Alcides Escobar singled home Paulo Orlando with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.
Orlando singled off Will Harris (4-3) with one out and stole second before Escobar's game-winning looper to shallow right gave the Royals the win and snapped the Astros' five-game winning streak.
Kelvin Herrera (2-2) pitched a scoreless 10th to pick up the victory.
Eric Hosmer tripled high off the left-field fence with two out in the ninth, but was stranded when Harris retired Alex Rios on a grounder.
The Astros grabbed a 1-0 lead in the sixth when Jose Altuve singled and stopped at third on Marwin Gonzalez's double into the left-field corner. Rookie Carlos Correa hit a sacrifice fly to center to drive in Altuve.
Houston right-hander Scott Feldman took a one-hitter into the seventh inning before the Royals tied it. Escobar's led off with an infield single and moved to third on Kendrys Morales' ground-rule double to center.
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Astros: INF Jed Lowrie (right thumb ligament tear) went 2 for 3 with a double and a RBI, while starting at third base Friday in a rehab game with Double-A Corpus Christi. He got the hits swinging right-handed. "That's the side of the plate we were most concerned about him adjusting to after the injury," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said.
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Astros: LHP Dallas Keuchel, who leads the American League with a 2.12 ERA, goes for his 13th victory.
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura, who got a reprieve Wednesday, will start Sunday. Ventura was optioned Tuesday to Triple-A after a succession of poor outings, but was recalled the next day with LHP Jason Vargas going down with a season-ending elbow injury.
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