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Grieving Volquez to pitch for World Series clincher

Source: Agencies | November 2, 2015, Monday | Print Edition

Kansas City pitcher Edinson Volquez arrived in New York on Saturday after leaving the Royals to attend his father’s funeral and looked forward to taking the mound for a potential World Series clincher against the Mets.

“I’m pretty sure my dad is going to be proud of me when I pitch tomorrow on the mound,” Volquez told reporters after Kansas City’s 5-3 Game 4 win gave it the chance to claim the crown today.

Volquez had taken the mound in Kansas City last Tuesday as the American League champions’ Game 1 starter, unaware that his father Daniel had died from heart failure at the age of 63 back home in the Dominican Republic.

The 32-year-old pitcher was only told of his father’s passing by his wife after he came out of the game.

“I think that was the best way to tell me because I didn’t even know,” he said. “If my wife told me before that, I don’t even know if I’m going to be able to pitch. She decided to tell me later.”

Volquez pitched well, giving up three runs in six innings in a game that lasted 14 innings before the Royals prevailed.

The righthander said he would write his father’s name inside his cap or glove for inspiration.

“He was everything for me. I remember he bought me my first glove and my first spikes, brought me to the field,” Volquez said. “He knew that’s what I want to be, I want to be a baseball player.

“I wish he could be here right now and enjoy every game that I pitch.”

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