Reimold Powers O's Past Royals

I know the headline is that Vladimir Guerrero's RBI single in the 12th inning gave the O's a walk-off 6-5 win over Kansas City, but I'm sticking with Nolan Reimold as my player of the game.

Reimold had the best game of his career, going 4-for-4 with two homers and four RBIs, and the O's would have been lost without him in Thursday afternoon's win over the Royals.

Jeremy Guthrie allowed four runs (three earned) in the second inning, putting the O's in an early hole. Guthrie's run support has been horrible at best, but Reimold single-handedly gave him a chance to earn the win...

Reimold slapped a solo shot in the bottom of the second to put the Birds on the board before drilling a three-run bomb in the third to give the Orioles a 5-4 lead. Reimold set career-highs in hits, homers and ribbies in a single game, and his ground-rule double in the ninth would have scored the winning run had the ball not hopped over the fence in left field...

Guthrie (2-6) settled down after the second inning but gave up another run in the fourth that tied the game. Guth went seven innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on nine hits, walking none while fanning four, but had to yield to the bullpen after 106 pitches...

Once again, the bullpen was spectacular...Clay Rapada came on to get one out before Koji Uehara went 1 2/3 innings of one-hit relief, striking out three. Kevin Gregg had all of Baltimore biting their nails but escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, sending the game into extra-innings. Jeremy Accardo pitched two 1-2-3 innings and earned the win after the offense came through in the bottom of the 12th...

The O's actually had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th but were unable to score...Luke Scott grounded out before Matt Wieters grounded into a double-play. Robert Andino led off the 12th with a double, and after Nick Markakis drew an intentional pass, Guerrero slapped a single up the middle to score Andino and give the Birds yet another walk-off victory over Kansas City.

With the win, the O's (24-24) are back to .500 for the first time since mid-April and have won five straight for the first time this season. The Birds now head to the West Coast for a six-game set starting in Oakland on Friday night. Chris Tillman takes the mound for the Orioles...