{"id":2497654,"date":"2026-07-11T07:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2497654"},"modified":"2026-07-11T07:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:45:47","slug":"samuel-basallos-8th-inning-homer-lifts-the-orioles-to-a-5-3-win-over-the-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/samuel-basallos-8th-inning-homer-lifts-the-orioles-to-a-5-3-win-over-the-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Basallo&#8217;s 8th-inning homer lifts the Orioles to a 5-3 win over the Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 Samuel Basallo hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 in the opener of a three-game series between last-place teams Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Blaze Alexander also homered for Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>Jac Caglianone and Isaac Collins hit solo shots for Kansas City, which has lost three in a row and 11 of 15.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Strahm (3-2) entered with the game tied at 3-all and yielded a leadoff single to Pete Alonso. Basallo then hooked a 1-2 slider just inside the foul pole in right for his 15th homer of the season and chucked his bat with both hands toward the Orioles dugout in celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore led 3-2 entering the eighth, and manager Craig Albernaz allowed starter Brandon Young to stay in with only 77 pitches. But Collins capped an eight-pitch at-bat with a shot to center to chase the right-hander.<\/p>\n<p>Young allowed three runs in seven-plus innings and struck out five.<\/p>\n<p>Rico Garcia (4-1) relieved Young and retired all three batters he faced. Andrew Kittredge worked around Michael Massey&#8217;s one-out double in the ninth for his third save and second in as many days.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore took the lead in the second when Jackson Holliday and Gunnar Henderson delivered consecutive RBI singles against Kansas City starter Luinder Avila.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City tied it with a two-run fourth. Caglianone led off with a shot to right, and Josh Rojas\u2019 two-out double scored Massey.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander hit his fourth homer of the year in the fourth off Avila, who allowed three runs in five innings and struck out three.<\/p>\n<h4>Up next<\/h4>\n<p>Kansas City LHP Noah Cameron (5-6, 4.77 ERA) faces Baltimore RHP Kyle Bradish (5-9, 3.75) on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '1557642287829215',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kshb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 Samuel Basallo hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 in the opener of a three-game series between last-place teams Friday night. 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