The Royals’ Nicky Lopez thought he had a leadoff triple in the fifth when Jo Adell failed to catch his fly ball to left field, but the call was overturned upon review and ruled a foul ball. “Just kind of one guy after another,” Matheny said. The Royals added four more runs off Aaron Loup and Ryan Tepera, thanks in part to an error and two wild pitches, before Melendez went deep off Austin Warren to put the game out of reach. But the Royals finally caught up to him in the sixth, when Taylor delivered a two-out single to break up a scoreless game. Syndergaard also dodged trouble through five innings, leaving runners in scoring position in four of them. Ohtani’s double came moments after he fouled a pitch off his leg and needed several minutes to walk it off. When he wants to be done with the game, he’ll be done.”
“It’s just amazing he’s still able to get outs at the big league level the way that he does,” Garrett said. Along the way, Greinke punched out Andrew Velazquez for his 2,856th strikeout, moving him past Jim Bunning and into the top 20 on the career list. He navigated an error by Whit Merrifield in the first, worked around Shohei Ohtani’s double in the third and picked off Luis Rengifo for the final out of the fourth. “We’re playing better baseball,” Royals manager Mike Matheny admitted. Now, the Royals will go for their first four-game win streak of the season on Tuesday night. “Deserved a better fate,” Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. The Angels’ Noah Syndergaard (5-8) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts. Taylor drove in three runs, Emmanuel Rivera drove in a run during a four-run seventh, and MJ Melendez capped the rout with a two-run homer in the eighth. Jose Cuas handled the seventh, Scott Barlow the eighth and Josh Staumont finished off the ninth.Īll the support came after Greinke departed: Michael A.
Greinke scattered three hits over five innings before giving the ball to Amir Garrett (2-1), who worked around a leadoff double in the sixth. I never really thought about any of this stuff, but it’s been interesting stuff happening the last couple of starts,” said the 38-year-old Greinke, who is nearing the end of his 19th big league season. Hardly known for his overpowering stuff, Greinke nevertheless moved into the top 20 on Monday night while combining with four Kansas City Royals relievers to hold the scuffling Los Angeles Angels to five hits in a 7-0 victory. Like his name climbing the career strikeouts list. (AP) - Zack Greinke is getting to the point in his career where it seems as though just about every start brings with it some kind of record, even those that the former Cy Young winner never anticipated seeing. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.