The Royals never had a player round the bases and reach home in a 3-0 loss to the Bluefield Blue Jays to initiate an Appalachian League series at Burlington Athletic Stadium. Two base runners with the Royals were at the third base in the first inning as well.
Rapp was on third base and Michael Antonio was at second base with one out. Murray Watts hit a grounder to Bluefield first baseman Art Charles, who touched the bag for the second out. Then he noticed Antonio a few feet away from third base and Trapp in the surrounding area, too.
Charles ended up with an unassisted double play when he raced across the diamond and made a tag on Antonio.
The Blue Jays took advantage of that early break. Three Bluefield pitchers combined on a five-hitter, with Antonio and Jin-Ho Shin supplying two hits apiece. The Royals (14-22) managed only one hit after the fourth inning.
Bluefield starter A Jay Myer (2-2) worked six innings, allowing four hits and no walks. The Blue Jays (20-16) chipped away with single runs in the first, eighth and ninth innings, making the most of five hits. Burlington starter Matt Murray (1-2) suffered the loss by giving up one unearned run across five innings, allowing two hits with five strikeouts.
The Royals prevented another run in the seventh when right fielder Derek Hamblen threw out Chris Hawkins at the plate on Javan Williams’ would-be sacrifice fly.
It was Bluefield’s first trip here as a Toronto Blue Jays affiliate after more than five decades as a Baltimore Orioles farm club.
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