Yasiel Puig hit a two-run home run to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 8-1 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Friday.
Puig finished the game 3-for-3 with three runs scored while Juan Uribe went 4- for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Dodgers. Stephen Fife gave up a run on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Alex Gordon had two hits and an RBI for the Royals, who saw starter Yordano Ventura give up three runs on five hits in three innings of work.
Game Notes
The Oakland Athletics could have left Rangers Ballpark giddy and gung-ho for the second half of their Texas road trip, but they departed town wearing a lot of clenched-teeth smiles instead.
CHICAGO - Jerry Reinsdorf is 77, going on 40. He wasn't joking when he told a friend he is planning to serve as host when the 2033 All-Star Game comes to U.S. Cellular Field, commemorating the first one at Comiskey Park in 1933.
CLEVELAND - Forget the Ubaldo Jimenez-Justin Verlander matchup that fizzled early.
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