The Kansas City Royals picked up a 7-5 win. This was the first game of their three-game series against the Houston Astros. They are 9-3 in May, averaging 4.4 runs per game while allowing 2.4 runs per game. Tonight, Kris Bubic takes the ball for the Royals, and he faces Framber Valdez for the Astros. This afternoon, the Royals signed a veteran southpaw pitcher. They added Rich Hill to a minor league deal. He will report to Triple-A Omaha.
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Rich Hill
Hill has been in the big leagues for 20 seasons, making 386 appearances with 248 of those coming as starts, going 90-74 with a 4.01 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and 1,428 strikeouts in 1,409 innings. The Royals are the 16th different organization that Hill will have appeared in. Last season, he made four appearances with the Red Sox, going 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP, and five strikeouts in 3.2 innings. In one start at Triple-A Worcester, he went two shutout innings, walking one and striking out two. His best season of his career came in 2016, making 20 starts, going 12-5 with a 2.12 ERA, a 1.00 WHIP, and 129 strikeouts in 110.1 innings. He spent that season with the Oakland A’s and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
