Also, San Francisco outfielder Angel Pagan did not play because of a knee ailment.
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The Royals beat Tampa Bay Wednesday night 9-to-7, but they lost one of their most valuable players in the process.
“His tolerance of pain”, Hosmer said, “he can handle a lot”. Gordon has a grade two-plus strain, manager Ned Yost told reporters Thursday.
Gordon reportedly heard a “pop” in his groin muscle, but trainers said the muscle was not detached from the bone.
Kiermaier slid over the bag and was tagged, but umpire Chris Segal ruled he got back in time.
Kansas City Royals’ left fielder Alex Gordon exited Wednesday’s game in the fourth inning with a lower leg injury after chasing down a ball as he ran towards the fence.
One unusual footnote? Both Logan Forsythe of the Rays and Jarrod Dyson hit inside-the-park home runs. The last time that occurred was May 26, 1997 – Sammy Sosa, Cubs, and Tony Womack, Pirates. Cueto kept up his end ” retiring the final 15 batters in his first complete game of the year ” but Scherzer (9-7) gave up five runs before being pulled after 4 2/3 innings; his shortest outing in more than a year.
The Royals regrouped and rallied, then managed to hang on for a 9-7 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night. I want to give the team a better performance. “We keep talking we’re in a rut”.
“It’s a combination of me not making my pitches along with a hitter’s different approach”, he said. Lorenzo Cain launched a home run over the center field wall earlier in the game that scored the first two runs for the Royals, so the team had two homers total. John Jaso, fresh off the disabled list, had three hits and is hitting.
Dyson has appeared in 41 games this season and is batting.
Angels 3, Rockies 2: Mike Trout homered twice and Johnny Giavotella singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift Los Angeles over Colorado for its fifth straight win. The Rays ended up with a run on the infamous play to tie the game at two, and eventually took a 3-2 lead.
It was the light-hitting Dyson’s first homer since June 25, 2014, a span of 252 at-bats.
“[Gordon] wasn’t communicating much”, Yost said. He collapsed to the ground and lay there as Forsythe rounded the bases for an inside-the-park homer.
The Tampa Bay Rays conclude their series at Kauffman Stadium against the Kansas City Royals.
The flop came less than 24 hours after Yost, who will serve as the AL manager in Cincinnati, picked Boxberger as one of the relievers to fill out his pitching staff.
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Royals: LHP Jason Vargas (left flexor strain) was supposed to throw 60 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday. He will make a rehab start Monday for Double-A Northwest Arkansas….
