Irvin wins in large league return, Orioles beat Royals to increase Ok.C. shedding streak at 5

BALTIMORE — Cole Irvin earned his first victory with Baltimore, Gunnar Henderson and Adam Frazier homered and the Orioles stretched the Kansas City Royals’ shedding streak to 5 with a 6-1 victory on Saturday.

Baltimore has gained three in a row for the primary time since a May 19-21 sweep of Toronto. At 40-24, the Orioles are 16 video games over .500, tied for a season excessive.

Kansas City (18-46) has misplaced eight of 9 and has the second-worst file on the majors, forward of solely Oakland (16-50).

Irvin (1-2) allowed one run and 6 hits – on Freddy Fermin’s RBI single within the fifth – over 5 1/3 innings whereas placing out 5.

“I’m just happy to be in the win column – in this uniform, too,” Irvin mentioned.

The right-hander, acquired in January from Oakland, was anticipated to be a part of Baltimore’s rotation after pitching to a 3.98 ERA in 30 begins for the Athletics final season.

Instead, he was despatched to Triple-A Norfolk after a ten.66 ERA in three April begins. He remained within the minors aside from a one-game large league reduction look on May 20.

“Humility goes a long way, and I think there some things I needed to address as a man and I felt like I did that down there,” Irvin mentioned.

Recalled Saturday to make his first main league begin since April 13, Irvin demonstrated a lot better management, strolling none after issuing eight over 12 2/3 innings over his first three begins.

“His first couple starts here, he just had a lot of walks and was pitching behind in the count,” Baltimore supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned. “Today, he was more aggressive in the strike zone and pitching to contact.”

Irvin was additionally helped by his protection. Rightfielder Anthony Santander robbed Maikel Garcia of additional bases to finish the primary, and centerfielder Aaron Hicks made a diving catch on Fermin’s fly to shut the second.

Kansas City was 1 for 10 with runners in scoring place and has 5 runs in its final 4 video games.

“It’s been a handful of days where we’ve struggled to score and nobody’s going to be happy with that,” Royals supervisor Matt Quatraro mentioned. “These guys are all diligent workers and they give their best and when they’re not getting the results, it’s frustrating.”

Baltimore scored twice within the first as Brady Singer (4-5) labored via a 39-pitch inning. Santander doubled in a run with one out, then got here round three batters in a while Ryan O’Hearn’s single.

Henderson, batting leadoff for the primary time this season and the third time in 90 profession video games, hit Singer’s first-pitch slider to left-center within the second for a 3-0 lead. Austin Hays added an RBI single to chase Singer with one out within the fifth.

Frazier hit a two-run homer within the eighth off Scott Barlow.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Kansas City reinstated OF Edward Olivares from the restricted checklist and positioned 1B Vinnie Pasquantino (proper shoulder instability) on the 10-day injured checklist.

Orioles: 1B Ryan Mountcastle (sickness) was out of the lineup for the third consecutive day. … OF Cedric Mullins (proper groin pressure), who was positioned on the injured checklist May 30, has began baseball actions. … Baltimore optioned LHP Nick Vespi to Triple-A Rochester to make room on the roster for Irvin.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Carlos Hernández (0-3, 4.31 ERA) will open for Kansas City within the finale of the three-game sequence. Hernández pitched a scoreless seventh in Friday’s loss.