Romero struggles again as Royalty rout Blue Jays

Ough Romero feels as though he's stuck in quicksand, and sinking fast.

Mike Moustakas hit his first career grand slam, Everett Teaford pitched seven innings for his first win of year and also the Might Royalty defaced Romero, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 on Monday evening.

Jose Bautista hit his major league leading 27th homer and Colby Rasmus put a solo shot from the facing from the fifth deck however it wasn't enough for that Blue Jays, who lost for that fifth amount of time in seven games.

Romero (8-3) lost in your own home the very first time in several months, quitting eight runs along with a season-high 11 hits in six-plus innings. The left-hander, who experienced consecutive deficits the very first time this year, also permitted eight runs in last Wednesday's loss at Boston.

A downcast Romero stated he's spending so much time between begins, but can't appear to snap from his slump.

"You seem like you are within the quicksand," he stated. "Any time you just keep getting much deeper and much deeper and you do not know how to get away from it."

Romero has permitted four runs or even more in seven of his past 11 excursions.

Manager John Farrell conceded that Romero's confidence is wavering, but stated also, he saw some encouraging signs.

"He assaulted the zone a lot more strongly tonight, pitched ahead within the count, more first-pitch strikes," Farrell stated. "But nonetheless, as he got ahead within the count, the opportunity to place the hitter away was a bit elusive. One step within the right direction but nonetheless not even close to what we have been familiar with seeing from Ough."