Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg hit back-to-back homers for Baltimore while Cole Irvin shut down the Royals in a 5-0 victory for the Orioles. Cowser and Westburg went deep off Kansas City starter Seth Lugo, who had not allowed a home run since last September. Irvin allowed just four hits and two walks while pitching into the seventh inning.
Baltimore Orioles ’ Colton Cowser watches his solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Baltimore Orioles ’ Jordan Westburg celebrates as he crosses the plate after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.
Cole Irvin scattered four hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings for Baltimore. He stranded a runner on third in the first inning and another at second base in the fifth while earning his first win since beating the Royals on June 10, 2023. Lugo had pushed his streak of not allowing a homer to 41 1/3 innings before Cowser sent an 0-1 pitch soaring into the right-field fountains leading off the third. Westburg followed two pitches later with his drive into the left-field seats.while celebrating the Orioles’ 9-7 win. The save had tied Kimbrell for seventh on the career list, so Cowser ran back to the field after the game and managed to fish the ball out of the water with the help of some stadium staff.
Lugo, who had allowed three runs in 25 2/3 innings, was dinged for four and nine hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings Sunday.Kimbrel gets 422nd save, Santander hits 3 doubles and Orioles beat Royals 9-7Ryan Mountcastle added an RBI double and Westburg walked with the bases loaded to make it 4-0 in the sixth. Ryan O’Hearn drove in a run with an infield single in the eighth to help Baltimore pull away.
The Royals tried to rally in the eighth, putting runners on the corners with one out. But Danny Coulombe froze Salvador Perez with a pitch on the inside corner, then he struck out Nelson Velázquez to end the inning.Royals LHP Jake Brentz began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Sunday. He last appeared in a game for Kansas City on April 29, 2022, before undergoing Tommy John surgery.
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