Royals' Rich Hill, on 14th team, becomes oldest active player in MLB

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Rich Hill tied an MLB record during the squad s - loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field Hill made his Royals debut in the loss and tied reliever Edwin Jackson for having played for his th different club in his MLB career Hill s return to the major leagues also made him the oldest progressing sportsman in the sport CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe left-handed starting pitcher pitched five innings and yielded six hits and three runs two unearned with two walks and a strikeout He battled his butt off out there Royals manager Matt Quatraro declared postgame It was tough work out there early He had a couple of walks in there but he made a lot of competitive pitches Certain of them didn't go his way but we didn't play tight enough behind him to keep it where it was Otherwise he's supposedly looking at one maybe no runs Hill had a grueling second inning as he threw of his pitches in that frame as his defense betrayed him He gave up two unearned runs that inning PHILLIES SECURE BIZARRE WALK-OFF WIN NOT SEEN IN MLB FOR OVER YEARS You know the second inning was a little bit of a grind to get through Hill announced But overall I felt like the ball came out of my hand pretty much the way I desired to With the start Hill s st season in the big leagues is underway He became the oldest athlete to start in a encounter since Jamie Moyer did at years old with the Colorado Rockies on May At years and days Hill became the oldest athlete in Royals history passing Hall of Fame right-hander Gaylord Perry who appeared in two games with the Royals in after he turned Hill was called up from Triple-A to join the rotation for Michael Lorenzen who didn t pitch due to an oblique strain Quatraro did not say when Hill would pitch next but the -foot- lefty wants to pitch again It's easy to say that you love it but when you know you have more to give it's tough to walk away Hill revealed In his -year career Hill has played for the Cubs Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox the then-Cleveland Indians Los Angeles Angels New York Yankees the then-Oakland Athletics Los Angeles Dodgers Minnesota Twins Tampa Bay Rays New York Mets Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres and the Royals The Royals - will take on the Cubs - in the final challenge of their three-game series on Wednesday at p m ET The Associated Press contributed to this review Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter