Pitchers’ duel turns slugfest in Royals 9-4 win over Orioles

Camden Chat— For almost six full innings tonight, this game was a nailbiter. Starting pitchers Dean Kremer and Alec Marsh battled and the batters on both teams had little to show for it. But in the span of about five minutes, it all changed. The pitchers’ duel turned into a slugfest with the teams combining for 12 runs in an inning and a half. Only four of those belonged to the Orioles so it wasn’t actually very fun if I’m being honest. The end result was a 9-4 loss by the Orioles to start the road trip. We...

Royals Review—Big inning turns pitcher’s duel into 8-0 Royals laugher. The Royals and Tigers were engaged in a tense pitcher’s duel for eight innings before Kansas City broke the game wide open in the ninth inning leading to an 8-0 win in the series opener on Friday afternoon. The Royals got seven shutout innings from Seth Lugo, who lowered his season ERA to 1.66, allowing just three hits and recording a season-high nine strikeouts. The Royals got on the board in the third inning when the bottom of the order came through. Adam Frazier and Kyle Isbel each singled,...

Baltimore Sun—Orioles’ bullpen spoils Adley Rutschman’s first career grand slam in 9-4 loss to Royals. Adley Rutschman did his best to bring his team back by hitting his first career grand slam, but the Orioles couldn’t muster another rally.

New York Post—Yankees come up short in pitchers' duel with rival Orioles. In the first showdown between the division rivals – and the top two offenses in the American League – the Orioles inched past the Yankees on Monday night.