A flight to Kansas City wasn’t in the Astros manager A.J. Hinch’s day planner for Tuesday.
“The flight was fine,” Hinch said. “We really didn’t want to get on it, to be honest, but we did. … Our guys bounce back pretty quickly.”
The tone in the Astros’ clubhouse after Tuesday’s workout confirmed just that. This was a loose team, loud and laughing, similar to how Royals manager Ned Yost described his team before facing a do-or-die Game 4 in Houston.
The Royals won that game in amazing fashion, 9-6, scoring seven runs over the final two innings to erase a four-run deficit.