KANSAS CITY - Kansas City starter Edinson Volquez pitched six innings of Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday only hours after the death of his father.
However, it was unclear whether Volquez found out the news before taking the mound against the New York Mets.
Volquez left the stadium after being taken out of the game and did not speak to reporters.
Media reports surfaced just before game time that Daniel Volquez, 63, had died of heart complications back home in the Dominican Republic.
Kansas City manager Ned Yost said the information had been kept from Volquez, at the request of his family, until after he had finished pitching.