Four home runs and a steady start from Kyle Bradish were more than enough. The Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday, with the long ball doing most of the damage from the second inning on.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Bradish worked 6.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks on 96 pitches. He picked up his sixth win of the season against nine losses, carrying a 3.61 ERA. The Baltimore bullpen covered the final 2.1 innings without allowing a run.
The Orioles took the lead for good in the second inning when Alonso scored on a single by Samuel Basallo. In the fourth, Alonso put Baltimore firmly in control with a two-run homer to center, a 420-foot shot that plated Ward as well, pushing the lead to 3-0. Coby Mayo added a solo shot to left in the fifth — 440 feet — and Ward answered with his own solo homer to right in the sixth. Gunnar Henderson capped the scoring with a 417-foot blast to right center in the eighth, finishing 1-for-4 with 1 RBI on the night.
Kansas City starter Noah Cameron absorbed the loss, falling to 5-7. He gave up 5 runs on 5 hits over 7 innings, striking out 9 but walking 2. The Royals managed just 2 hits on the night and scored their only run in the seventh when Caglianone crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Salvador Perez.
Pete Alonso went 2-for-4 with a homer, a double, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored, batting .253 with 21 home runs and 64 RBI on the season. In this game, Alonso reached 200 career doubles, a milestone he crossed tonight at Camden Yards. Bradish, meanwhile, is 15 strikeouts away from 500 for his career. Baltimore extended its winning streak to three games and improved to 45-51. Kansas City dropped to 38-58, losing for the fourth straight time.