Royals-Astros ALDS Game 3: Did You Know?
HOUSTON -- Dallas Keuchel ran his unblemished home record to 16-0, and the Astros got timely hits from veterans Jason Castro and Chris Carter to inch one win away from the American League Championship Series with a 4-2 win against the Royals in Game 3 on Sunday.
Here are some stats and facts from Sunday's game:
• Keuchel is only the second pitcher in franchise history to win each of his first two postseason starts, joining Mike Scott, who won Games 1 and 4 of the 1986 National League Championship Series.
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• The last AL pitcher to win 16 combined home games between the regular season and postseason was Jack Morris in 1991, as a member of the Twins. Randy Johnson also accomplished the feat in 2001 with the Diamondbacks.
• Before Castro's go-ahead two-run single in the fifth, he was 6-for-50 since returning from the disabled list on Sept. 17. The RBI was his first of his postseason career. Castro was 0-for-9 in the postseason before the hit.
• Carlos Gomez gave the Astros a big insurance run with his sixth-inning RBI single up the middle off Edinson Volquez. The RBIs were the first in Gomez's postseason career that didn't come from a home run.
• Luke Gregerson notched a four-out save in relief of Keuchel's magnificent outing. It was just the fifth save of four or more outs in his career.
• Carter, who hit his first career postseason home run in the seventh, notched his first three-hit game of 2015 in Houston's win.
• Lorenzo Cain battled Keuchel to lead off the fourth, finally homering on the 10th pitch. It was Cain's first postseason home run. It was his second off Keuchel. Cain has a seven-game postseason hitting streak, which is the fifth-longest postseason streak in Royals history.
• Before Cain's homer, Keuchel had never given up a home run in an at-bat longer than eight pitches.
• Salvador Perez drew a walk off Keuchel in the fourth inning -- his second walk of the series. In 142 regular-season games, Perez drew just nine unintentional walks.