Orioles blow 7-run lead, rally for 13-10 win over Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Baltimore Orioles have come from behind for 11 of their 21 wins this season.

Their victory Thursday in Kansas City was somewhat distinctive.

The Orioles raced to a seven-run lead earlier than watching the Royals wipe it out, then pull forward within the seventh inning. But as soon as extra embodying poise beneath stress, Ramon Urias hit a go-ahead, two-run single within the eighth inning and added a two-run double within the ninth, permitting Baltimore to flee with a 13-10 victory and its seventh straight collection win.

“We fight. We fight every game” mentioned Urias, who entered as a pinch hitter. “Every guy is involved with what we’re doing.”

That consists of Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander, who hit homers, and Cedric Mullins, who had a bases-loaded double that helped the Orioles run out to an 8-1 lead by the underside of the third inning.

The Royals fought again and pulled forward on Bobby Witt Jr.’s single within the seventh, however Aroldis Chapman (1-2) promptly walked the primary two batters within the eighth. Adam Frazier moved up on a balk and joined Jorge Mateo in stealing bases earlier than Urias hit a single by means of the left aspect of a drawn-in infield to present the Orioles the lead once more.

Yennier Cano (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for Baltimore, one of many few stable outings by a reliever. Felix Bautista coughed up a run within the ninth earlier than putting out Witt and Hunter Dozier to finish the sport with runners at second and third.

“The offense did a great job, especially starting off the game,” mentioned Orioles starter Grayson Rodriguez, who allowed six runs in 3 2/3 innings. “This team has a lot of fight in it.”

Freddy Fermin hit his first profession homer, Salvador Perez added a two-run shot and Kyle Isbel went deep for Kansas City earlier than his tying bunt within the seventh inning, when he beat out the throw however strained his hamstring crossing the bag.

He was present process an MRI examination after the sport, including damage to a different insulting loss for the Royals.

“Somebody has to take it,” Royals supervisor Matt Quatraro mentioned of the back-and-forth recreation. “They did.”

The Orioles jumped to their large early lead by capitalizing on errors.

The first got here when Ryan Mountcastle hit a excessive two-out popup down the right-field line within the first inning. Three Royals converged on it, however MJ Melendez, who has stopped catching so he can concentrate on taking part in the outfield, was unable to make the basket catch. Santander adopted the error along with his homer off Jordan Lyles over the right-field wall.

In the third, Lyles loaded the bases on a single, stroll and hit batter earlier than Mullins cleared them with a double.

Then within the fifth, after Lyles as soon as once more bought the primary two outs, he walked Frazier and uncorked a wild pitch that led to Mateo’s run-scoring single. Henderson adopted along with his two-run shot to present Baltimore its 8-1 lead.

Rodriguez served up Fermin’s leadoff homer within the third and one other to Perez, the one centesimal for the veteran catcher at Kauffman Stadium, transferring him right into a tie with Mike Sweeney and trailing solely George Brett for essentially the most in membership historical past.

In the fourth, Isbel went deep earlier than Vinnie Pasquantino adopted Fermin’s first profession triple with a run-scoring single that pulled the Royals inside 8-6. They bought inside a run within the fifth on Michael Massey’s double, Isbel tied the sport within the seventh on his bunt, and Witt drove within the go-ahead run for Kansas City two batters later.

TRANSACTIONS

Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned C Luis Torrens, acquired from the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, will possible be a part of the workforce “sometime this weekend,” after they play a collection in Atlanta.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles LF Austin Hays was out of the beginning lineup for the second straight day, although Hyde mentioned he was obtainable off the bench. Hays has been coping with a sore proper center finger. Kyle Stowers once more took his place.

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