Pasquantino, Melendez homer as Royals win 9-4 and stop Orioles’ 4-game winning streak
By MARC BOWMAN
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vinnie Pasquantino and MJ Melendez homered to help the Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore 9-4 and stop the Orioles’ four-game winning streak. Adley Rutschman hit his first career grand slam for the Orioles, a seventh-inning homer off Will Smith. Dean Kremer retired his first 11 batters before Pasquantino drove a 1-1 splitter into the right-field bullpen for his fourth homer. MJ Melendez sparked a five-run sixth with an RBI single that ended an 0-for-23 slide. Michael Massey and Hunter Renfroe each had two-run hits for a 6-0 lead.