Springer rocks Royals with grand slam Friday — George Springer

Dillon Gee replaced Volquez and allowed all three runs to score, skyrocketing Volquez’s ERA from 4.12 to 5.15.

Luis Valbuena exited the Astros’ 13-4 win Friday night against the Kansas City Royals because of left lower back tightness but is expected to return to the lineup for Saturday night’s game. Yahoo Sports has the inning laid out as starting out with a triple, then an RBI single, a recorded out, then another single, another RBI single, a walk, an error that scored a run, another RBI single and a grand slam.

Volquez had a complete meltdown; he was tagged for 12 runs (11 earned) in an inning-plus.

Volquez told pitching coach Dave Eiland before the game that he had an early indication it wouldn’t be his night.

Springer finished the game with five RBI, and Colby Rasmus had four hits, including a home run in the eighth, scored three runs and drove in two. The problem was that Royals’ manager Ned Yost wanted to see whether Volquez had possibly found a way to end the madness. In the fourth, Orlando had an infield single, moved to third on Brett Eibner’s double and scored on Cuthbert’s ground out.Alcides Escobar homered on Dallas Keuchel’s first pitch of the fifth, his first since August 21 at Boston.NOTES: INF Raul Mondesi will begin a rehab assignment Saturday with high-Class A Wilmington at Winston-Salem.

Phillies (31-44) at Giants (48-27), 10:05 p.m. ET: Coming off a complete game in which he suffered a bad-luck loss, Giants ace Madison Bumgarner (8-3, 1.85 ERA) has a great shot for another nine-inning outing against the struggling Phillies, who send Jeremy Hellickson (4-6, 4.41 ERA) to the mound. Rasmus scored three runs and had two RBIs.Dallas Keuchel (4-9) picked up his first victory in five June starts. Mondesi, the Royals’ top prospect, was suspended 50 games on May 10 after testing positive for Clenbuterol, a performance-enhancing drug.

Gordon, recovering from a broken bone near his right wrist, was to finish his rehab assignment at Triple-A Omaha on Friday night.

Royals: RHP Chris Young (2-6) leads the majors with 19 home runs allowed.