Scoreless after six innings, Cheslor Cuthbert was hit in the elbow by second baseman Jonathan Schoop's errant throw in the seventh inning, with the ball bouncing up and allowing Paulo Orlando to run home for a 1-0 Royals lead. It also snapped a 17-inning scoreless streak for Kansas City.
Baltimore, winners of five in the past six games it has trailed, didn't wait long to tie it up. Mark Trumbo regained sole possession of the Major League lead in homers, with his 19th, off Royals starter Danny Duffy to start the bottom of the seventh.
Trumbo's solo home run
KC@BAL: Trumbo belts a solo homer to left-center
Mark Trumbo ties the game at 1 with a solo home run to left-center field in the bottom of the 7th inning
One out later, Matt Wieters -- Sunday's hero -- went deep to center to chase Duffy from the game despite only being at 80 pitches. Duffy gave up five hits and a hit batsmen, striking out nine to match his career high in his first loss of the season.
After Adam Jones added a tack-on run off Luke Hochevar in the seventh, Manny Machado in the eighth blasted Kelvin Herrera's second pitch into the left-field seats for his 15th homer.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
The Wright Stuff: Removed from the rotation and demoted last week, Wright got the callup and quick turnaround -- given reliever Darren O'Day injury -- and was tabbed for the spot start. And he delivered, matching a season high in innings and not allowing any earned runs for the first time in 10 starts. Wright, who entered the game with a 5.88 ERA, gave a huge lift to a struggling rotation.
Whatever it takes: The Royals' slumping offense will take any type of run at this point, and they finally got one in the seventh when Jarrod Dyson hit a one-out grounder to short that resulted in a force at second. Schoop tried to check his throw to first, seeing Dyson had the double play beat. But Schoop wound up spiking the throw right into Cuthbert's right elbow and allowed Orlando to score from second. More >
Dyson plates Orlando
KC@BAL: Dyson plates the first run of the game in 7th
Jarrod Dyson brings home Paulo Orlando on a fielder's choice, but Cheslor Cuthbert leaves the game after taking a ball off his elbow
Comeback Kids: Baltimore continued to make magic in the later innings, scoring four unanswered runs, three via homers, to maintain their hold atop the AL East. Trumbo hit his fourth homer of the homestand, while Wieters continued to come up clutch with his fifth blast of the year.
Duffy dealing: Duffy navigated out of trouble in the third inning when a single, a bunt single and a sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with one out. But Duffy stepped up and struck out Joey Rickard and Manny Machado to end the threat.
INJURY REPORT
Cuthbert was diagnosed with an elbow contusion and is listed as day to day. Baltimore catcher Caleb Joseph (testicular injury suffered on May 30) will not be able to catch for four weeks, meaning he will not make his disabled list period.
WHAT'S NEXT
Royals: Right-hander Yordano Ventura (4-3, 4.82 ERA) takes the mound for the Royals in the middle game of the series on Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. CT. Ventura beat the O's, 6-1, on April 24 with seven innings of one-run ball.
Orioles: Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 6.59) will get the ball on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. ET. The O's are hoping the veteran can build off his last outing. Jimenez took a no-hitter into the fifth before it all fell apart in the sixth, as he couldn't record an out.
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Jeffrey Flanagan has covered the Royals since 1991, and for MLB.com since 2015. Follow him on Twitter @FlannyMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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