Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles

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Kansas City Royals

38-59, 17-33 Away

Final
2 - 8

Baltimore Orioles

46-51, 28-25 Home

Taveras' homer and 3 RBIs carry the Orioles to an 8-2 win over the Royals for a 3-game sweep

Orioles', Royals' benches clear after Blaze Alexander gets plunked

The game was interrupted in the seventh inning when several players from both teams converged around the plate after Kansas City's Lucas Erceg hit Blaze Alexander on the left hand with a pitch. The off-target pitch came immediately after Erceg yielded Basallo's homer to make it 8-2.

Alexander shouted at Erceg, and Orioles manager Craig Albernaz quickly stepped in to restrain Alexander. Players from both dugouts and bullpens approached, but no punches were thrown, no one was shoved and no one was ejected. But Albernaz revealed after the game that Alexander has a nondisplaced fracture of his left hand.

Alexander had two hits and scored twice for the Orioles, who enter the All-Star break with their first four-game winning streak of the season.

Taveras hit a two-run homer in the second inning, a drive estimated at 448 feet. He also singled in the tiebreaking run during a five-run sixth that put Baltimore up 7-2.

Lane Thomas went 3 for 4 with an RBI for the Royals, who were swept for the eighth time this season, most in the majors. Kansas City's fifth straight defeat left the last-place team a season-high 21 games under .500 (38-59).

Baltimore's big sixth inning was fueled by a fly ball that Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone lost in the sun and a balk that forced in a run. Taveras made it 3-2 with an RBI single and Jeremiah Jackson had a pinch-hit RBI double before Taveras scored on a balk by Matt Strahm (3-3).

Orioles starter Shane Baz was lifted after throwing 104 pitches over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out nine and allowed one earned run.

Grant Wolfram (2-2), the second of five Baltimore relievers, got the win.

Up next After the All-Star break, KC resumes play Friday night at home against San Diego. Baltimore follows the break with a matchup Friday night in Houston.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Witt Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Jensen flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Collins flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Kittredge relieved Garcia
	8th Inning	Basallo grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Alonso popped out to second.

Statistics

KC		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	3
16	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	22
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	172
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	19
38	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
3.9	Runs Created	8.4
.263	Batting Average	.353
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.395	Slugging Percentage	.559
.132	Secondary Average	.324
.263	On Base Percentage	.463
.658	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.022
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.8
26.5	Batter Rating	50.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.132	Isolated Power	.206
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
4.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.5
78.3	MLB Rating	98.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0