Travis Wood pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in Tuesday’s 8–3 loss to Boston, his sixth straight scoreless outing (8.1 IP), a streak in which he’s retired 23 of 28 batters.
He also stayed in the game to bat for himself in the ninth, grounding into a game-ending double play. In doing so, he became just the ninth pitcher to bat in a game at Kauffman Stadium since the DH rule was implemented in 1973, and the first since Oakland’s Todd Stottlemyre on Aug. 16, 1995.
He’s the third Royal to bat in a game at Kauffman Stadium in the DH era (since 1973), joining Hipolito Pichardo (July 29, 1995 vs.