Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals

The Orioles are headed home, and they’re bringing a revived offense with them. With an 8-6 victory over the Royals on Wednesday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, Baltimore continued to show that its offense -- which was plagued by inconsistency through the early portion of April -- is trending upwards. A six-run rally in the sixth inning was capped with Coby Mayo providing the exclamation point, a mammoth three-run homer that traveled a Statcast-projected 452 feet. It was Mayo’s second homer in as many days after crushing a 439-foot blast on Tuesday night. Manager Craig Albernaz saw plenty of other pleasing offensive developments. Pete Alonso had an opposite-field two-run homer to give the Orioles a lead in the first inning. Leody Taveras stayed hot with a couple of hits and Colton Cowser seemed to be figuring some things out offensively with two hits of his own. The decisive sixth inning was one in which the Orioles were able to keep the line moving. With one out, six consecutive batters reached base to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 8-3 lead. “That’s what our offense is capable of,” Albernaz said. “Six runs is a big ask, but there were quality at-bats and passing the baton.”