Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
6
Baltimore Orioles
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| BAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer homered in a four-run fourth inning, Jeremy Guthrie pitched effectively against his former team and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
S Perez singled to right, A Gordon scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
M Moustakas homered to right (359 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
C Davis homered to center (439 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
E Hosmer homered to left center (416 feet), B Butler scored.
A Gordon homered to right (382 feet), L Cain scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
J Hardy singled to center, A Jones scored, M Wieters thrown out at third.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
N Reimold struck out looking.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
N Reimold batting
R Flaherty fouled out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Flaherty batting
J Hardy grounded out to third.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Hardy batting
L Hochevar relieved K Herrera.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
A Escobar lined out to left.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Escobar batting
C Getz grounded out to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Getz batting
J Francoeur flied out to center.
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BAL wins series 2-1
Nate McLouthLF15
Manny Machado3B13
Nick MarkakisRF22
Adam JonesCF10
Chris Davis1B19
Matt WietersC32
J.J. HardySS2
Ryan Flaherty2B7
Nolan ReimoldDH14
Alcides EscobarSS3
Lorenzo CainCF6
Alex GordonLF4
Billy ButlerDH36
Eric Hosmer1B51
Salvador PerezC13
Mike Moustakas3B18
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Chris Getz2B39
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