Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 24, 2016, in Kansas City, Mo. Pelfrey went 1-0 with a 2.20 ERA past year in three starts against the Royals with Minnesota, which won all of them – all at Kansas City.
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Davis, who led the majors with 47 home runs last season, hit his sixth homer in the second inning and had an RBI single during the Orioles’ four-run fourth.
MARLINS 5, GIANTS 4 (at San Francisco) – J.T. Realmuto matched his career high with four hits, including the tiebreaking home run. And Manny Machado is as locked-in as you’ll ever see, with his throw to first base from his knees simply being beyond belief as physically possible with such velocity. He came to the big leagues as a pull hitter and when teams started using defensive shifts on him, Moustakas stubbornly kept trying to pull the ball and in 2014 he hit.212. The Tigers had runners in scoring position in the fourth and fifth innings, but Volquez pitched his way out of both jams without allowing a run.
Ventura pitched a great game for the Royals, against the best offense in baseball gave up just 1 run, on 3 hits, walking 2, and striking out 4.
MARINERS 10, INDIANS 7, 10 inn.: In Cleveland, Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning off Cody Allen, lifting Seattle.
The Royals will be giving the start to right-hander Yordano Ventura on Sunday. Kansas City’s infield seemed to take their time in turning the double-play, and Rickard legged it out to first base and was safe. Also Miguel Cabrera is off to a slow start and his struggles continued on Thursday night as he went 0-4 as well.
Relievers Kelvin Herrera and Danny Duffy finished up to seal the Royals’ triumph after splitting the first two games of the series. It was the first hit that irked Gee – a two-run double to Mark Trumbo, who drove in four runs.
Ian Kinsler stroked a two-out double to deep left field, but Justin Upton couldn’t help the Tigers chip away at the Royals’ lead, grounding out to short to end the inning. Alex Wilson followed that with a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
It stayed there until the sixth when Hosmer hit a laser shot into right field stands, also his second homer of the year. “He consistently hits 40-50 homers a year”. Lester (2-1) limited the Reds to five hits, including Zack Cozart’s solo home run, and one walk. He has yet to allow a run over 19 1/3 innings, a stretch that is beginning to make the $110 million, five-year contract he signed in November look like a bargain.
The Orioles are just 1-4 in Wright’s last five road starts, and 2-4 in their last six road games overall. Kansas City made several unforced errors in the field, however the Orioles took advantage. It was Gallardo’s shortest outing since April 27, 2012, at St. Louis, when he allowed 8 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks.
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MARLINS 5, NATIONALS 1 Ichiro Suzuki had two hits, scored twice and made two sliding catches in right field for host Miami, which beat Max Scherzer and Washington.
