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ASTROS 6, ROYALS 5 (10) Extra-inning heroics erase bullpen’s blunder

By Chandler Rome Astros 6, Royals 5 (10) but he chose Javier. Whit STAFF WRITER Kansas Cityabrhbibbsoavg Merrifield made him re- Merrifield 2b 512402.280 Lopez ss 400012.278 gret it. Javier’s first pitch bounded Perez dh-c 411111.272 missed “two feet” inside, Benintendi lf 400000.260 out of the dugout. None of Dozier 1b 402001.211 according to Baker. Merri- O’Hearn rf 300002.223 his teammates followed. Dyson rf 100000.215 field mashed it for a go- Embarrassed but elated, M.Taylor cf 412001.244 ahead grand slam into the Rivera 3b 310012.273 Bregman bent over at third Gallagher c310011.180 Crawford Boxes. base to conceal his grin. Alberto pr 000000.268 “My heart sank at that Payamps p000000 --- He soaked in the pregame Totals 35 575412 moment,” Baker said. applause from a sparse af- Houston ab rhbi bb so avg Television cameras cap- Altuve 2b 500000.274 ternoon crowd. Diaz lf 501101.303 tured McCullers disap- The other eight Astros Gurriel 1b 411012.316 pearing into the clubhouse Alvarez dh 512101.284 arrived amid it to welcome Correa ss 210030.276 when the ball landed. him back from a two- Bregman 3b 512100.278 Three of the four runs to Tucker rf 502001.274 month absence, from Meyers cf 512101.316 cross were his responsibil- Maldonado c311100.179 which Bregman is bringing Brantley ph 101100.316 ity. His ERA rose to 3.32 af- 2 amore responsible ap- Castro c000000.190 ter the 6 ⁄3-inning appear- proach. Soft-tissue inju- Totals 40 612646 ance. He faced 27 batters Kansas City000 100 400 0—570 ries have robbed him of Houston 001 101 110 1—6120 but rued the final two. more than 70 games LOB—Kansas City 5, Houston 11. 2B—Merrifield McCullers dodged con- (28), Gurriel (27), Bregman (15). HR—Perez (34), across the last two sea- off McCullers Jr.; Merrifield (9), off Javier; Maldo- stant traffic and inconsis- sons. The man who seems nado (10), off Minor; Alvarez (26), off Minor. RBIs- tent command. The Royals —Perez (82), Merrifield 4 (65), Maldonado (30), to stay at superhuman Alvarez (86), Bregman (35), Diaz (38), Brantley had a baserunner against speed might need to slow (43), Meyers (12). CS—Merrifield (3), Dozier (3). him in every inning but David J. Phillip /Associated Press Runners left in scoring position—Kansas City 0; Astros rookie outfielder Jake Meyers had the game-winning hit in the 10th inning down. The Astros cannot Houston 4 (Tucker, Alvarez, Altuve, Bregman). one. Maldonado threw risk losing him again. RISP—Kansas City1 for 3; Houston 4 for12. Runners two of them out trying to as Houston mounted a comeback to top Kansas City, 6-5. moved up—Correa, Altuve, Meyers. DP—Houston 1 Caution must supersede (Maldonado, Correa, Maldonado). steal bases. aggression. Manager Kansas Cityiph rerbbsonpera Perez pummeled Mc- Minor 663 31394 5.30 2 agrees. He Tapia, H, 3 ⁄3 21 11018 2.70 Cullers’ elevated sinker for 1 Lovelady, H, 3 ⁄3 00 000 53.79 sought his athletic trainer 2 agame-tying solo home Staumont, H, 9 ⁄3 11 11117 3.42 1 before the bottom of the Barlow, BS, 1 ⁄3 20 01231 2.49 run to start the fourth. 8-14 1 10th inning for advice. Payamps, L, ⁄3 11 00010 2.51 Kansas City struck out sev- 0-3 “Is Breggy good enough Houston ip hrer bb so np era en times but seemed far 2 to run if he has to score?” McCullers Jr. 6 ⁄3 54 447107 3.32 more patient and less will- 1 Javier, BS, 2-4 1 ⁄3 11 10215 2.90 Baker asked. Pressly110 00215 1.94 ing to chase McCullers’ Graveman, W, 100 00114 1.02 Baker had one player 5-0 slider. He generated just 12 left on his bench. The Inherited runners-scored—Lovelady 2-0, Barlow 2-1, swings and misses out of Javier 3-3. Umpires—Home, Nestor Ceja; First, trainer gave his blessing, Todd Tichenor; Second, Nate Tomlinson; Third, the 47 swings offered. and Bregman walked to Tony Randazzo. T—3:45. A—21,052 (41,168). McCullers matched his second base to start the season high with four 10th. Under Baker’s or- walks. The final two ders, third-base coach amanager of his folly. turned near-fatal. He se- Omar Lopez did not wave Run-scoring singles by cured two quick seventh- him home on Kyle Tuck- Aledmys Diaz in the sev- inning outs before unrav- er’s single. Ninety feet enth and eling against the bottom of away from a win, Bregman in the eighth brought the abad lineup. Taylor struck scooted out to a secondary club back from a crushing asingle. Eight-hole hitter lead at third base. Jake blow. Brantley’s two-out Emmanuel Rivera worked Meyers gave him reason to knock against Royals re- aseven-pitch free pass. sprint. liever Scott Barlow allevi- Cam Gallagher, the Meyers chopped a sink- ated what had been a 3- backup catcher batting er toward Kansas City re- for-30 stretch for the out- ninth, loomed. liever Joel Payamps. It fielder, tying a game Cris- “After the two-out single bounced off the ’s tian Javier tried to give and a base on balls, I said, body and trickled a few away. ‘Well, it’s his game,’”Bak- feet away. Bregman Javier had inherited six er said. “He had a .188 hit- booked it across home baserunners all season. ter up with two RBIs and plate as the run that com- Two scored. He is a starter one home run.I said ‘Well, pleted a comeback. Team- still learning the intrica- he’s got enough to get this mates now poured from cies of relieving. Baker and guy.’” the dugout to join him. pitching coach Brent McCullers walked Gal- “That’s what this team Strom are gradually intro- lagher on eight pitches. has been all about,” catch- ducing the young right- His final offering sailed er Martin Maldonado said hander to leverage situa- two feet into the other bat- after the 6-5 win. “We felt tions. Perhaps Wednesday ter’s box. Baker ascended like it was a must-win game was a step too far. the dugout steps after it for us today, especially Baker turned to Javier landed. McCullers had with the off day tomorrow. for the top of Kansas City’s thrown 107 pitches, four It was really good to get order in the seventh in- shy of his season high. He that win.” ning. Starter Lance McCul- handed his manager the Oakland and Seattle sat lers Jr. departed with the baseball and left with a idle Wednesday, so the As- bases loaded and two outs. lead soon to be lost. tros gained a half-game Houston clung to a 3-1 lead. “I was praying the boys 1 game in the American Ryne Stanek threw 1 ⁄3 in- would bail me out, which League West. Their come- nings Tuesday night, ren- they did,” Baker said. back created a five-game dering him unavailable. “Sometimes you need cushion over the A’s and a Stanek is ordinarily the that.” six-game lead over Seattle. man for a stressful spot be- Houston hasn’t had a divi- fore the eighth or ninth. chandler.rome@ sion lead this big since July Baker could have brought chron.com Notice Of Sale Pursuant to Chapter 59 31. Securing it required a in setup man Kendall Gra- twitter.com/ Texas Property Code, Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at late-inning rally to absolve veman for an extra out, chandler_rome public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property belonging to those individuals listed. Bidding takes place on www.lockerfox.com ending on Thursday the 2nd day of September, 2021 SOCCER at 10:00 AM with cash payment and pick- up at Purely Storage - Groves, 6111 Gulfway Drive, Groves, TX, 77619 Rodg- ers, Eric H. unit 242. Reynolds, Ednakeshia unit 153. Cooley, Preston unit PSG rejects Madrid’s offer 172. Ramirez-Aguirre, Diego unit 063. Monroe/Herreras, Brandon/Kathi unit 399. Harris, Nathen unit 086. Carbonell, Yuniel unit 271. Turner, Britney unit C25. for Mbappe, open to talks Pitre, Krestan Faith unit 370. The proper- ty consists of household goods, furniture, clothing, toys, sporting goods, and mis- cellaneous. Purely Storage may refuse By Tales Azzoni The club had been saying bers in the last few years. any bid and may rescind any purchase up AP SPORTS WRITER he was not for sale and that “It seems like this is a until the winning bidder takes possession it wants to extend his con- strategy by Madrid to hear a of the personal property. MADRID — Real Madrid is tract, but the current deal ‘no’ from us but to show pursuing a blockbuster deal ends this season and the that it tried everything to for forward Kylian Mbappe, club may end up getting sign him now, then wait and INVITATION FOR BID TO although Paris Saint-Ger- nothing for him if it doesn’t get him for free next year,” PROVIDE LAWN AND GROUND main is seemingly holding accept an offer now. He said Leonardo said. MAINTNENANCE SERVICES out for a better offer. Mbappe promised to the Madrid president Floren- IFB #22-0001 PSG sporting director Le- club he would never leave tino Perez has publicly spo- Spindletop Center is requesting bids to onardo on Wednesday said for free. ken about the club’s interest Provide Lawn and Ground Maintenance Services to all campuses and properties the French club has reject- Leonardo said PSG al- in Mbappe in the past, and owned by Spindletop Center. ed an offer of about $188 ready verbally said “no” to the player has never denied To receive the specifications for the bid, million from Madrid but the initial Madrid offer of his desire to one day play contact Wayne Hill, Facilities Director, at (409) 784-5408 or via email at added that it is willing to ne- “around” $188 million, with the team. [email protected]. Specifications will gotiate. which was being widely re- Mbappe, who was yet to be sent to each requestor by email. Leonardo told French ported in Spain and France. speak publicly about the All bids must be received in the Facilities Director Office located in the Spindletop broadcaster RMC Sport and He said the offer was “very Madrid offer, appeared hes- Center Maintenance Building located at other media outlets that the far from what Kylian repre- itant to reach a new deal the address above before the closing date and time. Both paper and email submis- initial Madrid offer is below sents at the moment.” with PSG recently, knowing sions will be allowed. A delivery receipt is recommended. The bids will be opened what PSG expected. He said “It’s less than what we that he would be free next and read in the Facilities Director Office the club won’t hold Mbappe paid for him,” Leonard said. year. at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, September 17, 2021. back if his desire is to leave, “But it’s the manner of how Rumors about a possible Bids received after the deadline shall not but any deal will only be Real Madrid are going about transfer increased after Li- be considered for the award of the con- made on the club’s terms. it that doesn’t please us.” onel Messi’s move from Bar- tract and shall be considered void and “Kylian Mbappe wants to Madrid has not officially celona to PSG, with some at unacceptable. Sealed bids must have the IFB number leave, that seems clear to confirmed or denied it the Catalan club accusing above on the outside of the envelopes and me,” Leonardo said. “If Real made an offer for the 22- Perez of working behind must comply with the Instructions for Submitting Bids included in the IFB. Fail- Madrid makes an offer, that year-old France star who the scenes to get Messi to ure to comply with the instructions may seems clear.I am giving a joined PSG from Monaco France to open the way for result in the bid being excluded from consideration. position which, I think, is for $211 million in 2017. It Mbappe’s arrival at Madrid. clear for everyone. We was supposedly Madrid’s Perez has denied any in- Release Date: August 26, 2021 can’t, in the last week of the first offer for Mbappe, a volvement in Messi’s depar- Bid Due Date: September 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. transfer window, change long-time target for the ture from Barcelona. Earli- Spindletop Center our plans. If he wants to Spanish powerhouse. er this year, he praised 655 South 8th St., Maintenance Building leave, we aren’t going to Leonard accused Madrid Mbappe and said Madrid Beaumont, TX 77701 Or keep him, but it’s under our of “not being correct” to- fans should “calmly” wait PO Box 3846 conditions.” ward PSG, “illegally” con- for new developments Beaumont, TX 77704-3846 (409) 784-784-5408 It was the first time PSG tacting the player’s repre- about his possible transfer www.spindletopcenter.org said Mbappe wants to leave. sentatives and family mem- to Madrid.