The Tigers had already lost Nick Castellanos to the disabled list that night, and had to place Jordan Zimmermann back on the DL. Duffy out-dueled former Cy Young award victor Justin Verlander, who went 7.0 innings while giving up 3 earned runs on three solo home runs. He walked four and struck out one.
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Elias Sports Bureau research shows that he became the third Royals pitcher to go 13 straight starts without a loss, joining Rich Gale (14 straight in 1980) and Kevin Appier (13 straight in 1992). So, Mondesi receiving seasoning now will help Kansas City determine how to proceed at its middle-infield spots going forward. Gordon came into the game with a.205 career average against the Tigers ace. That’s impressive when you consider they were facing one of the toughest pitchers in the American League in Justin Verlander.
Its been a steady trickle of injuries throughout the month, starting with two injuries to the rotation, adding a center fielder, and now potentially three members of the starting infield. J.D. Martinez, RF 5. This is a close match-up with both teams having a 45 to 55 percent chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. J.D. Martinez hit into a force at second, but moved to third on a wild pitch and a fly ball. Home plate umpire Dan Iassogna’s strike zone was a point of contention an inning earlier, when Tyler Collins disagreed with a called strikeout and was quickly ejected from the game. Detroit RHP Michael Fulmer, who tossed a shutout at Texas on Sunday, will have his next start pushed back. Gordon scored from third, Escobar was thrown out at third and the play was ruled an RBI fielder’s choice.
DeSclafani (7-1) overcame an injury scare in the fourth inning when he limped off the field after being doubled off first base, but remained in the game. Bruce Rondon came in from the bullpen and struck out Paolo Orlando, but Cheslor Cuthbert hit a blooper to shallow center that Ian Kinsler got under, but dropped. Lorenzo Cain doubled to give the Royals a four-run lead.
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Tommy Pham and Jedd Gyorko each homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 8-5 on Tuesday night. The 27-year-old recorded his first career complete game against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, scattering one run and seven hits across the nine frames. Betts had three homers and eight RBIs in a 16-2 win over Arizona on Sunday.
