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07/10 20:34 CDT Samuel Basallo's 8th-inning homer lifts the Orioles to a 5-3
win over the Royals
Samuel Basallo's 8th-inning homer lifts the Orioles to a 5-3 win over the Royals
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Samuel Basallo hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth
inning, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 in the
opener of a three-game series between last-place teams Friday night.
Blaze Alexander also homered for Baltimore.
Jac Caglianone and Isaac Collins hit solo shots for Kansas City, which has lost
three in a row and 11 of 15.
Matt Strahm (3-2) entered with the game tied at 3-all and yielded a leadoff
single to Pete Alonso. Basallo then hooked a 1-2 slider just inside the foul
pole in right for his 15th homer of the season and chucked his bat with both
hands toward the Orioles dugout in celebration.
Baltimore led 3-2 entering the eighth, and manager Craig Albernaz allowed
starter Brandon Young to stay in with only 77 pitches. But Collins capped an
eight-pitch at-bat with a shot to center to chase the right-hander.
Young allowed three runs in seven-plus innings and struck out five.
Rico Garcia (4-1) relieved Young and retired all three batters he faced. Andrew
Kittredge worked around Michael Massey's one-out double in the ninth for his
third save and second in as many days.
Baltimore took the lead in the second when Jackson Holliday and Gunnar
Henderson delivered consecutive RBI singles against Kansas City starter Luinder
Avila.
Kansas City tied it with a two-run fourth. Caglianone led off with a shot to
right, and Josh Rojas' two-out double scored Massey.
Alexander hit his fourth homer of the year in the fourth off Avila, who allowed
three runs in five innings and struck out three.
Up next
Kansas City LHP Noah Cameron (5-6, 4.77 ERA) faces Baltimore RHP Kyle Bradish
(5-9, 3.75) on Saturday.
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