Danys Baez

MLB: Kansas City 4, Baltimore 3

Baltimore, July 28: John Buck's RBI single in the 11th inning Tuesday gave the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Jamey Wright (1-3) earned the win with two perfect innings. Joakim Soria pitched the bottom of the 11th for his 17th save.

Willie Bloomquist was 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored, and Billy Butler hit a two-run homer for the Royals.

Jason Berken gave up two runs on six hits in six innings. Danys Baez (4-4) took the loss, the Orioles' seventh in their last eight games.

Adam Jones hit a two-run homer, and Matt Wieters had the first four-hit game of his career for Baltimore.

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MLB: Chicago White Sox 12, Baltimore 8

Chicago, July 18: Jim Thome hit a three-run homer in the fifth and a grand slam in the sixth Friday, allowing the Chicago White Sox to outslug Baltimore 12-8.

The teams combined for 27 hits, but the two biggest came from Thome. His seven RBI helped the White Sox move within 2 ½ games of division-leading Detroit in the American League Central.

Thome broke a 3-3 tie with his three-run shot off starter Jason Berken (1-7) after Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye had drawn walks.

MLB: Los Angeles Angels 11, Baltimore 4

Anaheim, Calif. July 5: Vladimir Guerrero hit a three-run homer in a six-run eighth inning Saturday, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Guerrero had two hits and four RBI. His monster homer into the left field seats capped the big uprising.

Torii Hunter had two hits and three RBI, Bobby Abreu had three hits and one RBI, and Chone Figgins scored three times with two hits and one RBI. Maicer Izturis had three hits and Kendry Morales two for the Angels, who had 17 hits in just their second win in five games.

The winner was reliever Jason Bulger (3-1).

Baltimore's Adam Jones had three hits and two RBI. Brian Roberts had two hits and one RBI and Nick Markakis had one RBI for the Orioles, who have lost three of four.

MLB: Boston 6, Baltimore 5

Baltimore, July 1: Julio Lugo's 11th-inning RBI single boosted the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win Wednesday over the Baltimore Orioles.

Boston overcame a 5-1 deficit with a four-run ninth inning, led by a two-run homer by Kevin Youkilis and Rocco Baldelli's score-tying two-run single.

Dustin Pedroia also had one RBI for the Red Sox, who have won four of their last six games.

Wednesday's winner was Ramon Ramirez (5-2). Closer Jonathan Papelbon earned his 20th save with a 1-2-3 ninth, one game after he blew a save in Baltimore's 11-10 win Tuesday when the Orioles rallied back from a 10-1 deficit.