Framber Valdez more than did his part Tuesday night. Isaac Paredes then saved the best for last. Paredes led off the ninth inning with a walk-off home run, giving the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals at Daikin Park.

Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth inning Tuesday night to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals. The game was tied at 1 after a home run by Jeremy Peña in the sixth inning when Paredes led off the bottom of the ninth against John Schreiber.

Isaac Paredes walked it off with a solid homer to the Crawford Boxes, making Bryan Abreu the winning pitcher. It was Paredes’ first career walk-off. Isaac Paredes and Chris Walker have big shoes to fill replacing ring-bearing Astros Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker.