Kansas City Royals' Tyler Tolbert reacts to flying out during the ninth inning against the New York Mets, Tuesday, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Tolbert ties

MLB record

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Tolbert of the Kansas City Royals has tied a major league record with hits in 12 consecutive plate appearances. He reached the mark with an infield single against the New York Mets for his fifth hit Tuesday night.

Tolbert matched the record set by Chicago’s Johnny Kling in 1902 and equaled by Walt Dropo of the Detroit Tigers in 1952. With a chance to break the record, Tolbert was finally retired in the ninth on a fly ball to right against A.J. Minter to finish 5 for 6.

The second-year player homered in the second inning and singled in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh.

O’Hearn blows

up Braves

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Ryan O’Hearn set a franchise record by driving in 10 runs on three homers against Atlanta. O’Hearn hit a grand slam in the first inning, a three-run shot in the third, and another three-run homer in the sixth.

His 10 RBIs broke the franchise record of nine RBIs set by Johnny Rizzo in 1939. O’Hearn’s 10 RBIs are the most by any player in the majors this year.

An All-Star last season, O’Hearn also became the 16th player in Pittsburgh’s 145-year history to hit three homers in a game.

The Pirates won 12-4.

Blackhawks

center injured

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard will miss the start of the season after he had surgery on his left shoulder. Team physician Michael Terry says Bedard is expected “to make a full recovery in an approximate timeline of four months.”

The NHL hasn’t announced its regular-season schedule, but the Blackhawks played their first game last season on Oct. 7.

Bedard, who turns 21 on July 17, got hurt while skating with a group of NHL players last week in his hometown of Vancouver. It’s a major blow for a Blackhawks team trying to emerge from a painful rebuilding process.

Brewers

sweep DH

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joey Ortiz homered, Robert Gasser pitched a career-high 7 2/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-2 Tuesday night to complete a doubleheader sweep.

Gasser (2-3) allowed just a two-run homer to Nelson Velázquez.

Luis Lara, in his major league debut, got his first hit and RBI with a two-run single that gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the fifth.