Royals’ 10-run first adds to Orioles’ woes
Baltimore’s Dylan Bundy set a dubious modern-day record, yielding four homers and leaving without getting an out, part of a 10-run first inning that propelled the Kansas City Royals past the host Orioles 15-7 on Tuesday.
Bundy was lifted after allowing five hits and two walks to the seven batters he faced. That was more than enough damage to send the Orioles to their seventh straight defeat and 19th in 22 games.
“I was leaving pitches right down the middle and they were hitting them over the fence,” the right-hander said, matter-of-factly.
Jon Jay started the onslaught with a single before Jorge Soler, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez homered in succession.
Two walks and a home run by Alex Gordon followed, ending Bundy’s night after 28 pitches. It marked the first time in the current era (1908present) that a pitcher gave up four home runs during an outing in which he did not retire a batter, according to baseball-reference.com.
Following Bundy’s departure, the Royals did not let up.
Alcides Escobar greeted Mike Wright with a single, the eighth consecutive batter to reach base. After No. 9 hitter Ryan Goins grounded out, many disgruntled fans in the crowd of 10,863 mustered a mock cheer. Minutes later, however, Moustakas singled in two runs and Perez capped the first-inning scoring with a sacrifice fly.
“It was a lot of fun,” Moustakas said. “You know, once it came back around to the top of the order, that was pretty awesome. I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of that before.”
Pirates 10, White Sox 6: Corey Dickerson had four of Pittsburgh’s 16 hits as the visiting Pirates improved to 7-2 in interleague play this season.
Yankees 3, Red Sox 2: Giancarlo Stanton homered twice before Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh as host New York won for the 16th time in 17 games to tie Boston for the AL East lead. Yankees starter Luis Severino struck out 11 in six innings.
Rockies 4, Angels 2: Jon Gray struck out eight in seven shutout innings as host Colorado won its sixth in a row.
Nationals 4, Padres 0: Jeremy Hellickson retired the first 18 batters and combined with three relievers on a three-hitter for visiting Washington. Hellickson, who struck out eight in 62⁄3 innings, saw his perfect-game bid end when Travis Jankowski singled up the middle in the seventh.
Diamondbacks 8, Dodgers 5: Daniel Descalso hit a three-run homer in the 12th as Arizona won in Los Angeles. The Dodgers forced extra innings when Kiké Hernandez homered with one out in the ninth.
Braves 1, Rays 0: Ronald Acuña Jr. homered in the third inning and Sean Newcomb combined with four relievers on a four-hitter as Atlanta ended a three-game skid by winning its sixth consecutive road game.
Twins 7, Cardinals 1: Jake Odorizzi and three relievers combined to retire the final 18 batters as visiting Minnesota won its fifth in a row. St. Louis starter Carlos Martinez saw his stretch of six starts allowing one or zero runs end as the Twins scored four times in his five innings.
Brewers 3, Indians 2: Reliever Brent Suter homered off AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber and threw 42⁄3 innings of two-run ball for host Milwaukee. Suter entered with one out in the first for starter Wade Miley, who left following 19 pitches with a strained right oblique.
Cubs 4, Marlins 3: Kris Bryant scored the go-ahead run on Victor Caratini’s eighth-inning grounder to complete host Chicago’s rally from a three-run first inning deficit.
Tigers 7, Rangers 4: Victor Martinez and Jeimer Candelario homered in the first inning and Jose Iglesias added a two-run shot in the second for visiting Detroit.
Reds 7, Mets 2: Eugenio Suarez drove in four runs and Luis Castillo retired the first 14 batters he faced as host Cincinnati dealt New York its seventh loss in eight games.