Benintendi’s Hit, Catch Lead Royals Over Orioles 3-2

BALTIMORE (AP) — Andrew Benintendi deed a go-ahead azygous successful the eighth inning, past reached supra the left-field partition to instrumentality distant a imaginable tying location tally successful the ninth, sending the Kansas City Royals implicit the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Monday.

Anthony Santander led disconnected the Orioles ninth with a alert that Benintendi caught, plucking the shot conscionable supra the fence.

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“He deed it beauteous precocious truthful it gave maine a batch of clip to get backmost determination and benignant of gauge it,” Benintendi said. “The upwind started pushing it to right-center. So I conscionable adjusted and tried to clip it up. I’m gladsome I came down with it.”

Benintendi jogged respective steps connected the informing way with his caput down and his mitt against his thorax earlier flipping the shot to halfway fielder Michael A. Taylor.

“He has to commencement showing america sooner that helium has it successful his glove,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “I cognize that hold is large for the absorption and the fans, but for me, I similar to cognize what I thought I saw. Great play.”

Hanser Alberto homered against his erstwhile squad to assistance the Royals triumph successful their archetypal sojourn to Camden Yards since August 2019.

Salvador Perez tied it astatine 2 with a bloop azygous successful the eighth for the Royals. Benintendi provided the pb with an RBI deed disconnected Cole Sulser (4-4).

Scott Barlow gave up a two-out azygous to pinch-hitter DJ Stewart successful the ninth earlier striking retired Jahmai Jones to gain his 11th save.

Royals present Domingo Tapia (2-0) got the triumph aft throwing 1 2/3 hitless innings.

Cedric Mullins homered for the 2nd consecutive time and has a team-high 26 for the Orioles, who fell to 1-79 erstwhile trailing aft 8 innings.

Jorge Lopez relieved successful the seventh for Baltimore and had to permission the crippled aft facing conscionable 1 batter erstwhile helium injured his close ankle trying to screen archetypal basal connected a brushed grounder. He was awaiting further investigating to measure the grade of the injury.

The Orioles took a 1-0 pb successful the archetypal connected an RBI azygous by Austin Hays disconnected Royals starter ​​Kris Bubic, the team’s first-round prime successful 2018 retired of Stanford University. Hays extended his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games and helium has 9 RBIs implicit that stretch.

“I deliberation my luck has accrued a small bit,” Hays said. “I’m getting immoderate balls to fall.”

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Alberto, who played for Baltimore the past 2 seasons, made it 1-all successful the 5th with a towering location tally into the Kansas City bullpen disconnected Zac Lowther. Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk earlier successful the day.

“We needed that,” Matheny said. “He’s had a batch of occurrence successful this ballpark and we needed that small spot of a jolt. He did not disappoint.”

Lowther allowed 1 tally and 3 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks implicit six innings successful his 2nd large league start.

“He threw the shot truly well,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “I was truly blessed with the strikes. He worked up of hitters. I liked the tempo connected the mound.”

Mullins responded with a two-out solo changeable successful the bottommost fractional that gave the Orioles the lead.

MOVES

The Orioles optioned RHP Dusten Knight to Triple-A Norfolk to marque country for Lowther.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: SS Ramón Urías was held retired of the lineup and is day-to-day with recurring soreness successful his precocious close leg. Urías came retired of Sunday’s crippled against the Yankees. Urias is batting .273 with 7 homers and 36 RBIs implicit 77 games.

UP NEXT

Rays: Jackson Kowar (0-2, 9.82 ERA) volition marque his 2nd commencement since being recalled erstwhile rosters expanded from 26 to 28 players. The rookie did not get a determination connected Sept. 1 successful a 5-3 nonaccomplishment to Cleveland aft allowing 2 runs and 5 hits with six strikeouts implicit six innings.

Orioles: LHP Alexander Wells (1-2, 7.71 ERA) volition marque his archetypal vocation quality against Kansas City.

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