Sure, the team plays with a lot of emotion, and is very aggressive, but that is how they play, and I have no problem with it. Machado, then charged the mound and punched Yordano Ventura taking him to the ground, and triggering a bench clearing brawl.
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“I don’t regret anything”, Machado told The Baltimore Sun afterwards. “When somebody’s throwing 99 at you, it’s going to hurt”. You can ruin someone’s career like that. You don’t think in that situation.
Both dugouts and bullpens emptied before peace was restored.
Chris Tillman has transcended his role as the ace of the Baltimore Orioles.
Machado barked at Ventura in the second inning when the former flied out, after enduring a couple of inside pitches during the at-bat.
“I just have to protect myself and defend myself”.
Ventura, 25, is 4-4 with a 5.32 ERA and 1.53 WHIP in 2016.
Both Machado and Ventura are likely to be suspended.
It was the hardest pitch Ventura threw all night, a 99-mile per hour fastball right to the hip of the Orioles’ superstar. He got a little close to hitting him a few times and made Machado mad.
Trumbo finished the night 2-for-4 with four RBIs and now has 20 homers this season.
Justin Smoak hit a two-run homer and Kevin Pillar added a two-run triple as Toronto stopped Detroit’s five-game winning streak. This was the only victory in that stretch in which the Orioles never trailed.
Although not many people will remember the final score, the 9-1 beatdown that the Orioles laid on the Royals just makes it that much worse.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he thought Ventura’s actions were deliberate.
The Orioles took control with a four-run fifth inning against Edinson Volquez (5-6). But Jose Iglesias singled to lead off the ninth before Ian Kinsler doubled him in to chase Sanchez. The right-hander is unbeaten in 10 starts since April 14, 6-0 at home and tied for second in the AL in wins.
NEW YORK – Carlos Beltran hit a two-run home run, Michael Pineda pitched a season-high seven innings, and New York defeated Los Angeles at Yankee Stadium.
Lefty reliever Jake Diekman (1-1) had a scoreless eighth after seven solid innings from Cole Hamels.
Ventura’s attitude got the best of him in the playoffs, too.
CARDINALS 12, REDS 7 (at Cincinnati) – Brandon Moss homered in consecutive at-bats and Matt Adams and Jhonny Peralta added three-run drives as St. Louis rolled.
PHILLIES 3, CUBS 2: Jerad Eickhoff threw seven impressive innings as Philadelphia beat visiting Chicago. Greinke (8-3) struck out two and walked two in his fifth career shutout. Five of the first six batters they sent up reached on hits, and four scored.
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Brewers 5, A’s 4 • Zach Davies took a no-hitter into the seventh before allowing a two-out home run to Oakland’s Billy Butler, and host Milwaukee won.
