So this was not just another night at the ballpark. Emotions ran high, two players were ejected, the benches and dugouts emptied, and the Orioles routed the Kansas City Royals 9-1.
Kansas City right-hander Yordano Ventura threw a pitch inside toward Manny Machado in the second inning that did not hit him but drew his ire. In the fifth, facing Machado the next time, Ventura's pitch did not miss what was certainly its clear target.
Ventura drilled Machado in the back with a 99 mph fastball,...
