The Mets’ James Loney entered the game as a defensive replacement and hit a two-run homer into the upper deck in the ninth inning. While he managed to throw out Beltre, Ventura crumpled to the ground and trainer Nick Kenny rushed to his aid.
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Ventura was struck in the right rib cage by a Beltre laser to end the fifth. X-rays were negative, but Ventura did not come out for the sixth.
“I feel really good about where Yu is at and what he showed us tonight”, Banister said.
While the Royals have not announced their Tuesday starter against the Angels, manager Ned Yost said the choices are LHP Brian Flynn and RHP Dillon Gee. Morales had three of the Royals’ seven hits.
In St. Louis, Matt Adams homered in the 16th to lead the Cardinals to a season-best fifth straight victory.
Rangers: LHP Martin Perez, who has lost his past three starts, will start against the Athletics at Arlington.
Beltre homered in a four-run seventh with Mazara and Ian Desmond aboard to put the game away.
Perdomo (4-4) gave up two first-inning runs, then limited the National to two hits over the final six innings of his longest outing.
“We thought about that like three weeks ago”, Yost said. “He just waltzed right through them with 40 pitches, and then 33 in that fourth inning and just started struggling”. But, all in all, the only player that hurt him was Mazara.
DeShields walked and doubled before leading off the seventh with a home run off Royals reliever Luke Hochevar.
“It so happened that today I was the guy that got us the go-ahead run”, DeShields said. By honoring and remembering his friend, Duffy is attempting to push that message forward so that we’re all doing our part to live and spread a little joy every chance we get.
YANKEES 5, GIANTS 2 Nathan Eovaldi pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixeira hit early solo home runs and host NY completed a 6-4 homestand. Cheslor Cuthbert would cap off the scoring for the Royals in the third with his ninth homerun of the season. Cuthbert scored on Eric Hosmer’s groundout for the only run off Hamels. Volquez wasn’t dominant, but he escaped jam after jam until he gave up a two out single to Mitch Moreland in the sixth inning with a runner on third base.
Left-hander Craig Breslow, who was released Monday by the Marlins, has signed a minor league contract with the Rangers and assigned to Triple-A Round Rock. He was hitless in three at-bats this season with Houston.
Rangers: LHP Derek Holland, who is on the 60-day disabled list with shoulder inflammation, threw his first bullpen session, 25 pitches, since going on the DL. If he has no setbacks, Holland could begin a minor league rehab assignment in early August.
Royals starter Yordano Ventura struck out the side in the first on 17 pitches and retired the first nine batters before running into difficulty in the fourth.
TEXAS: The Rangers are 2-8 in their last 10 games overall, 0-5 in their last five games following a win, and 0-7 in their last seven games when their opponent allows five runs or more in their previous game.
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The Royals will counter with right-hander Edinson Volquez, who has had no success against the Rangers, which were his first club.
