Baltimore Orioles defeat Kansas City Royals 8-2 – MLB Update
Mark Reynolds drove in five invaluable runs to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on August 2.
On an intolerably hot day, Reynolds put up a different show to guide his team’s important victory.
While the star player representing the Baltimore Orioles did not have a particularly good session at first-bat, he was later the single most asserting hitter on Tuesday to receive wild applause from both the crowd and his team-mates.
"I patted him on the back after he came in between innings and I said, 'there will be another big at-bat here, let's go," the team manager Buck Showalter said. "He accepted the challenge. I thought the double was the key at-bat of the night."
Reynolds had to adjust himself before making the practical demonstration of his tremendous skills which would ultimately give his team an emphatic win.
"I had the bases loaded again, shortened up, tried to hit the ball into the gap," Reynolds said. "He threw me a fastball down the middle and I was able to get a good swing.”
Royals’ Eric Hosmer got an early lead for Kansas City as Alfredo Simon was on the mound. The lead continued till the third inning when Reynolds drove in his first two-run homer.
Reynolds went against Bruce Chen, doubling to deep left to formally lay the foundation of a strong game for the Orioles. Chris Davis took it to 3-1 for his team in the fifth inning when Chen was subject to two hits and a run.
Having established a 3-1 lead, J. J. Hardy added another run to the Orioles’ account, while Alfredo Simon maintained his good performance as the starter, allowing only a run as the game entered into the sixth inning.
Simon tossed seven innings, allowing only a run while it was Tommy Hunter who came in the eighth inning as a reliever, gave up a run to Billy Butler which brought the Orioles’ lead down to 4-2.
The Orioles’ offence then took to task the Royals’ Everett Teaford. It was Mark Reynolds who hit a three-run homer to practically seal the fate of the game in the Orioles’ favour with a 7-2 lead. Chris Davis took the lead to 8-2 in the very same inning.
Chris Jakubauskas came as a closer in the ninth and tossed an effective inning, not giving up any hits and runs to earn the Baltimore Orioles an 8-2 win.
The Orioles put in a good performance as they restricted the Royals’ offence from coming back into the game. Kansas City will be looking to improve their performance in their next match-up.
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