a 6 – 2 deficit and go on to beat the Astros, 9 – 6, to force a fifth game in the Division Series. The big inning results from a series of singles and walks, and one error. Houston wastes great performances by two youngsters, P Lance McCullers who strikes out 7 and gives up only 2 runs in 6 1/3 innings, and SS Carlos Correa who reaches base five times, hits a pair of homers and a double, and drives in 4 runs.

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