Kansas City Royals POSTGAME NOTES
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Kansas City Royals POSTGAME NOTES Houston 5, Kansas City 2 ALDS Game 1, HOU wins 5-2 4 Thursday, October 8, 2015 R H E LOB Houston (1-0) 5 11 0 7 Starting Pitcher : Colin McHugh (92/62) Kansas City (0-1) 2 6 0 6 Starting Pitcher : Yordano Ventura (42/32) WP: Colin McHugh (1-0) LP: Yordano Ventura (0-1) SV: Luke Gregerson (1) Time: 3:14 (49 minute rain delay) Temp: 82 Attendance: 40,146 Home Run Recap (Postseason Total • Inning • Runners on Base • Count • Distance • Pitcher) KANSAS CITY HOUSTON Kendrys Morales (1st • 2nd • 0 • 2-1 • 369ft • McHugh) George Springer (1st • 5th • 0 • 3-1 • 391ft • Young) Kendrys Morales (2nd • 4th • 0 • 1-1 • 396ft • McHugh) Colby Rasmus (2nd • 8th • 0 • 0-0 • 418ft • Madson) Attendance Comparison Dates Total Average 2015 1 40,146 40,146 2014 1 40,502 40,502 Difference - (356) (356) Kansas City Royals Notes 4Yordano Ventura (2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) pitched only two innings due to the 49-minute rain delay. 4Chris Young set a Royals postseason record for the most strikeouts in a relief appearance, after fanning seven over 4.0 innings (Tied for eighth most in MLB history)... the previous record was five byCharlie Leierandt in game 7 of the 1985 ALCS at Toronto. 4Ben Zobrist stole his first base in a postseason game in the first inning... had his first multi-hit game in the postseason since October 10, 2010 as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays in game 4 of the ALDS against Texas. 4Kendrys Morales hit two home runs in a postseason game for the fifth time in Royals history... the previous Royal to achieve this was George Brett on October 11, 1985 in Game 3 of th ALCS against Toronto. 4The game was delayed after the second inning (7:27) due to rain and lighting... play resumed at 8:16, after a delay of 49 minutes. Houston Astros Notes 4The Astros have scored first in both their playoff games... during the regular season they were 58-21 when scoring first. 4Colin McHugh (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 2 HR) made his first career postseason start, and 33rd of the season... tonight was his second-career start against the Royals, as he improved to 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA (2 ER in 13.0 IP). 4George Springer hit his first-career postseason home run in the fifth inning... he recorded his first multi-hit game in the postseason, with a single in the ninth. 4Colby Rasmus homered in the eighth inning, giving him an extra-base hit in each of his first five career postseason games tying a Major League record... he became the fifth player in MLB history to accomplish this, and first sinceNelson Cruz in 2010... in his five career postseason games, he is batting .400 (6-for-15) with two homers and four RBI..