Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals

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Baltimore Orioles

4-5, 3-3 Away

Final
8 - 1

Kansas City Royals

3-5, 2-3 Home

Holliday and Sugano help Orioles snap a 3-game skid with an 8-1 victory over Royals

Tyler O'Neill belts a bases clearing triple

Heston Kjerstad and Ramón Urías also had RBI singles in Baltimore's big inning. Gary Sánchez hit a two-run single in the second and Tyler O'Neill had a two-run triple in the seventh for the Orioles, whose five through nine batters went 8 for 19 with all eight RBI.

Leadoff man Gunnar Henderson was 0 for 5 with four strikeouts, dropping to 1 for 9 since returning from a a right intercostal strain.

Sugano (1-1) got the first eight Royals hitters out and allowed one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out four, walked one and hit one batter.

Royals starter Michael Wacha (0-2) tossed 5 2/3 innings and gave up four runs and six hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit his first homer of the season for Kansas City, a 399-foot shot to left field in the sixth.

Key moment After giving up back-to-back singles to start the fifth and pitching with a 2-0 lead, Sugano kept the Royals off the board, stranding the runners at first and second. The Orioles then responded with their four-run sixth.

Key stats Baltimore had 12 hits after entering the game tied for first in the American League in that category.

Up next The teams will play the rubber game of the series Sunday. The Royals had seven series last season during which they won the first game and dropped the next two of the series. LHP Cade Povich (0-0, 6.23 ERA) will start for Baltimore and LHP Kris Bubic (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will take the mound for Kansas City.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Garcia grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Melendez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Renfroe popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Bowman relieved Akin
	9th Inning	Laureano in right field.
	9th Inning	Kjerstad grounded into double play, left to third to second, Laureano out at second, Mullins out at third.

Statistics

BAL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	15
2	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
173	Pitches	138
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	0
17	Total Bases	8
42	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
6.7	Runs Created	1.8
.324	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.459	Slugging Percentage	.258
.270	Secondary Average	.194
.405	On Base Percentage	.257
.864	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.515
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
7.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
51.0	Batter Rating	12.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.135	Isolated Power	.097
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
16.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
97.3	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0