The Kansas City Royals exploded out of the gate at Camden Yard, hitting 4 1st inning homers to beat the Baltimore Orioles 15-7 yesterday. Jorge Soler, Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez and Alex Gordon all went yard in the inning to stake KC to a 10-0 lead. Moustakas added a second homer later in the game. In all…the game featured 8 home-runs…5 by KC and 3 by the O’s. The Royals and Orioles play again tonight at Camden Yard.
The St. Louis Cardinals, coming off a sweep of the Chicago Cubs, have been swept at home by the Minnesota Twins, losing yesterday 7-1. In the 2 game series with the Twins, the Cardinals managed just 6 hits, and only had 2 yesterday, one of those a 1st inning homer by Jose Martinez. The Redbirds will take a day off today, and open a 4 game weekend series in San Diego on Thursday.