The O's offense exploded for a season-high eight runs in the fourth inning and the club cruised to a 9-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
Jake Arrieta became the first pitcher on the staff to reach six wins, tossing six strong innings and turning in yet another quality start. Arrieta (6-2) allowed two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven and was pulled after 106 pitches. The bullpen shut the door, as Jim Johnson allowed just two hits over two innings and Michael Gonzalez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth with a strikeout...
The offense was silent for the first three innings before erupting in the fourth...Adam Jones led-off the frame with a double and the hits just kept coming. The Birds sent 13 men to the plate and scored eight times on six hits, three walks, an error and a wild pitch. It was the first time since 2009 that the Orioles scored eight runs in a single inning. Mark Reynolds went deep in the eighth inning for the O's ninth and final run...Reynolds is now tied with Luke Scott and Adam Jones for the most home runs (6) on the team...
The O's have now matched their longest winning streak of the season with four straight "W's" and have a chance to set a few milestones on Thursday afternoon...with a win, the Birds will have won five straight for the first time in 2011 and will be back to playing .500 ball in late May for the first time in a while. Jeremy Guthrie takes the mound as the O's attempt to sweep the Royals out of Baltimore...
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