HOUSTON
Through four innings Sunday, Edinson Volquez was outdueling Dallas Keuchel.
“He had his best stuff,” Astros center fielder Carlos Gomez said of Volquez. “He was throwing filthy change-ups, running sinkers, 95 to 96 (mph) and that big curve.”
But a couple of misplaced pitches in the fifth inning cost Volquez one of the most memorable games of his career, and he wound up with the loss in the Royals’ 4-2 defeat in Game 3 of the AL Division Series.
Through four innings, Volquez had struck out six, and the only hit he surrendered was Chris Carter’s third-inning shot to the wall that Royals left fielder Alex Gordon fielded and fired to Ben Zobrist at second for the out.