Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles

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Kansas City Royals

19-16, 8-11 Away

Final
11 - 6

Baltimore Orioles

13-20, 8-9 Home

Garcia goes deep twice as Royals hit a club-record 7 HRs in 11-6 win over Orioles

Royals crank franchise-record 7 home runs in win over Orioles

Bobby Witt Jr. broke a 5-5 tie with a seventh-inning solo shot off Yennier Cano (0-1), and Vinnie Pasquantino followed with drive into the right-field seats. Cano had not allowed a run in his previous 12 outings this season.

Jonathan India, Luke Maile and Michael Massey also went deep for the Royals. Massey's ninth-inning shot set the club record for home runs in a game.

Kansas City entered with a major league-low 18 homers in its first 34 games. It hadn't hit as many as six in a game since 2020.

Jackson Holliday went deep twice for Baltimore in his first career multihomer game. Ryan O'Hearn and Cedric Mullins each hit a solo shot.

The teams combined for 10 solo homers, tying the major league record, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It also happened during a White Sox-Tigers game on May 28, 1995, and Diamondbacks versus Cubs on May 20, 2022.

Orioles starter Kyle Gibson gave up three runs and five hits in four innings. In his season debut on Tuesday, the 37-year-old yielded four first-inning homers to the Yankees and was pulled in the fourth after allowing nine runs and 11 hits.

Making his 100th career start, Kansas City's Michael Lorenzen surrendered a career-high four home runs and was pulled in the fifth. The four HRs equaled the total he gave up in his previous six starts this season.

Angel Zerpa (2-0) gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings to earn the win.

Key moment Baltimore scored twice and had the tying run at the plate with no outs in the eighth when Lucas Erceg entered and got three straight outs.

Key stat Kansas City took two of three for its first regular-season series win in Baltimore since 2014. The Royals also won the season series from the Orioles (4-2) for the first time since 2018.

Up next Royals: LHP Cole Ragans (1-1, 4.40 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.

Orioles: After taking Monday off, LHP Cade Povich (1-2, 5.16 ERA) faces Minnesota on the road on Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	O'Hearn struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Rutschman to second on wild pitch by Clarke.
	9th Inning	Rutschman grounded into fielder's choice to second, Henderson out at second.
	9th Inning	Henderson singled to right.
	9th Inning	Mullins grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Clarke relieved Erceg

Statistics

KC		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	11
6	Strikeouts	6
11	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
17	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
43	At Bats	37
7	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	4
23	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
181	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
41	Total Bases	27
44	Plate Appearances	40
1134.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
10	Extra Base Hits	8
14.2	Runs Created	8.7
.395	Batting Average	.297
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.953	Slugging Percentage	.730
.605	Secondary Average	.486
.409	On Base Percentage	.350
1.363	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.080
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
14.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.7
89.0	Batter Rating	55.0
6.1	At Bats Per Home Run	9.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.43
.558	Isolated Power	.432
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.023	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.050
.209	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.189
22.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
1.0	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
131.5	MLB Rating	101.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0