Kris Bubic pitches well, Royals beat Orioles

Kris Bubic allowed one run over 6 2/3 innings to help the Kansas City Royals to a 4-1 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.Bubic (2-0) surrendered five hits, struck out eight and walked one. The left-hander threw six shutout innings in his season debut last Monday, an 11-1 win against the Milwaukee Brewers.Bobby Witt Jr. singled, doubled and tripled, Salvador Perez, Mark Canha and Maikel Garcia each had two hits and a run scored, and Michael Massey drove in two runs for the Royals.Baltimore starter Cade Povich (0-1) allowed four runs and 13 hits over six innings. The left-hander struck out four and didn’t walk a batter.Ryan Mountcastle had three of the five hits for the Orioles.Witt hit a fly ball to right-center field that center fielder Jorge Mateo misjudged for a triple with one out in the first. Vinnie Pasquantino then lined a sacrifice fly to right field for a 1-0 lead.Mateo was starting in center because Cedric Mullins was getting his first day off this season.Perez and Canha followed with singles before Massey delivered a two-out two-run double into the left-field corner to extend the lead to 3-0.

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