After Houston starter Lance McCullers surrendered a two-run homer to Royals catcher Salvador Perez in the second inning, the Astros got a run back in the bottom half courtesy of a home run from Carlos Gomez, his third of the postseason.
For Correa, who shook off a pitch to the left elbow in the first inning to stay in the game, the home run was his first in a playoff game -- and seventh by a rookie in 13 postseason games this year.
The homer-happy Astros have eight homers in five postseason games, after compiling 230 in the regular season, which ranked second in the Majors.