Machado charged the mound in the bottom of the fifth inning after Ventura drilled him in above the hip with a 99 miles per hour fastball. Players from both sides joined the melee, which shifted from the mound to first base.
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Ventura likely hit Machado on goal after Machado took extra time to stare at a deep fly ball to left field in his second at-bat, during which Ventura twice threw well inside the strike zone.
The final pitch of Yordano Ventura’s night was a fastball, a 99-mph missile unleashed with vague intention and potent accuracy, a powder keg flung toward the midsection of Orioles shortstop Manny Machado.
“He got a do-over”, Orioles Manager Buck Showalter said.
TIGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 2: Ian Kinsler drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning single, and host Detroit won its fifth straight.
Ventura (4-3, 4.82 ERA) was solid in his last start Thursday against Cleveland, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts over six innings. And as far as everyone getting mad at him for “dropping his glove and getting ready to fight”, well, yeah, what would you do if somebody threw their batting helmet at you and was charging at you to fight?
RHP Mike Wright bounced back from the shortest start of his young career in his last outing June 1.
Will the Orioles hand the Royals their fifth consecutive loss when the two teams meet at 7:05PM ET tonight?
On Monday Machado hit a solo home run in the eighth inning in a 4-1 victory.
“It was a little weird because It’s the only organization I knew, ” Niese said. I got along with all of them. The Royals are 30-27 but have dropped their last four straight, including the three-games series against the Indians, and the first game of the three-game series with the Orioles, last night 4-1.
“Our guys are really good at picking themselves up”, Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. He’s now 1-1 on the season, has surrendered 39 hits in 43 innings pitched and his ERA is at 3.35 after it peaked at 6.14 in the middle of April. “I haven’t had a chance to look at it. He came out of the pen and [Salvador Perez] said, ‘Wow, he’s got it going today, ‘ and 13 pitches later, we’re down four runs”. “When I slide, I feel a shock”.
Machado and Ventura were ejected.
Brian McCann and Starlin Castro hit back-to-back home runs with two outs in the Yankees seventh, tying it at 2. The right-hander allowed six base hits in that game and walked two batters while striking out three.
Mark Trumbo (.295, 36 Rs, 19 HRs, 44 RBIs, 1 SB) continued his strong season yesterday, going 2 for 4 with one run, one home run, and one RBI.
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Curtis Granderson accounted for the Mets’ run with a leadoff homer in the eighth, his 10th, off Neftali Feliz.
