Orioles lose to Royals, 6-5, on walk-off wild pitch by Ryan Helsley
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rico Garcia had been perfect. Ryan Helsley had been nearly as dominant.
That came to a screeching halt in the worst possible way on Tuesday. Garcia surrendered a game-tying home run to Kansas City Royals second baseman Michael Massey in the eighth inning, and third baseman Maikel Garcia scored on a wild pitch by Helsley to walk off the Baltimore Orioles, 6-5. It was a pair ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rico Garcia had been perfect. Ryan Helsley had been nearly as dominant.
That came to a screeching halt in the worst possible way on Tuesday. Garcia surrendered a game-tying home run to Kansas City Royals second baseman Michael Massey in the eighth inning, and third baseman Maikel Garcia scored on a wild pitch by Helsley to walk off the Baltimore Orioles, 6-5. It was a pair of rare missteps for a bullpen that had been one of the Orioles’ biggest strengths to date.
Coby Mayo launched a three-run home run in the second inning, and Adley Rutschman hit a go-ahead, two-run blast in the eighth, but it wasn’t enough as the Royals had their turn at a dramatic, late-inning comeback following the Orioles’ 7-5 win in extra innings Monday. Baltimore (11-13) suffered its sixth loss in its past eight games while Kansas City (8-16) broke up an eight-game losing streak to send the series to a rubber match on Wednesday afternoon. Shane Baz was perhaps the best the Orioles have seen him, losing out on a quality start only after the Royals scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.