The Houston Astros jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back in a 10-3 rout of the Royals on Friday night, the fifth loss in a row for Kansas City.
Brady Singer had looked like a different pitcher since returning from a demotion to Omaha, allowing just three runs in his last three starts. But he ran into trouble with the long ball against the Astros allowing three home runs and seven runs in five innings of work. The first dinger was in the second, a two-run blast by Aledmys Diaz to put Houston up 2-0.