HOUSTON – On the brink of an epic disappointment, the Royals saved their season with a ferocious, five-run rally to top the Astros, 9-6, in Game 4 of the American League Division Series. on Monday
The debates will rage in the day-long interval until Game 5 on Wednesday, when Johnny Cueto takes the ball for Kansas City. Which comeback was better: The extra-inning scramble to defeat Oakland in the 2014 Wild Card Game or the eighth-inning ambush to wreck a champagne celebration in Houston?
Both comebacks occurred with four-run deficits in the eighth. Both involved reliever Luke Gregerson, the Astros closer who stood on the mound when Alex Gordon rolled a grounder to the right side to score the go-ahead run.