KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez, Luke Maile, Lane Thomas and Tyler Tolbert homered and the Kansas City Royals tagged Phillies ace Cristopher Sanchez for a career-worst nine earned runs in a 15-1 win over Philadelphia on Monday.
The Royals (36-54), who entered the game with the second-worst record in baseball, scored in every inning and scored a season-high 15 runs on 22 hits. Tyler Tolbert posted his first career five-hit game, and the first by a Royals player since 2022.
Former University of Central Arkansas pitcher Noah Cameron (5-6) allowed 1 run on 6 hits with 5 walks and 7 strikeouts in 5 innings. The Phillies scored in the top of the first but were shut down the rest of the way despite having at least one baserunner in every inning.
Sanchez’s previous high in earned runs allowed was seven. The 29-year-old left-hander, who lasted 3 1/3 innings, gave up six runs in the first, matching his season worst performance, which came April 23 against the Chicago Cubs. Sanchez (10-4) allowed 12 hits and 1 walk with 1 strikeout as his ERA increased from 2.00 to 2.62.
Asked after the game if he could pinpoint something that led to the bad outing, Sanchez was lost for a cause.
“Nothing really,” he said through an interpreter. “I mean, it’s just a game. As I learn from the good things that we have on the field, and the things when we perform well, the same thing when I don’t perform. I just try to learn from it.”
In the bottom of the first, Bobby Witt Jr. scored on fielder’s choice when the Phillies failed to turn an inning-ending double play. The next three Royals hit singles before Luke Maile followed with a three-run homer in his first at-bat of the season.
Perez added to Sanchez’s misery with his 11th home run in the second. It was the 314th homer of his career, moving him to three behind George Brett for the most in franchise history.
Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, who leads the MLB with 30 homers, was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing a checked-swing call after his third strikeout. It was the first ejection this season for Schwarber, who also drew a walk.
NATIONALS 12, ASTROS 11 James Wood hit a grand slam in the fifth inning and host Washington overcame a five-run deficit and held off Houston in the opener of a three-game series. CJ Abrams and Curtis Mead each homered and drove in three runs as part of three-hit games for Washington. Nasim Nunez also recorded three hits and his major league-leading 33rd stolen base. Jose Altuve, Yainer Diaz and Brice Matthews homered for Houston. Washington starter Miles Mikolas (3-7) gave up 7 runs and struck out 3 in 6 innings. Clayton Beeter recorded the last four outs for his seventh save.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
METS 7, BRAVES 6 (10) Luis Torrens doubled in two runs with two outs in the 10th inning and last-place, visiting New York beat NL East-leading Atlanta to split the four-game series. Torrens’ double to left field drove in Bo Bichette, who opened the inning on second base as the designated runner, and Jared Young, for a 7-5 lead. Young was hit by a pitch by Braves rookie right-hander Owen Murphy (0-1) in his major league debut. Matt Olson hit two homers for Atlanta, including a game-tying two-run shot in the ninth. Brooks Raley (3-3) recorded the final out in the ninth, and Luke Weaver pitched the 10th. Carson Benge had two hits, including a homer, for New York.
BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 3 David Hamilton and Brice Turang drove in two runs each during a four-run seventh inning and visiting Milwaukee rallied from a three-run deficit to beat St. Louis. Garrett Mitchell opened the seventh with a single off reliever Justin Bruihl and Sal Frelick greeted Ryan Fernandez (1-2) with a ground-rule double. Cooper Pratt was safe on Fernandez’s fielding error to load the bases and Hamilton followed with a two-run double. Ryne Stanek (Arkansas Razorbacks) came in and surrendered a go-ahead two-run single to Turang. Turang’s fielding error led to two unearned runs off Shane Drohan (4-2) in the third as St. Louis jumped in front. Nelson Velazquez had a leadoff double in the sixth and scored on a single by Masyn Winn for a 3-0 advantage.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YANKEES 5, RAYS 1 Cam Schlittler pitched eight innings for the second time this season, Jose Caballero homered twice and visiting New York beat Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Schlittler (9-5), who allowed a career-high 6 runs to Detroit in his last start, struck out 8, allowed 4 hits and walked none. Rays starter Griffin Jax (4-6) retired the first 13 Yankees batters he faced before walking Jasson Dominguez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. with one out in the fifth. Caballero, who was traded from the Rays to the Yankees last July, then hit a home run 395 feet to left field. David Bednar pitched a perfect ninth for the Yankees.
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