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Zach Dezenzo drew a crucial bases-loaded walk, and the Houston Astros made the most of two errors by the Kansas City Royals in a four-run eighth inning to win 6-3 on Thursday night.

With two runners on and the Astros trailing 3-2, Yainer Diaz hit a grounder to pitcher Lucas Erceg (2-5), who attempted to catch the ball with his bare hand but bobbled it and made an errant throw that got past first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

José Altuve scored from second base on the play to tie the game. Pasquantino’s glove hand seemed to collide with Diaz, causing him to leave the game with an apparent injury.

Reliever John Schreiber then intentionally walked Ben Gamel to load the bases. Jeremy Peña grounded into a force out at home.

Dezenzo followed with a walk that brought Diaz home with the go-ahead run. Mauricio Dubón then hit a single to left field, scoring Ben Gamel. Peña also scored on a fielding error by left fielder MJ Melendez, making the score 6-3.

“It’s been like that the whole year,” Dubón said. “We’ve been fighting. Dezenzo had an unreal at-bat and gave me a chance to make something happen.”