BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles earned a piece of history by becoming the seventh team in the modern era to hit two grand slams in the same inning.
Between those two home runs, Chris Davis got plunked with a pitch. And that is why Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to watch the second home run on television.
Nolan Reimold and Steve Clevenger both hit slams during a 10-run eighth, giving Baltimore a 14-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
Since the start of the 20th century, six teams have hit grand slams in the same inning. The Orioles are the only ones to do it twice -- they also pulled it off in 1986 -- and no team had done it since the New York Mets in 2006, STATS said.
"Yeah, it was crazy," Reimold said.
Baltimore trailed 6-4 in the eighth before a double, an error and an infield hit loaded the bases for Reimold, who lined a 2-0 pitch from Kelvin Herrera (4-3) high off the left-field foul pole.
Manny Machado followed with a solo shot off Franklin Morales. After Adam Jones singled, Morales hit Davis in the back with a pitch. Davis slammed down his bat, breaking it in two, as Showalter sprinted out of the dugout.
No one else emerged from either dugout during the potentially volatile situation, although Davis glared at Morales while taking his base.
"We hit a grand slam, another home run, a couple rockets," Davis said. "It just didn't look right, regardless of whether it was on purpose or not."
Showalter thought it was, and was ejected for arguing that point.
Thus, he missed what happened next: Morales lasted one more batter before being replaced by Joba Chamberlain, who yielded Clevenger's slam. Clevenger entered the game earlier in the inning as a pinch hitter.
Royals manager Ned Yost insisted that Morales was not throwing at Davis.
"You're going to react like that because it does hurt," Yost said. "But that pitch wasn't on purpose. There was a lot of hullabaloo after that. But it wasn't on purpose."
Baltimore improved to 3-62 when trailing after seven innings. Kansas City is now 63-3 when leading after seven.
Lorenzo Cain hit two solo homers and Alex Rios also connected with the bases empty for the Royals, who have lost eight of 11.
"You go through stretches like this," Cain said. "We can't let it worry us. We understand we're a good ballclub. We've just got to find a way to bounce back."
The Orioles' three-game winning streak comes on the heels of a stretch in which they lost 15 of 18.
Mychal Givens (2-0) got the win despite giving up two runs in the ninth. Fellow rookie Dariel Alvarez hit his first big league homer for Baltimore.
It was the Royals' first visit to Baltimore since last October, when they opened the AL Championship Series with two straight wins at Camden Yards and completed the four-game sweep at home.
While first-place Kansas City appears poised for a return trip to the postseason, the defending AL East champion Orioles started play Friday trailing six teams for the league's final wild-card spot. Baltimore must win 13 of its last 22 games just to finish .500.
The Royals' early 3-0 lead dwindled to 4-3 before Rios led off the seventh with a drive off Brad Brach -- his first home run since July 17. Davis countered in the bottom half with a run-scoring single to increase his RBI total to 105.
Salvador Perez restored the two-run cushion with an RBI single in the eighth, setting the stage for Baltimore's grand comeback.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: Reliever Wade Davis was unavailable because of shoulder stiffness.
Orioles: Jones returned to the Baltimore lineup after missing two games with a sore right shoulder. He struck out three times. ... Catcher Matt Wieters remained sidelined with a sore left wrist but hopes to return Saturday.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura (10-8, 4.34 ERA) and RHP Johnny Cueto traded places in the rotation. Ventura will start Saturday afternoon and Cueto under the lights Sunday because he prefers to pitch at night, manager Ned Yost said.
Orioles: Chris Tillman (9-11, 5.15) owns a lifetime ERA of 6.17 against the Royals. The right-hander gave up four runs over six innings in a loss to the Royals on Aug. 27.
Between those two home runs, Chris Davis got plunked with a pitch. And that is why Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to watch the second home run on television.
Nolan Reimold and Steve Clevenger both hit slams during a 10-run eighth, giving Baltimore a 14-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
Since the start of the 20th century, six teams have hit grand slams in the same inning. The Orioles are the only ones to do it twice -- they also pulled it off in 1986 -- and no team had done it since the New York Mets in 2006, STATS said.
"Yeah, it was crazy," Reimold said.
Baltimore trailed 6-4 in the eighth before a double, an error and an infield hit loaded the bases for Reimold, who lined a 2-0 pitch from Kelvin Herrera (4-3) high off the left-field foul pole.
Manny Machado followed with a solo shot off Franklin Morales. After Adam Jones singled, Morales hit Davis in the back with a pitch. Davis slammed down his bat, breaking it in two, as Showalter sprinted out of the dugout.
No one else emerged from either dugout during the potentially volatile situation, although Davis glared at Morales while taking his base.
"We hit a grand slam, another home run, a couple rockets," Davis said. "It just didn't look right, regardless of whether it was on purpose or not."
Showalter thought it was, and was ejected for arguing that point.
Thus, he missed what happened next: Morales lasted one more batter before being replaced by Joba Chamberlain, who yielded Clevenger's slam. Clevenger entered the game earlier in the inning as a pinch hitter.
Royals manager Ned Yost insisted that Morales was not throwing at Davis.
"You're going to react like that because it does hurt," Yost said. "But that pitch wasn't on purpose. There was a lot of hullabaloo after that. But it wasn't on purpose."
Baltimore improved to 3-62 when trailing after seven innings. Kansas City is now 63-3 when leading after seven.
Lorenzo Cain hit two solo homers and Alex Rios also connected with the bases empty for the Royals, who have lost eight of 11.
"You go through stretches like this," Cain said. "We can't let it worry us. We understand we're a good ballclub. We've just got to find a way to bounce back."
The Orioles' three-game winning streak comes on the heels of a stretch in which they lost 15 of 18.
Mychal Givens (2-0) got the win despite giving up two runs in the ninth. Fellow rookie Dariel Alvarez hit his first big league homer for Baltimore.
It was the Royals' first visit to Baltimore since last October, when they opened the AL Championship Series with two straight wins at Camden Yards and completed the four-game sweep at home.
While first-place Kansas City appears poised for a return trip to the postseason, the defending AL East champion Orioles started play Friday trailing six teams for the league's final wild-card spot. Baltimore must win 13 of its last 22 games just to finish .500.
The Royals' early 3-0 lead dwindled to 4-3 before Rios led off the seventh with a drive off Brad Brach -- his first home run since July 17. Davis countered in the bottom half with a run-scoring single to increase his RBI total to 105.
Salvador Perez restored the two-run cushion with an RBI single in the eighth, setting the stage for Baltimore's grand comeback.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: Reliever Wade Davis was unavailable because of shoulder stiffness.
Orioles: Jones returned to the Baltimore lineup after missing two games with a sore right shoulder. He struck out three times. ... Catcher Matt Wieters remained sidelined with a sore left wrist but hopes to return Saturday.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura (10-8, 4.34 ERA) and RHP Johnny Cueto traded places in the rotation. Ventura will start Saturday afternoon and Cueto under the lights Sunday because he prefers to pitch at night, manager Ned Yost said.
Orioles: Chris Tillman (9-11, 5.15) owns a lifetime ERA of 6.17 against the Royals. The right-hander gave up four runs over six innings in a loss to the Royals on Aug. 27.
7:05PM,EDT,September 11,2015
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Zobrist grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Cain homered to left center (416 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Hosmer struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Reimold walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado walked, Reimold to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Pearce fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| K. Morales doubled to deep center. | 1 | 0 |
| Moustakas grounded out to first, K. Morales to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Pérez walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Rios hit sacrifice fly to center, K. Morales scored, Pérez to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Escobar doubled to right, Pérez scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Zobrist grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Schoop struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Hardy lined out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Gordon grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Cain popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Hosmer walked. | 3 | 0 |
| K. Morales flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Álvarez homered to left center (383 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Reimold grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Machado grounded out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Moustakas popped out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Pérez lined out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Rios lined out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Davis doubled to deep left center. | 3 | 1 |
| Pearce flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Schoop singled to right, Davis to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Joseph grounded into fielder's choice to second, Davis scored, Schoop out at second. | 3 | 2 |
| Hardy struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| Zobrist lined out to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Gordon flied out to center. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Álvarez grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 2 |
| Reimold walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Machado struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mike Wright pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Cain homered to left (360 feet). | 4 | 2 |
| Brach relieved Wright. | 4 | 2 |
| Hosmer grounded out to second. | 4 | 2 |
| K. Morales singled to shallow right. | 4 | 2 |
| Moustakas grounded into fielder's choice to first, K. Morales out at second. | 4 | 2 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Luke Hochevar pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Hochevar relieved Duffy. | 4 | 2 |
| Davis walked. | 4 | 2 |
| Pearce singled to left, Davis to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Schoop walked, Davis to third, Pearce to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Madson relieved Hochevar. | 4 | 2 |
| Joseph grounded into fielder's choice to third, Davis scored, Schoop out at second, Pearce to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Hardy struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Parra hit for Álvarez. | 4 | 3 |
| Parra flied out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Brad Brach pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Parra in right field. | 4 | 3 |
| Rios homered to center (422 feet). | 5 | 3 |
| Escobar lined out to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Zobrist grounded out to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Young pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Young relieved Madson. | 5 | 3 |
| Reimold popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Machado walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Jones lined out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Davis singled to deep right, Machado scored. | 5 | 4 |
| Herrera relieved Young. | 5 | 4 |
| Pearce struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Brad Brach pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Cain walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Matusz relieved Brach. | 5 | 4 |
| Hosmer struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| K. Morales safe at first on error by third baseman Machado, Cain to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Moustakas flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Givens relieved Matusz. | 5 | 4 |
| Pérez singled to center, Cain scored, K. Morales to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Rios walked, K. Morales to third, Pérez to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Orlando ran for Rios. | 6 | 4 |
| Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kelvin Herrera pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL |
| Orlando in right field. | 6 | 4 |
| Schoop doubled to deep center. | 6 | 4 |
| Clevenger hit for Joseph. | 6 | 4 |
| Clevenger safe at first on error by third baseman Moustakas. | 6 | 4 |
| Hardy struck out looking. | 6 | 4 |
| Parra reached on infield single to shortstop, Schoop to third, Clevenger to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Reimold homered to left (379 feet), Schoop, Clevenger and Parra scored. | 6 | 8 |
| F. Morales relieved Herrera. | 6 | 8 |
| Machado homered to left (398 feet). | 6 | 9 |
| Jones singled to left. | 6 | 9 |
| Davis hit by pitch, Jones to second. | 6 | 9 |
| Baltimore's Manager B Showalter ejected by M Carlson in the 8th. | 6 | 9 |
| Pearce doubled to center, Jones scored, Davis to third. | 6 | 10 |
| Chamberlain relieved F. Morales. | 6 | 10 |
| Schoop walked. | 6 | 10 |
| Clevenger homered to right (401 feet), Davis, Pearce and Schoop scored. | 6 | 14 |
| Hardy grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 14 |
| Parra grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 14 |
| 10 Runs, 7 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Mychal Givens pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL |
| Clevenger catching. | 6 | 14 |
| Zobrist doubled to deep right. | 6 | 14 |
| Gordon lined out to shortstop. | 6 | 14 |
| Cain singled to center, Zobrist to third. | 6 | 14 |
| Hosmer fouled out to third. | 6 | 14 |
| K. Morales hit by pitch, Cain to second. | 6 | 14 |
| Moustakas singled to left, Zobrist and Cain scored, K. Morales to second. | 8 | 14 |
| Roe relieved Givens. | 8 | 14 |
| Pérez popped out to third. | 8 | 14 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Zobrist 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .286 | .370 | .472 |
| Gordon LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .288 | .394 | .460 |
| Cain CF | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .315 | .372 | .502 |
| Hosmer 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .306 | .370 | .457 |
| K. Morales DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .293 | .356 | .475 |
| Moustakas 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .281 | .345 | .445 |
| Pérez C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .248 | .269 | .414 |
| Rios RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .252 | .287 | .340 |
Orlando PR-RF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .272 | .444 |
| Escobar SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .258 | .296 | .322 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 164 | |||
| BATTING 2B: K. Morales (40, Wright); Escobar (19, Wright); Zobrist (29, Givens) HR: Cain 2 (16, 1st inning off Wright 0 on, 2 Out; 6th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 Out); Rios (3, 7th inning off Brach 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Cain 2 (67), Rios 2 (24), Escobar (43), Pérez (60), Moustakas 2 (62) SF: Rios 2-out RBI: Cain, Escobar, Pérez, Moustakas 2 Royals RISP: 4-11 (Moustakas 1-3, Zobrist 0-1, Pérez 1-2, Gordon 0-1, Escobar 1-2, Hosmer 0-1, Cain 1-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Moustakas (11, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| MGR SHOWALTER EJECTED (ARGUING CHRIS DAVIS WAS THROWN AT) |
Game Information
| Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD |
| Attendance | 45,420 (98.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:59 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - Tripp Gibson, Second Base - Gabe Morales, Third Base - Sam Holbrook |
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