The Orioles ride Bundy's arm and Alberto's baton to defeat the Royals 4-1

It was a good duel in Camden Yards tonight. Royals runner-up Brad Keller made six scoreless innings and Orioles starter Dylan Bundy added one in seven points. But Kansas City's mall proved to be the deciding factor in the game, to the benefit of Orioles.

Bundy entered this match with a points average of 7.83 in the first leg of this year. He resisted this trend tonight with a first 1-2-3 win against the Royals including two strikeouts. He hit Jorge Soler – who was tied for the fifth baseball goal early in the game – on a slider for a third take called. He then called forward number three Hunter Dozier (.290 / .368 / .559) on a fast four-sided ball for a third shot.

Bundy scored only in the second run. Alex Gordon started with a single and Ryan O'Hearn followed with only one of his, putting Gordon in third place. Then Melbrys Viloria made a sacrificial volley in the center, counting for the only Royals race all night.

The fourth inning was another hurdle for Bundy this season, where he had a 5.48 ERA. But he did very well this evening, using the same formula as in the first one: an exit on the ground and two strikeouts. In four sets, the right-hander had six strikeouts and a total of 54 shots, which is pretty low given all the bats missed.

The defense has even launched the leather a little bit in this one. Bundy came out of fifth place after a magnificent double play started by Jonathan Villar in the hole at the bottom of the field.

In the sixth round of this year, Bundy has an average score of 12.10. To start the sixth run tonight, Soler hit a ball on the ground in the hole that Villar could not handle. But Bundy managed to make a crucial double play to clear the goals. Then he had a straight line in the center to end a scoreless run.

The Os had a decent chance of being on the board at the end of the sixth when they placed the runners in first and second place without outs. But Trey Mancini flew right, showing his frustration on the way back to the dugout. Then Bubba Starling of the Royals had an impressive dive into the center right space, followed by another harmless Orioles ball to end the inning.

Baltimore was finally on the board in seventh when Jace Peterson opened the round with a single in the center. DJ Stewart then reached Whit on Merrifield first on a ground ball because no one was covering the first goal. Then Rio Ruiz sent a single in the left field to score Peterson and tie the 1-1 mark.

Brandon Hyde opted to retire Dylan Bundy after the seventh inning, with just 83 shots. Curious, it is the least that can be said. It was only the fourth time this year that Bundy reached seventh. He reached the eighth round once in 2019 and never started the ninth this year.

Bundy finished the night with one run on five hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.

Hunter Harvey entered the eighth for his second career appearance and it was impressive. He drove a line to the left and then made two consecutive withdrawals, regularly reaching 99 mph. His last run to end the run was recorded at 100 mph. By the way, does anyone else see a resemblance to the actor Shia LaBeouf?

The Birds had the end-of-game magic in the form of a three-run home run by Hanser Alberto. Mancini walked to start the heat and was followed by two consecutive pops. Then Peterson walked and Alberto launched his eighth home run of the year in the O's Enclosure. He was caught by the next generation Richard Bleier. 4-1, Orioles.

Mychal Givens made his 10th save of the season, recording a withdrawal and a bit more of a single to retain his lead in the ninth.

Hunter Harvey was the all-time pitcher when the Orioles took the lead in eighth place, giving him his first league win.

The Os broke their eight-game losing streak with tonight's win. In addition, the Birds' pitching team did not allow the house to be started in the match, which saved the record records at least one more night.

Statistics provided by Baseball Reference.