Baseball: Sugano picks up 1st MLB win as Orioles rout Royals

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano earned the first win of his major league career after taking a shutout into the sixth inning in an 8-1 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Saturday. The 35-year-old Japanese right-hander, who exited his MLB debut last Sunday because of cramping in both hands, allowed one run and five hits in 5-1/3 innings at Kauffman Stadium. He struck out four and walked one. Sugano (1-1) retired the first eight Royals he faced before escaping two-on jams in the third and fifth innings. After the Orioles pushed their lead to 6-0 in a four-run sixth, the two-time winner …

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