Royals 9, Orioles 4
Alex Gordon had a four-hit game and Billy Butler singled home the go-ahead run in the six-run sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals posted a 9-4 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.
Melky Cabrera tied the game with an RBI single before Butler delivered. Yamaico Navarro had a two-run double and Chris Getz added an RBI single to cap the sixth-inning rally.
Gordon now has a career-high 135 hits this season. Jeff Francoeur added three hits and an RBI for the Royals, who are 4-0-1 in their last five series.
Baltimore starter Zach Britton (6-9), who did not make it out of the first inning his previous two starts, allowed three runs in the first Thursday. Britton shut the Royals out the next four innings before allowing three straight one-out hits in the sixth.
Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters each had two hits and an RBI for the Orioles. Chris Davis’ RBI double gave Baltimore a 4-3 lead in the sixth.
Royals’ reliever Blake Wood (5-0) retired Adam Jones with the bases loaded to end the sixth, earning the victory.