D4 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST.TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 , 2019
NL games
NATIONALS AT PIRATES, 7:05
W-L ERA TEAM
Strasburg (R) 15-5 3.82 16-9
Archer (R) 3-9 5.23 7-15
PADRES AT REDS, 7:10
Quantrill (R) 6-3 3.23 5-7
Gray (R) 8-6 2.98 15-9
MARLINS AT BRAVES, 7:20
Hernandez (R) 2-5 5.40 4-5
Keuchel (L) 3-5 4.39 5-6
BREWERS AT CARDINALS, 7:45
Gonzalez (L) 2-1 3.81 8-3
Wacha (R) 6-6 5.44 7-9
GIANTS AT CUBS, 8:05
Beede (R) 3-7 5.77 8-7
Hamels (L) 6-4 3.69 13-7
ROCKIES AT DIAMONDBACKS, 9:40
Freeland (L) 3-10 7.09 7-12
Young (L) 4-3 3.98 4-4AL games
ROYALS AT ORIOLES, 7:05
W-L ERA TEAM
Keller (R) 7-13 4.10 9-17
Bundy (R) 5-13 5.25 7-16
ANGELS AT RANGERS, 2:05
Heaney (L) 2-3 4.76 7-4
Burke (L) 0-0 0.00 0-0
ANGELS AT RANGERS, 8:05
TBA
Palumbo (L) 0-111.00 1-1
TIGERS AT ASTROS, 8:10
Turnbull (R) 3-11 3.75 6-16
Sanchez (R) 5-14 5.79 8-18
WHITE SOX AT TWINS, 8:10
Lopez (R) 7-10 5.29 11-14
Pineda (R) 8-5 4.20 13-9
YANKEES AT ATHLETICS, 10:07
German (R) 16-2 3.96 17-3
Bailey (R) 10-8 5.22 12-12NL scores
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
at Washington 16, Milwaukee 8
St. Louis 5, at Cincinnati 4
San Diego 3, at Philadelphia 2
at Atlanta 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
Colorado 7, Miami 6, 10 innings
at Arizona 6, San Francisco 1
Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 1, in William-
sport, Pa.
MONDAY’S RESULTS
Washington 13 at Pittsburgh, 0
San Diego 3, at Cincinnati 2
at St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0
Colorado at Arizona, LateAL scores
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
at Boston 13, Baltimore 7
Seattle 7, at Toronto 0
at Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 4
Cleveland 8, at N.Y. Yankees 4
Minnesota 6, at Texas 3
Houston 4, at Oakland 1
at L.A. Angels 9, Chicago White Sox 2
MONDAY’S RESULTS
Kansas City 5, at Baltimore 4
Seattle 9, at Tampa Bay 3
Chicago White Sox 6, at Minnesota 4
at Houston 5, Detroit 4
L.A. Angels at Texas, LateInterleague games
PHILLIES AT RED SOX, 7:10
W-L ERA TEAM
Nola (R) 11-3 3.56 17-9
Johnson (L) 1-1 6.45 3-2
INDIANS AT METS, 7:10
Bieber (R) 12-5 3.27 17-8
Matz (L) 7-7 4.33 11-11
BLUE JAYS AT DODGERS, 10:10
Reid-Foley (R) 2-3 3.00 3-3
Kershaw (L) 12-2 2.69 17-4Astros 5, Tigers 4
Yuli Gurriel had two hits
and drove in two runs, and
Houston built a lead with a
big first inning and held on
to beat Detroit for its
second straight win after a
five-game skid.
The Astros jumped on
starter Edwin Jackson for
four runs in the first
inning to go ahead 4-1.
DETROIT AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Reyes cf.............. 5 1 20 0 2 .275
Demeritte rf ....... 5 2 31 0 2 .292
Cabrera dh .......... 3 0 21 0 0 .280
Castro ph-dh....... 2 0 10 0 1 .285
Dixon lf ............... 4 0 21 0 2 .260
Lugo 3b ............... 5 0 00 0 2 .210
Hicks 1b .............. 5 0 00 0 3 .201
Rodríguez 2b ...... 4 1 21 0 1 .224
Rogers c.............. 4 0 10 0 1 .151
Mercer ss............ 3 0 10 1 0 .250
TOTALS 40 4 144 1 14 —
HOUSTON AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Springer cf.......... 3 0 10 2 0 .293
Brantley lf .......... 3 1 10 1 0 .335
Bregman 3b ........ 4 1 10 0 2 .281
Alvarez dh .......... 4 1 11 0 2 .333
Correa ss ............ 1 0 00 0 1 .278
Altuve 2b............ 2 1 10 1 1 .298
Gurriel 1b ........... 4 1 22 0 2 .306
Chirinos c............ 3 0 11 0 2 .229
Mayfield 2b-ss ... 4 0 00 0 2 .130
Reddick rf ........... 3 0 00 1 0 .263
TOTALS 31 5 84 5 12 —
DETROIT ......... 101 001 100 — 4 14 2
HOUSTON ....... 400 010 00X—581
E: Dixon (7), Jackson (1), Altuve (10).
LOB: Detroit 11, Houston 8. 2B: Dixon
(15), Alvarez (16), Gurriel (34).
HR: Rodríguez (8), off Miley; Demeritte
(2), off Rondón.
DETROIT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Jackson ............... 5 7 5 4 4 6 3.86
Ramirez ............... 1 1 0 0 1 2 4.82
McKay ................. 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.25
Soto..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.35
HOUSTON IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Miley ................ 5.2 1033083.18
Rondón ............. 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 3.72
Harris .................. 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.69
Osuna .................. 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.86
WP: Miley (12-4); LP: Jackson (2-1);
S: Osuna (28). Inherited runners-
scored: Rondón 1-0. PB: Rogers (5).
T: 3:13. A: 40,499 (41,168).Cardinals 3, Brewers 0
Dakota Hudson and two
relievers combined on a
one-hitter, and Paul
DeJong homered to lead
St. Louis in the series
opener between National
League contenders.
Yasmani Grandal’s
ground-rule double with
two outs in the eighth in-
ning off Giovanny Gallegos
was Milwaukee’s only hit.
MILWAUKEEAB R H BI BB SO AVG
Grisham cf .......... 4 0 00 0 0 .231
Grandal c............. 3 0 10 1 1 .256
Yelich rf .............. 1 0 00 3 0 .334
Moustakas 3b ..... 4 0 00 0 0 .263
Hiura 2b .............. 4 0 00 0 2 .307
Thames 1b .......... 2 0 00 1 1 .251
Piña ph ................ 1 0 00 0 1 .223
Gamel lf .............. 4 0 00 0 0 .245
Arcia ss ............... 3 0 00 0 1 .228
Davies p .............. 1 0 00 0 1 .143
Cain ph ................ 1 0 00 0 1 .249
Braun ph ............. 1 0 00 0 0 .283
TOTALS 29 0 10 5 8—
ST. LOUIS AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Fowler cf-rf ......... 4 0 11 0 2 .249
Edman rf-3b ........ 4 0 10 0 1 .271
Goldschmidt 1b ... 3 0 00 1 0 .259
Ozuna lf ............... 4 0 00 0 0 .256
DeJong ss ............ 3 1 11 0 1 .246
Carpenter 3b........ 2 1 10 1 0 .215
Molina c ............... 3 0 10 0 0 .249
Wong 2b .............. 2 1 01 0 0 .275
Hudson p ............. 1 0 00 0 1 .054
Thomas cf............ 1 0 00 0 0 .355
TOTALS 27 3 53 2 5—
MILWAUKEE .. 000 000 000—010
ST. LOUIS........ 000 021 00X—351
E: DeJong (6). LOB: Milwaukee 7,
St. Louis 4. 2B: Grandal (20).
HR: DeJong (22), off Williams.
MILWAUKEEIP H R ER BB SO ERA
Davies.................. 5 3 2 2 2 4 3.74
Williams .............. 2 1 1 1 0 0 1.59
Jackson................ 1 1 0 0 0 1 5.28
ST. LOUIS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Hudson ............. 6.2 0 0 0 4 7 3.63
Gallegos .............. 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.01
Miller ................ 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 3.67
WP: Hudson (12-6); LP: Davies (8-6);
S: Miller (5). Inherited runners-scored:
Gallegos 1-0, Miller 2-0. IBB: off Miller
(Yelich). HBP: Williams (Wong). T: 2:43.
A: 44,843 (45,538).Royals 5, Orioles 4
KANSAS CITY AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Merrifield dh....... 5 1 11 0 1 .299
Gordon lf............. 4 0 10 0 0 .258
Dozier 3b ............ 3 0 12 1 0 .290
Soler rf................ 3 0 00 1 1 .257
Cuthbert 1b ........ 4 0 00 0 2 .257
Starling cf........... 3 0 00 1 1 .210
Arteaga ss .......... 4 0 00 0 2 .183
Lopez 2b ............. 4 2 21 0 1 .227
Dini c ................... 4 2 11 0 0 .143
TOTALS 34 5 65 3 8 —
BALTIMORE AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Villar ss ................. 4 1 21 1 2 .276
Mancini 1b ............ 3 0 00 1 1 .275
Santander cf-lf ..... 4 0 00 0 0 .281
Núñez dh ............... 3 0 00 1 1 .241
Peterson lf ............ 2 1 10 0 0 .229
Wilkerson ph-cf .... 2 0 00 0 1 .220
Alberto 2b ............. 4 1 10 0 0 .319
Stewart rf ............. 4 0 22 0 0 .162
Severino c ............. 3 0 00 0 2 .254
Ruiz 3b .................. 2 1 11 2 0 .245
TOTALS 31 4 74 5 7 —
KANSAS CITY. 000 003 200—562
BALTIMORE.... 010 001 101—471
E: Dozier (6), Soler (3), Alberto (10).
LOB: Kansas City 5, Baltimore 7.
2B: Stewart (1), Alberto (18). HR: Lopez
(2), off Ynoa; Dini (1), off Ynoa; Villar
(16), off Newberry; Ruiz (8), off Ken-
nedy. RBI: Merrifield (64), Dozier 2 (69),
Lopez (20), Dini (1), Stewart 2 (2), Vil-
lar (55), Ruiz (34).
KANSAS CITY IP H R ER BB SO ERA
López ................... 521122 6.25
Newberry.......... 0.1 11110 3.21
Hill .................... 0.2 00000 3.32
Barlow ................. 121122 5.15
McCarthy............. 100002 5.27
Kennedy .............. 121101 3.10
BALTIMORE IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Means.................. 543224 3.75
Ynoa .................... 222202 6.11
Castro .................. 200012 4.57
WP: López (2-7); LP: Means (8-9);
S: Kennedy (22). Inherited runners-
scored: Hill 2-0, Ynoa 3-0. HBP: López
(Severino), Newberry (Mancini).
WP: López. T: 3:05. A: 11,659 (45,971).Padres 3, Reds 2
Francisco Mejía moved
San Diego closer to the
club record for home runs
with his solo shot off the
foul pole, and Manny
Machado had another big
hit off Cincinnati’s Trevor
Bauer.
Machado is 10 for 15
vs. Bauer in his career with
four homers and six RBI.
SAN DIEGO AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Garcia 2b .............. 4 2 20 0 0 .271
Naylor lf ............... 2 0 00 1 1 .245
France ph ............. 1 0 00 0 1 .218
Machado 3b.......... 4 0 11 0 1 .264
Hosmer 1b............ 4 0 00 0 2 .287
Renfroe rf ............ 4 0 00 0 2 .234
Mejía c.................. 4 1 11 0 1 .277
Myers cf-lf ........... 4 0 10 0 3 .227
Urías ss ................ 3 0 00 0 1 .188
Lauer p ................. 1 0 00 0 1 .100
Jankowski ph-cf... 2 0 00 0 1 .000
TOTALS 33 3 52 1 14 —
CINCINNATI AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Ervin cf ............... 3 0 00 1 0 .323
Senzel ph ............ 1 0 00 0 0 .267
J.Iglesias ss ........ 4 0 10 0 1 .295
Suárez 3b............ 4 0 00 1 4 .256
Aquino rf............. 3 0 00 0 2 .317
Peraza lf-cf ......... 4 0 20 0 0 .240
Farmer 1b ........... 2 0 00 1 0 .247
O'Grady ph.......... 1 0 00 0 0 .143
Galvis 2b ............. 4 2 21 0 2 .440
Barnhart c........... 4 0 20 0 2 .236
Bauer p ............... 2 0 00 0 2 .000
VanMeter ph-lf... 2 0 11 0 1 .289
TOTALS 34 2 82 3 14 —
SAN DIEGO ..... 100 110 000 — 3 5 0
CINCINNATI .... 010 000 001 — 2 8 1
E: Peraza (7). LOB: San Diego 4, Cincin-
nati 10. 2B: Barnhart (8). HR: Mejía (7),
off Bauer; Galvis (2), off Lauer.
SAN DIEGO IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Lauer ................... 441125 4.47
Perdomo .............. 210004 3.52
Wingenter ........... 100012 4.67
Stammen............. 100002 3.68
Yates ................... 131101 1.24
CINCINNATI IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Bauer ................... 7532111 5.87
Sims .................... 200003 4.00
WP: Perdomo (2-3); LP: Bauer (1-2);
S: Yates (36). HBP: Lauer (Aquino),
Yates (J.Iglesias). PB: Barnhart (4).
T: 3:00. A: 10,176 (42,319).Mariners 9, Rays 3
Tom Murphy homered
twice and drove in four
runs, and Austin Nola also
went deep and had three
RBI to power Seattle.
Murphy, who had three
hits and a walk, had a
three-run drive in the first
inning and a solo shot in
the fifth.
SEATTLE AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Lopes lf ............... 5 1 00 0 2 .250
Crawford ss......... 4 2 21 1 0 .242
Nola 1b ................ 4 2 23 1 0 .320
Seager 3b ............ 5 0 10 0 1 .241
Murphy c ............. 3 2 34 1 0 .296
Vogelbach dh ...... 4 0 00 0 2 .222
Smith rf............... 4 1 00 0 2 .235
Broxton cf ........... 2 0 00 1 2 .158
Gordon 2b............ 4 1 10 0 0 .277
TOTALS 35 9 98 4 9—
TAMPA BAY AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Pham lf................ 4 2 11 1 1 .268
Meadows rf......... 4 1 22 0 1 .277
d'Arnaud c ........... 3 0 10 1 0 .262
Choi 1b ................ 3 0 00 0 2 .257
Aguilar dh ........... 4 0 10 0 0 .318
Duffy 3b .............. 0 0 00 0 0 .260
Sogard 2b ............ 4 0 10 0 0 .333
Adames ss .......... 4 0 00 0 0 .243
Kiermaier cf ........ 4 0 00 0 2 .241
Brosseau 3b-p..... 3 0 00 1 2 .277
TOTALS 33 3 63 3 8—
SEATTLE ......... 340 110 000 — 9 9 0
TAMPA BAY.... 100 020 000 — 3 6 2
E: Adames (15), Sogard (2). LOB: Seattle
4, Tampa Bay 7. 2B: d’Arnaud (11).
HR: Murphy (15), off McKay; Nola (7),
off McKay; Murphy (15), off Drake;
Pham (19), off Gonzales; Meadows (21),
off Gonzales.
SEATTLE IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Gonzales .............. 5 5 3 3 2 5 4.30
Swanson .............. 2 0 0 0 1 1 7.01
Guilbeau............... 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.50
Gearrin................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.79
TAMPA BAY IP H R ER BB SO ERA
McKay .................. 2 3 7 3 3 1 5.55
Brosseau.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Alvarado .............. 1 0 0 0 1 3 4.60
Roe....................... 1 3 1 1 0 0 3.86
Drake ................... 2 1 1 1 0 2 3.71
Anderson ............. 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.00
Castillo................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.14
WP: Gonzales (13-10); LP: McKay (2-3).
HBP: Gonzales (Choi), Castillo (Broxton).
WP: Swanson. T: 3:04. A: 9,152 (25,025).White Sox 6, Twins 4
José Abreu hit a tower-
ing three-run homer in
Chicago’s four-run second
inning, helping Iván Nova
and the White Sox beat
Minnesota.
Nova improved to 5-0
in his past six starts. Alex
Colomé worked a rocky
ninth for his 24th save.
CHICAGO AB R H BI BB SO AVG
García cf-lf .......... 5 0 00 0 0 .281
Goins 3b .............. 4 2 31 0 0 .279
Abreu 1b ............. 4 1 13 0 1 .273
Jay rf ................... 3 0 00 1 1 .268
Jiménez lf ........... 4 0 11 0 0 .243
Anderson ss........ 4 1 10 0 1 .330
McCann c............. 4 0 00 0 2 .290
Skole dh .............. 2 1 10 1 0 .250
Castillo ph-dh ..... 1 0 00 0 1 .206
Sánchez 2b.......... 3 1 11 0 1 .251
TOTALS 34 6 86 2 7 —
MINNESOTAAB R H BI BB SO AVG
Arraez 2b ............ 5 1 30 0 0 .348
Polanco ss ........... 5 3 22 0 0 .296
Cruz dh ................ 5 0 21 0 0 .296
Rosario lf ............ 5 0 31 0 0 .282
Sanó 3b ............... 5 0 20 0 2 .245
Gonzalez rf ......... 4 0 00 0 2 .267
Cave cf ................ 4 0 20 0 1 .261
Cron 1b................ 4 0 10 0 0 .257
Castro c ............... 2 0 00 1 1 .242
Garver ph ............ 1 0 00 0 0 .263
TOTALS 40 4 154 1 6 —
CHICAGO......... 004 000 110 — 6 8 1
MINNESOTA ... 200 000 101 — 4 15 1
E: García (10), Arraez (4). LOB: Chicago
4, Minnesota 10. 2B: Anderson (22),
Arraez (11), Polanco (33), Cave (7).
HR: Abreu (27), off Gibson; Polanco
(18), off Bummer.
CHICAGO IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Nova ................. 5.1 1022124.47
Cordero ............. 0.2 00001 4.20
Bummer............... 1 21101 1.80
Marshall .............. 1 00001 2.62
Colomé................. 1 31101 2.44
MINNESOTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Gibson .............. 6.2 65514 4.40
Harper................. .1 00000 3.45
Thorpe ................. 2 21113 3.38
WP: Nova (9-9); LP: Gibson (11-6);
S: Colomé (24). Inherited runners-
scored: Cordero 2-0, Harper 1-0.
T: 3:27. A: 25,564 (38,649).PERSONNEL DEPT.
Braves: Claimed OF Billy
Hamilton off waivers from
the Royals. Hamilton was
hitting .211 with 18 steals
this season.
Cubs: Optioned infielder
David Bote to Class AAA
Iowa.
Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale
is receiving treatment for
inflammation in his elbow
that will shut him down for
the rest of the regular
season. He received an
injection of platelet-rich
plasma and will be
reevaluated in six weeks.
Twins: Slugger Nelson
Cruz was reinstated from
the injured list and will
play through a ruptured
tendon in his left wrist.
BY THE NUMBERS
200
Career wins for Houston’s
Zack Greinke, who went
seven strong innings
Sunday to become just
the third active pitcher
to reach the milestone.
208
Consecutive games
without being shut out by
the Yankees, tying them
with the 2000-01 Reds for
the third-longest streak
since 1900.
QUOTABLE
“His command
was spectacular.
[His] confidence
could not be
higher. He’s been
magnificent.”
— Cubs Manager
Joe Maddon on lefty José
Quintana, who pitched
seven crisp innings to lead
Chicago to 7-1 win over
Pittsburgh on Sunday in the
Little League Classic.
STAR OF THE DAY
Tom Murphy, Mariners
The catcher went 3 for 3
with a pair of home runs
and four RBI in Seattle’s
9-3 victory over the Rays.
TODAY’S GAME
TO WATCH
Yankees at Athletics,
10 p.m., ESPN
MLB wins leader Domingo
Germán (16-2, 3.96 ERA)
takes the hill for AL East-
leading New York against
Homer Bailey (10-8, 5.22)
in a battle of postseason
contenders.
AL leaders
Through Sunday’s games
BATTING
LeMahieu, NY .................................. .339
Brantley, Hou .................................. .335
Devers, Bos ...................................... .332
HOME RUNS
Trout, LA ............................................. 41
Soler, KC ............................................. 35
Kepler, Min ......................................... 33
RBI
Devers, Bos ....................................... 101
Trout, LA ............................................. 96
Bogaerts, Bos ..................................... 94
ERA
Morton, TB ...................................... 2.77
Verlander, Hou ................................ 2.81
Cole, Hou ......................................... 2.87
SAVES
Chapman, NY ...................................... 35
Hand, Cle ............................................ 29
Osuna, Hou ......................................... 27
STRIKEOUTS
Verlander, Hou ................................. 228
Cole, Hou .......................................... 226
Sale, Bos ........................................... 218
COMPLETE GAMES
Bieber, Cle ............................................ 3
Giolito, Chi ............................................ 2Baseball
National League American League
TONY GUTIERREZ/ASSOCIATED PRESSDon’t worry, be happy
Angels outfielder Cole Calhoun enjoys some positive reinforcement after making an over-the-shoulder catch to end the fourth inning Monday vs. the Rangers.TODAYInterleague scores
SUNDAY’S RESULT
N.Y. Mets 11, at Kansas City 5
MONDAY’S RESULTS
No games scheduledNL leaders
Through Sunday’s games
BATTING
Yelich, Mil ........................................ .335
McNeil, NY ....................................... .332
Reynolds, Pit ................................... .329
Blackmon, Col .................................. .327
Marte, Ari ........................................ .320
Rendon, Was ................................... .318
Bellinger, LA .................................... .317
Freeman, Atl .................................... .303
Dahl, Col ........................................... .302
Arenado, Col .................................... .302
HOME RUNS
Bellinger, LA ....................................... 42
Yelich, Mil ........................................... 41
Alonso, NY .......................................... 40
Acuña Jr., Atl ...................................... 35
Suárez, Cin .......................................... 34
Renfroe, SD ........................................ 31
Muncy, LA ........................................... 31
Bell, Pit ............................................... 31
Freeman, Atl ....................................... 31
Moustakas, Mil ................................... 30
Arenado, Col ....................................... 30
RBI
Bell, Pit ............................................... 98
Freeman, Atl ....................................... 98
Escobar, Ari ........................................ 98
Rendon, Was ...................................... 97
Bellinger, LA ....................................... 97
Alonso, NY .......................................... 95
Arenado, Col ....................................... 94
Harper, Phi .......................................... 90
Yelich, Mil ........................................... 89
Muncy, LA ........................................... 85
Acuña Jr., Atl ...................................... 85
ERA
Ryu, LA ............................................ 1.64
Soroka, Atl ....................................... 2.41
Scherzer, Was ................................. 2.41
deGrom, NY ..................................... 2.61
Kershaw, LA .................................... 2.63
Gray, Cin .......................................... 2.99
Castillo, Cin ..................................... 3.10
Buehler, LA ...................................... 3.31
Corbin, Was ..................................... 3.34
Hendricks, Chi .................................. 3.37
STRIKEOUTS
deGrom, NY ...................................... 194
Scherzer, Was .................................. 189
Ray, Ari ............................................. 187
Strasburg, Was ................................ 185
Corbin, Was ...................................... 180
Castillo, Cin ...................................... 175
Nola, Phi ........................................... 173
NOTESBY PETER SCHMUCKbaltimore — Left-hander John Means could not
have seen it coming.
The Baltimore Orioles’ all-star rookie was at-
tempting to snap a three-game losing streak and
looked as if he was going to do it in grand style,
carrying a no-hit bid into the sixth inning against a
Kansas City Royals team that has struggled almost
as much as the Orioles have this season.
But the no-hit bid ended right there, wilting
under a hail of hits that sent Means packing before
he could record another out. The Royals erupted, as
so many other opponents have in the late innings,
to score a 5-4 victory before an announced crowd of
11,659 at Camden Yards.
Means (8-9) didn’t need that, not after failing to
get out of the fourth inning in three straight starts,
allowing 13 earned runs over 10^2 / 3 innings during
those games and falling back to .500 for the first
time since early May.
What he needed was some early run support, but
he was clinging to a precarious 1-0 lead when it all
unraveled.
It was an unlikely pitching duel to begin with.
Royals right-hander Jorge López was also trying to
figure things out after bouncing back and forth
between the starting rotation and the bullpen,
failing to win in any of his 11 previous starts.
He allowed just a pair of hits over five innings,
including a long RBI double by DJ Stewart, and left
the game at that point trailing by that run.
But six straight Royals hitters reached base in the
sixth, and Means was done for the night.
— Baltimore SunMeans’s early success
turns sour in a hurry
ROYALS 5, ORIOLES 4
EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR
New York 83 43 .659 — 7-3 L-1
Tampa Bay 73 53 .579 10 7-3 L-1
Boston 67 59 .53216 7-3 W-5
Toronto 52 75 .409 31^1 / 2 5-5 L-2
Baltimore 39 86 .312 43^1 / 2 1-9 L-8CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR
Minnesota 76 49 .608 — 6-4 L-1
Cleveland 74 51 .592 2 5-5 W-1
Chicago 56 68 .452 19^1 / 2 5-5 W-1
Kansas City 45 80 .360 31 4-6 W-1
Detroit 37 85 .303 37^1 / 2 3-7 L-3WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR
Houston 80 46 .635 — 4-6 W-2
Oakland 71 53 .573 8 6-4 L-1
x-Los Angeles 62 64 .49218 6-4 W-2
x-Texas 60 64 .48419 2-8 L-4
Seattle 53 73 .421 27 5-5 W-3
x-Late gameEAST W L PCT GB L10 STR
Atlanta 74 52 .587 — 6-4 W-2
Washington 68 56 .548 5 7-3 W-2
New York 64 60 .516 9 6-4 W-2
Philadelphia 64 60 .516 9 5-5 L-2
Miami 45 78 .366 27^1 / 2 3-7 L-3
CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR
St. Louis 66 57 .537 — 8-2 W-2
Chicago 66 58 .532^1 / 2 4-6 W-2
Milwaukee 64 61 .512 3 5-5 L-2
Cincinnati 58 66 .468 8^1 / 2 3-7 L-2
Pittsburgh 51 73 .411 15^1 / 2 3-7 L-3WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR
Los Angeles 82 44 .651 — 6-4 L-2
San Francisco 63 62 .504 18^1 / 2 7-3 L-1
x-Arizona 62 63 .496 19^1 / 2 4-6 W-1
San Diego 59 65 .476 22 6-4 W-3
x-Colorado 57 67 .460 24 5-5 W-4
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ORIOLES LEADERS
Through Sunday’s game
Batters Avg AB RH HR RBI
Alberto .319 385 39 1237 37
Santander .286 252 32 72 11 35
Mancini .277 462 82 128 29 73
Villar .274 482 82 132 15 54
Severino .257 237 28 61 10 30
Ruiz .244 275 25 677 33
Núñez .243 432 62 105 27 72
SmithJr. .238 311 41 74 12 48Team W L PctWCGB
Cleveland 74 51 .592 +1^1 / 2
Tampa Bay 73 53 .579 —
Oakland 71 53 .573 1
Boston 67 59 .532 6Team W L Pct WCGB
Washington 68 56 .548+ 2
Chicago 66 58 .532—
New York 64 60 .516 2
Philadelphia 64 60 .516 2
Milwaukee 64 61 .512 21 / 2