Hosmer’s 16th home run to straightaway center gave the Royals a 3-1 lead in the seventh.
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Edwin Encarnacion and Russell Martin hit two-run homers in the eighth inning as Toronto rallied from a six-run deficit for a victory over NY.
Bundy failed to pitch past the fifth inning, allowing five earned runs on a career-high nine hits, including two homers, over 4 1-3 frames as the Orioles fell to the visiting Boston Red Sox, 8-1, in a rain-shortened six-inning contest at Camden Yards. The Red Sox will try to ride Betts to a sweep of the brief two-game series when they visit the Orioles on Wednesday.Betts has seven home runs in five games at Baltimore this season, including a three-run shot and a two-run blast on Tuesday that accounted for all of Boston’s runs in the 5-3 triumph. Betts is hitting.315 with 28 homers, 89 RBIs, 93 runs, and 18 stolen bases.
Boston moved into a tie with Baltimore in the AL East, a game behind the Blue Jays. The Orioles started the day atop the division by.001 over Toronto, which played a late game against the Yankees.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez (hamstring) will make his scheduled start on Sunday, according to Boston manager John Farrell.
The Orioles did not get a hit until the seventh, when Steve Pearce reached on an infield single off reliever Matt Barnes.
Boston eventually used six pitchers, and Craig Kimbrel closed it in the ninth for his 21st save. Toronto beat the Yankees 7-4 in NY earlier Wednesday.
Franklin and catcher Luke Maile each had three of Tampa Bay’s 16 hits, and Maile drove in four runs. The home run was set up by a one-out Mookie Betts walk.
CLEVELAND – Corey Kluber allowed one run in six innings to win his fourth consecutive start, and Cleveland defeated Chicago for the seventh straight time.
The Red Sox were in first place on July 21, then lost 13 of 20 before winning five in a row. The loss knocked the Giants out of first place in the National League West for the first time since May 10. It was Kang’s 14th home run this season and third in four games.
San Francisco dropped one-half game behind the Dodgers. Hardy, who would retire Pedroia at first. In the third inning, Betts swung at anything sniffing the strike zone that looked flat enough to hit, striking a 93-mph fastball into right field. Marc Rzepczynski came on and the A’s opted to intentionally walk Adrian Beltre, reloading the bases. Odor was hit in the shoulder on the next pitch. On May 31st in Baltimore, he hit three home runs in that game, and followed that performance with two more dingers on June 1st. Yonder Alonso had an RBI double and scored on Ryon Healy’s single for the A’s.
RANGERS: Texas leadoff hitter Shin-Soo Choo will have surgery to insert a plate near the break in his left wrist and forearm after he was hit by a pitch on Monday.
In the key National League encounters, East leader Washington was beaten by Colorado while the majors-leading Chicago Cubs won both games of a double-header against Milwaukee.
Bundy started the third inning looking good with two quick outs of Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz.
Rodriguez was charged with two walks and struck out seven.
CHICAGO – Trevor Cahill came off the disabled list to throw five innings of two-hit ball in his first start in almost 16 months, and Chicago beat Milwaukee in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
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The second game of this two-game series will be Wednesday 7:00 PM/ET. While giving the guy first base is better than surrendering a home run, in my view it’s also disrespectful of the opponent.
