Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals

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Baltimore Orioles

4-6, 3-4 Away

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Kansas City Royals

4-5, 3-3 Home

Bubic takes a shutout into the seventh to pitch Royals past Orioles 4-1

Ryan Mountcastle hits a towering triple for Orioles

Bubic (2-0) allowed five hits, walked one and struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings. His streak of 12 shutout innings was snapped when Ryan Mountcastle tripled to lead off the seventh and scored on Bubic's wild pitch one out later.

Bobby Witt Jr. had three of the Royals' 13 hits, falling a home run shy of the cycle. Salvador Perez, Mark Canha and Maikel Garcia each had two hits and scored a run.

Carlos Estévez earned his second save with a hitless ninth for the Royals. Kansas City, which swept Baltimore in the wild-card round last year, won its first regular-season series against the Orioles since Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 2019, after having lost six of the last eight series with two ties.

Jorge Mateo – starting in center field for the first time since April 20, 2024 – misplayed Witt’s slicing liner into a triple, keying Kansas City’s three-run first inning.

Freddy Fermin’s second-inning RBI single snapped an 0-for-12 skid as eight of the Royals' first 11 batters hit safely and Kansas City took a 4-0 lead.

Orioles starter Cade Povich (0-1) allowed four runs and a career-high 13 hits in six innings with four strikeouts.

Mountcastle had three of the Orioles' five hits.

Key moment Witt’s diving stop robbed Jordan Westburg of a first-inning hit – nearly starting an inning-ending double play – then tripled and scored after Mateo’s misplay as the Royals took a 3-0 lead in the bottom half.

Key stat Witt is hitting .377 at Kauffman Stadium since the start of last season, MLB’s best home batting average in that span.

Up next Orioles: Travel to Arizona to begin a three-game series Monday with RHP Zach Eflin (1-1, 3.75 ERA) opposing Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.38).

Royals: Begin a four-game homestand with Minnesota as Twins RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-0, 4.50) faces RHP Michael Lorenzen (0-1, 5.06).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mountcastle lined out to second.
	9th Inning	O'Neill popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Westburg struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Melendez in right field.
	8th Inning	Garcia lined out to right.

Statistics

BAL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	7
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	117
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	18
32	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.4	Runs Created	6.9
.161	Batting Average	.394
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.545
.097	Secondary Average	.242
.188	On Base Percentage	.400
.413	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.945
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.5
9.5	Batter Rating	39.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.09	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.34
.065	Isolated Power	.152
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.152
1.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
62.8	MLB Rating	92.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0