Royals 6, Orioles 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Yordano Ventura allowed three hits over seven innings and Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer homered as the Kansas City Royals overpowered the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 Sunday.
Ventura (2-0) yielded a run in the first inning, but nothing after that. He allowed just a single and a walk after the first. His final line was one run on three hits, all singles, with two walks and four strikeouts. In his past two starts, he has given up three runs on nine hits in 12 innings.
Gordon's opposite-field home run in the fourth tied the score.
Hosmer, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest active streak in the majors, homered in the sixth to break a 1-1 deadlock. Hosmer reached base in in 26 consecutive games, dating to last season.
The Royals broke the game open with a four-run seven when they batted around and chased Orioles starter Mike Wright (1-2).
The inning included run-producing doubles by Drew Butera and Christian Colon, while Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain contributed two-out RBI-singles.
The bottom of the Royals' order -- Gordon, Colon, Jarrod Dyson and Butera -- combined to go 7-for-14 with three walks, four runs, three RBIs, three doubles and a home run.
The Orioles scored a run in the first off Ventura. Manny Machado drew a walk with one out, advanced to second on Adam Jones' infield single and scored on Mark Trumbo's two-out single to left. Trumbo drove in four runs in the Saturday victory.
Machado went 0-for-3, striking out twice, to snap his 16-game hitting streak, which was the longest by an Oriole to open a season since Davey Johnson had a 17-game streak to start the 1971 season.
The Royals, who improved to 12-6, play 13 of their next 16 games on the road.
NOTES: Rookie RHP Tyler Wilson, who beat the Royals Saturday in his first start, will remain in the Orioles' rotation, starting Thursday against the White Sox. ... C Salvador Perez, who had started 16 of the first 17 Royals games, was not in the lineup Sunday, a day game after a night game. Drew Butera was behind the plate. ... In another Royals' lineup change, 2B Omar Infante, who was hitting .158 on the homestand, was rested. Christian Colon replaced him and batted seventh. ... Orioles SS J.J. Hardy was given the day off. 3B Manny Machado moved over to shortstop, making his second start there. ... RHP Ian Kennedy will start Monday at Anaheim as the Royals open a six-game trip. The Angels will counter with RHP Garrett Richards. ... Orioles RHP Kevin Gausman is scheduled to come off the disabled list Monday and start at Tampa Bay. The Rays will start RHP Chris Archer, who is 0-4 with a 7.32 ERA.