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Royals beat Orioles 5-3
by Carrie White sales Yordano Ventura's locker sits next to that of Edinson Volquez in the Kansas City clubhouse,Jake McGeeJersey and two down from Johnny Cueto, who arrived last month in a trade from Cincinnati. In other words, he gets plenty of veteran advice. ''I believe Johnny's had a big impact on Ventura the last three or four starts,'' Royals manager Ned Yost said after his young flamethrower tossed a gem in a 5-3 victory over Baltimore. ''Every once in a while, you hear it http://www.officialraysshop.com/authentic-70-joe-maddon-jersey.htmlfrom the pitching coach, you hear it from the pitching coach, and then you hear it from a teammate and it sinks in,'' he said. Exactly what ''it'' might be is anyone's guess, but the results have been obvious: Ventura (9-7) struck out a career-high 11 in just six innings Thursday, allowing only two hits and four walks while improving to 5-0 in his last seven starts. ''There's been a lot of work put in preparing to get better,'' Ventura said with catching coach Pedro Grifol serving as a translator. ''I feel like this was one of my better outings.'' The Royals' usually solid bullpen nearly gave it away, though. Kelvin Herrera served up ahttp://www.officialraysshop.com/authentic-20-matt-joyce-jersey.html homer to Ryan Flaherty in the seventh, and Greg Holland allowed two more runs in the ninth before getting Gerardo Parra to ground out with a runner on to end the game. Chris Tillman (9-9), who tossed a five-hitter at Kauffman Stadium last May, followed his first loss since May 31 with another. He allowed four runs over six innings. The game wasn't all that Baltimore lost, either. All-Star outfielder Adam Jones left soon after crashing into the wall trying to track down a fly ball in the first. Jones lay on the warning track for a few minutes before standing up and finishing the inning. Paul Janish replaced him as a pinch hitter. ''He feels a lot better now than he Elvis Andrus Jerseydid. His vision was - most of it was whiplash,'' Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. ''I don't think there's any head trauma, concussion-wise.'' Showalter said that Jones would be evaluated Friday in Texas. ''Any time Adam says anything's bothering him,'' Showalter said, ''you'd better multiply it times two because he's a tough nut.'' The first five outs Ventura recorded were punchouts, and he later struck out Matt Wieters to http://www.officialmlbrangersshop.com/authentic-3-luis-sardinas-jersey.htmlleave runners on second and third. Ventura eventually surpassed his career-best of 10 strikeouts set last May by fanning Wieters for the third time with a 99 mph fastball. Orlando also contributed a sacrifice fly for the Royals, while hot-hitting Mike Moustakas drove in a pair of runs and Salvador Perez had an RBI single The AL Central-leading Royals took three of four in the series, and have won 10 of their last 11 against the Orioles. Baltimore, which began the day two back of the final wild-card spot, still has not won back-to-back games since sweeping Oakland earlier this month.Sponsor Ads
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