Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals

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Baltimore Orioles

11-12, 5-6 Away

Final
7 - 5

Kansas City Royals

7-16, 5-6 Home

Leody Taveras hits first career grand slam and Orioles hold on for wild 7-5 win over Royals in 12

Baltimore Orioles vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

With the Orioles down to their last strike in the ninth inning, Samuel Basallo tied it at 1-all with Baltimore's second hit of the game, an RBI single that scored Dylan Beavers. Basallo then led off the 12th with a single off Alex Lange (0-2), scoring automatic runner Coby Mayo to make it 3-2. Jeremiah Jackson singled and Weston Wilson walked to load the bases for Taveras, whose first career slam traveled 419 feet to center field.

That sent Royals fans to the exits, but Kansas City made it interesting in the bottom half when Nick Loftin hit a bases-clearing double off Cameron Foster. The rookie then retired the next three batters, striking out Kyle Isbel to end it.

In the 11th, the Orioles were also down to their last strike when Beavers singled off John Schreiber to score automatic runner Blaze Alexander for a 2-1 lead. Bobby Witt Jr. tied it in the bottom half with a two-out, two-strike RBI single off Anthony Nunez (1-0).

Seth Lugo allowed one hit in seven innings for the Royals and left with a 1-0 lead thanks to Jac Caglianone's first home run of the season — a one-out 437-foot shot to right field in the second.

Lugo, who lowered his ERA to 1.15, walked Gunnar Henderson before picking him off first base to begin the game. Taylor Ward followed with his 12th double, which leads the majors, but the Orioles didn't get another hit until the ninth. Lugo struck out seven and walked four.

Kansas City loaded the bases with one out in the first and nobody out in the third off against Kyle Bradish but failed to score. Bradish gave up one run on 10 hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings.

Kansas City stranded 11 baserunners in the first six innings and 16 for the game. The Royals outhit the Orioles 14-6.

Up next Orioles RHP Shane Baz (0-2, 4.91 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Royals LHP Kris Bubic (2-1, 3.97).

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Scoring Summary

	12th Inning	Isbel struck out looking.
	12th Inning	Collins popped out to shortstop.
	12th Inning	Díaz grounded out to third.
	12th Inning	Loftin doubled to left, Pasquantino scored, Thomas scored and Perez scored.
	12th Inning	Thomas walked, Perez to second.
	12th Inning	Perez singled to center, Pasquantino to third.

Statistics

BAL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	15
14	Strikeouts	13
7	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	46
1	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	36
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	1
200	Pitches	211
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	18
47	Plate Appearances	54
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.1	Runs Created	7.0
.154	Batting Average	.304
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.256	Slugging Percentage	.391
.308	Secondary Average	.196
.298	On Base Percentage	.396
.554	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.788
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
39.0	Batter Rating	39.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	46.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.103	Isolated Power	.087
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.46
.170	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
.154	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.109
14.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
79.3	MLB Rating	91.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0