Mike Moustakas has been reinstated from the bereavement list Friday and is in the Kansas City Royals’ lineup at third base and batting second against the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Estrada was visited by the trainer and manager John Gibbons with two outs in the first inning after Hosmer drilled a single off his right shin.
Kansas City Royals’ Alex Rios hits an RBI double off Toronto Blue…
That’s the way it stayed until, with two out in the fourth, Rios singled, then stole second. Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis both overcame doubles to work scoreless seventh and eighth innings.
Perez completed the scoring with a leadoff home run, his 15th of the season, in the eighth inning off reliever Ryan Tepera. The Blue Jays have roughed up Duffy in three meetings (two starts), touching him for 11 earned runs in 8 2/3 innings. “He’s got a good arm”. Greg Holland slammed the door by picking up his 18th save in 20 chances.
He will rejoin the club for the 7:10 p.m. game. The Indians and White Sox also won on Friday evening, so considering how well the AL Central has done in the last week, the Royals couldn’t have picked a better time for their current six-game winning streak. If all goes well, he will report to Triple-A Buffalo for a Thursday for a rehab start.
Blue Jays: LHP Mark Buerhle, 4-1 in his past eight starts, will start Saturday.
“While the Royals-Cardinals rivalry is among the best in the game, we are proud to join forces to urge fans to send a clear message that we are teams united in our commitment to ensure that the best players take the field for the All-Star Game”, Royals president Dan Glass and Cardinals counterpart Bill DeWitt III said in a statement Wednesday.
Each league has five all-star caliber players that were left off the midsummer classic rosters, and who were put to a fan vote to determine the last player to make each team when the game is played next week in Cincinnati.
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Tomorrow, Kansas City will look to win the series when it sends Chris Young (7-4, 2.89 ERA) to the hill on three days rest.
