The Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on May 8, 2022 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Final · Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Top performers
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Ryan Mountcastle went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Orioles.
- Keegan Akin pitched 2.0 innings for the Orioles, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whit Merrifield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Gabe Speier | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel Payamps | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Baltimore Orioles box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Mullins | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trey Mancini | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Mateo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Mountcastle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Hays | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Urias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Owings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Before and after
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