Kansas City Royals’ Raul Mondesi, right, beats the tag by Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis during the second inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.
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Dillon Gee against the Toronto Blue Jays. Included in that mix was a sterling effort versus Kansas City on July 6, as Stroman improved to 2-0 in as many starts against the Royals by permitting just two runs on three hits in eight frames of a 4-2 victory.Mired in an 0-5 stretch in his last seven outings, Ventura overcame allowing four walks for the second time in three starts to escape with a no-decision at Tampa Bay on Tuesday. The Royals had lost seven of ten before knocking off the Blue Jays on Saturday night. “It’s always tough to play here”.
“And I think when it came down to it, we sat down for a while and we came up with something they wanted to do and something I wanted to do”. They’re a real good hitting team. “We’ve been in kind of a rut, so we’re due to explode”. Liriano gave up two earned runs while giving up seven hits and two walks and striking out five.
“It’s hard to be hot for 162”, losing pitcher Marcus Stroman said. Somedays you’re not going to have your best stuff.
“As far as stuff-wise and command, it obviously wasn’t one of his best games, but his mental toughness was great”, Royals catcher Drew Butera said.
Devon Travis made sure Francisco Liriano’s debut with the Toronto Blue Jays was not ruined.
Morales’ third career grand slam and his first since July 30, 2012, while with the Los Angeles Angels came off left-hander Brett Cecil with two out in the eighth to break the game open.
Verlander (12-6) allowed only two runs and struck out nine, but the Mets ran his pitch count up to 103 to force him out of the game at Detroit.
Royals: LHP Mike Minor (recovery from labrum surgery in left shoulder) is slated to throw five or six innings, up to 80 pitches, in a rehab start for Triple-A Omaha on Sunday.
“Two home runs in the same game in the big leagues?” Then, things unraveled. Travis, who is not typically the name you think of when you think of a Toronto power hitter, got around on a 99 miles per hour fastball at the belt and hit it into the Royals bullpen. He walked four and hit a batter, but limited the Blue Jays to four hits and three runs. What’d we score, one? Butera cracked his bat on his hit to bring home Alex Gordon, while Mondesi’s bunt single scored Paulo Orlando, who logged his fourth straight multi-hit game.
“That inning they did a really good job of playing small ball”, Sanchez said. While Ventura is a hothead who promised that he would plunk Jose Bautista the next time they faced each other, my gut tells me that Ventura probably isn’t stupid enough to pull this off again as this time his teammates might not have his back. With men on first and second and two out in the ninth, Travis d’Arnaud poked a single into right field.
With Bautista at the plate, representing the potential tying run, reliever Peter Moylan uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Barney to score from third, one pitch before he struck out Bautista for the third out.
Blue Jays: CF Kevin Pillar jammed his left thumb sliding into second base Saturday and not in the lineup as a precaution.
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On the final day in June, after the Royals traveled across the state to its eastern border, they secured a victory in downtown St. Louis, a game in which right-hander Chris Young started but lasted fewer than five innings.
