His first home run staked the Orioles to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Tillman went six innings allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out four and walking two.
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(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh).
D’backs 9, Brewers 3 • Jake Lamb and Phil Gosselin each hit two-run homers in a five-run fifth for host Arizona. So Machado was watching intently Sunday morning as A-Rod announced he was ending his career.
“He’s pitching well and giving us a good potential to win on the day he pitches”, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings.
“He’s a mentor to me”, Machado said of Rodriguez. “I don’t know if it was the shadows or what, but he has really good stuff”. It’s a tough situation.
The White Sox touched up Gallardo for two runs in the fourth, but that was it as he scattered seven hits and walked only one. Right fielder Adam Eaton prevented a Matt Wieters home run with a leaping catch at the wall.Machado also became the first White Sox opponent to hit three home runs at U.S. Cellular Field since Justin Morneau did so with the Twins in 2007.
White Sox starter Carlos Rodon, worked out of a first-inning jam with three strikeouts while hitting 100 miles per hour on the radar gun.
“It’s pretty awesome”, Machado, 24, said. Machado followed with his three-run shot and Davis added a solo shot.
“(The Orioles are) a good hitting ballclub, but on any given day, I feel like I can beat them”, Shields said.
Shields is 11-7 with a 3.52 ERA in 26 career games against the Orioles.
Royals 7, Blue Jays 1: Yordano Ventura pitched effectively into the seventh inning, and Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam for Kansas City. Fulmer got Machado to ground out in the fifth inning before Machado flew out in the seventh and grounded out in the eighth.
“I was trying real hard”, he said. In his previous six starts, the right-hander was 0-2 with four no-decisions, allowing 20 runs in 32 innings.
“It’s been a insane season for me”, Shields said. “I wasn’t hitting my spots”. I was leaving the ball over the plate, and they were capitalizing on it. “You can’t do that against this team”.
White Sox right fielder Adam Eaton walked to open the fourth inning, advanced to third base on a single by Abreu, and scored on sacrifice fly by Todd Frazier.
Bundy, a rookie reliever-turned-starter, allowed two runs and four hits. Narvaez got a single and has hit safely in each of his first five big league games.
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Struggling 1B Chris Davis was moved down in the Orioles’ batting order to sixth. Pearce was confident he’ll be back in a day or two. OF Austin Jackson (torn meniscus in left knee) has been at the ballpark and is off crutches, but he is not closer to returning from the disabled list, Ventura said. C Alex Avila (hamstring) is still feeling discomfort when he jogs.
