“I don’t think you could say enough good words about the job the bullpen did tonight,” Bailey said. The Royals’ bullpen threw four hitless innings and struck out eight. Jake Diekman worked his eighth consecutive scoreless outing, striking out two batters in the eighth inning and Ian Kennedy pitched a perfect ninth.
Barlow pitched a good inning there.”Īfter giving up 10 runs in 10 innings over his first two starts, Bailey has allowed just 12 runs in his last six outings with a 3.48 ERA over 31 innings. I think that’s what happened in that situation. “Obviously you want to drive the ball in that situation, but it’s round ball, round bat, and sometimes you do everything in your power and the other guy just beats you. That’s for sure,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. “I thought it was an opportunity for us to do some damage. Barlow came in and pitched around a one-out walk to strike out the side and leave the bases loaded, then struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh inning. He just executed pitches all night long.”īailey left after giving up back-to-back singles to lead off the sixth. I thought he continued to make pitches all night long. “I didn’t think he was great, but he was good. Jorge Soler added his team-leading 10th home run of the season. Homer Bailey (4-3) gave up one run and four hits in five-plus innings, and Scott Barlow struck out a career-high six in two innings of relief for the Royals. I’m lucky to play this game as long as I have and very humbled by 1,500 hits and I’m just happy that I’m still able to do it,” Gordon said.
Gordon’s second home run was the 1,500th hit of his career and gave him the fifth multihomer game of his career and first since August 20, 2016.