Edinson Volquez, the Game 1 starter for the Kansas City Royals, learned that his father passed on in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday on his way to Kauffman Stadium, according to a source.

Daniel Volquez, 63, died of heart complications.

Volquez went out to the bullpen to warm up with Salvador Perez to face the New York Mets in the first game of the World Series as planned.