Kevin Chapman, the only lefthander in the Astros’ bullpen, was told Wednesday night that he’s going to be sent back down.

“Yeah, obviously any time something like that happens, it’s not what you want,” he said. “But you just take it as an opportunity to improve yourself and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

Chapman was unable to get the Astros out of the jam that led to the Royals tying the score with two runs in the seventh inning.

One out after Lorenzo Cain and Alcides Escobar hit consecutive one-out singles in the seventh off Brad Peacock, manager Bo Porter brought Chapman in to face lefthander Eric Hosmer. He walked Hosmer to load the bases and prompt a call to righthander Matt Albers.

Salvador Perez greeted Albers with a two-run single through the left side to tie the score at 4. The Astros eventually lost 6-4 in 11 innings. Soon after the loss, Chapman was told he was heading down.

“That’s a tough one to swallow because we felt like we had the right guys that we wanted in each and every spot,” Porter said of bullpen.”We just didn’t get it done.”

Chapman has given up five runs on five hits over 3 2/3 innings for a 12.27 ERA. Last year as a rookie he set the franchise record for most appearances without giving a run to start a career with 13 over 9 2/3 innings.