Dillon Gee hadn’t pitched since April 16, in part because he was on paternity leave for the birth of his daughter.
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He’ll make his next start Saturday at Mariners. The Orioles are also just 1-4 in Wright’s last five road starts, 1-4 in his last five starts when their opponent allows five runs or more in its previous game, and 1-4 in his last five starts versus a team with a winning record. He allowed a solo homer to Alex Gordon in the fourth, an opposite-field shot that barely cleared the left-field fence.
“I take the blame”, said Pelfrey, who has struggled with command all season. “That’s still on my mind”.
There was a lot to like about the game the O’s put together, with a number of highlights that bode well for certain players as we move forward. Left fielder Alex Gordon, a good hitter and superb defender, rejected the Royals qualifying offer last November, and fans were very afraid he was going to bolt (possibly across the state to St. Louis, who had just lost Jason Heyward) because the Royals typically do not pony-up to retain expensive free agents.
Yordano Ventura settled down after a shaky first inning, Eric Hosmer homered to continue his hot streak, and the Royals beat the Orioles, 6-1, on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo.
Young gave up two runs and four hits, including a sixth inning leadoff home run to Manny Machado, who extended his hitting streak to a career-high 15 games.
Butera, who was catching Ventura for the first time this season, said the 24-year-old pitcher has matured.
“I need to figure it out pretty fast”, he said.
ATHLETICS 8, BLUE JAYS 5 Chris Coghlan hit a three-run home run, Stephen Vogt had three hits and the Oakland Athletics won their sixth consecutive, beating the Toronto Blue Jays. The Orioles scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 7-2 lead, which included a Machado RBI double. Royals starting pitchers entered with a 2.85 ERA, which ranked second in the American League, and had allowed a league-low 76 hits…. Medlen (1-0, 2.38 ERA) allowed two runs in five innings and fanned seven in his season debut, a 3-2 victory in Houston on April 12.
Another dispiriting outing ultimately begs the question: Is there a mechanical adjustment that can be made to alleviate his subpar performances? “Try to bounce back”. Trumbo has a. 263 average with 3 HR and 20 RBI in 30 games versus Kansas City.
Wilson had made three relief appearances this season.
Work still needed to be done after Kendrys Morales ripped one to center field, putting runners back on the corners for the Royals as Cain went first-to-third.
The Royals had big chances to cut into the Orioles lead in the fifth and sixth innings, but they hit into a double play to end the fifth and Mychal Givens struck out Salvador Perez and Omar Infante with the bases loaded in the sixth.
Machado, batting. 397 with six homers, will try for the Orioles’ longest season-opening hit streak since Davey Johnson’s 17-gamer in 1971.
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Gallardo (1-1) was pulled after complaining of a stiff shoulder, yielding four runs on five hits. Ian Kinsler had his fourth straight multi-hit game.
