Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

3-5, 2-3 Away

Final
2 - 8

Kansas City Royals

3-4, 2-2 Home

Royals beat Orioles 8-2 behind 3 RBIs apiece from Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino

The Royals broke it open in eighth inning, sending nine batters to the plate and scoring five times.

Garcia ripped a double down the left-field line to score Mark Canha and give Kansas City a 4-2 lead. Kyle Isbel followed with a bunt to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle, who underhanded it to the plate, but Garcia beat the throw to make it 5-2.

Pasquantino gave the Royals a six-run lead on a bloop single that cleared the bases.

Kansas City starter Seth Lugo (1-0) went six innings, allowing two runs (one earned).

Dean Kremer (1-1) went 4 1/3 innings in the start for Baltimore, allowing eight hits and three runs (two earned).

Baltimore ended its string of five straight series-opening wins dating to last September.

Star shortstop Gunnar Henderson, who started the season on the injured list, made his 2025 debut for Baltimore and went 1 for 4.

Kansas City opened the scoring in the first when Salvador Perez sent a high fly ball to left with two outs that Heston Kjerstad misplayed, allowing Bobby Witt Jr. to score.

Key moment The Royals took advantage of an error and a wild pitch in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead. Garcia singled up the middle to score Perez and Cavan Biggio.

Key stats The Royals have scored 18 of their 31 runs this season in the seventh inning or later.

The Orioles have not recorded a save through the first eight games of a season for the first time since 2003.

Up next Orioles RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (0-1, 4.50) goes against Royals RHP Michael Wacha (0-1, 2.25) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	O'Neill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn grounded out to second, Mullins to second.
	9th Inning	Mullins walked.
	9th Inning	Westburg grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Stratton relieved Erceg
	8th Inning	Perez struck out swinging.

Statistics

BAL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	15
5	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	8
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	3
11	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	164
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	14
33	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
1.1	Runs Created	5.9
.194	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.389
.129	Secondary Average	.222
.242	On Base Percentage	.359
.500	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.748
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
16.0	Batter Rating	52.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.065	Isolated Power	.083
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.050
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
3.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.0	MLB Rating	94.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0