BALTIMORE — After three days off, the Kansas City Royals offense didn’t light the world on fire. But it sure was opportunistic as the Royals turned three errors by the Baltimore Orioles into three unearned runs — more than enough to swing the outcome of Sunday’s first game.
Nicky Lopez reached on an error with two outs in the ninth inning and that sparked a two-run inning that broke a tie and lifted the Royals to victory over the Orioles, 6-4, in the first game of a doubleheader at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sunday afternoon.
The teams had their previously scheduled games on Friday and Saturday washed out by rain.
The victory also marked the 700th in the managerial career of Royals skipper Mike Matheny.
Michael A. Taylor, who came off the bench to replace an injured Edward Olivares, drove in Lopez with the go-ahead run in the ninth inning. He went 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Salvador Perez had two hits (2 for 5) and an RBI. Andrew Benintendi (2 for 4, run, RBI), Bobby Witt Jr. (2 for 4) and Kyle Isbel (2 for 4, two runs scored) also had two hits apiece. Isbel also had a double.
