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05/04 19:19 CDT Garcia goes deep twice as Royals hit a club-record 7 HRs in
11-6 win over Orioles
Garcia goes deep twice as Royals hit a club-record 7 HRs in 11-6 win over
Orioles
By DAVID GINSBURG
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Maikel Garcia hit two of Kansas City's franchise-record
seven home runs, a rare long-ball barrage that enabled the Royals to beat the
Baltimore Orioles 11-6 on Sunday.
Bobby Witt Jr. broke a 5-5 tie with a seventh-inning solo shot off Yennier Cano
(0-1), and Vinnie Pasquantino followed with drive into the right-field seats.
Cano had not allowed a run in his previous 12 outings this season.
Jonathan India, Luke Maile and Michael Massey also went deep for the Royals.
Massey's ninth-inning shot set the club record for home runs in a game.
Kansas City entered with a major league-low 18 homers in its first 34 games. It
hadn't hit as many as six in a game since 2020.
Jackson Holliday went deep twice for Baltimore in his first career multihomer
game. Ryan O'Hearn and Cedric Mullins each hit a solo shot.
The teams combined for 10 solo homers, tying the major league record, according
to the Elias Sports Bureau. It also happened during a White Sox-Tigers game on
May 28, 1995, and Diamondbacks versus Cubs on May 20, 2022.
Orioles starter Kyle Gibson gave up three runs and five hits in four innings.
In his season debut on Tuesday, the 37-year-old yielded four first-inning
homers to the Yankees and was pulled in the fourth after allowing nine runs and
11 hits.
Making his 100th career start, Kansas City's Michael Lorenzen surrendered a
career-high four home runs and was pulled in the fifth. The four HRs equaled
the total he gave up in his previous six starts this season.
Angel Zerpa (2-0) gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings to earn the win.
Key moment Baltimore scored twice and had the tying run at the plate with no outs in the eighth when Lucas Erceg entered and got three straight outs.
Key stat Kansas City took two of three for its first regular-season series win in Baltimore since 2014. The Royals also won the season series from the Orioles (4-2) for the first time since 2018.
Up next Royals: LHP Cole Ragans (1-1, 4.40 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox. Orioles: After taking Monday off, LHP Cade Povich (1-2, 5.16 ERA) faces Minnesota on the road on Tuesday night. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/mlb
Key moment Baltimore scored twice and had the tying run at the plate with no outs in the eighth when Lucas Erceg entered and got three straight outs.
Key stat Kansas City took two of three for its first regular-season series win in Baltimore since 2014. The Royals also won the season series from the Orioles (4-2) for the first time since 2018.
Up next Royals: LHP Cole Ragans (1-1, 4.40 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox. Orioles: After taking Monday off, LHP Cade Povich (1-2, 5.16 ERA) faces Minnesota on the road on Tuesday night. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/mlb
