“A game of runs” is a cliché often reserved for high school basketball games. One team jumps ahead, the other climbs back, and the teams trade spurts after a series of missed free throws and 3-point jumpers.
Baltimore’s series opener in Kansas City quite literally served as a game of runs. The Royals jumped ahead with three in the first. Ryan Yarbrough retired the first 10 batters he faced, but the Orioles responded with 10 consecutive runs. Kansas City scored the next four, but Baltimore added insurance before the Royals snapped Yennier Cano’s hitless streak.
A wacky back-and-forth contest saw the Orioles eventually emerge with an 11-7 victory at Kauffman Stadium.