BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Kyle Bradish scattered two hits over 6 2/3 innings and Pete Alonso homered and drove in two runs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Saturday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards before 28,958.

Bradish (6-9) struck out five and allowed one earned run for Baltimore, which improved to 45-51. Alonso went 2 for 4 with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, his 21st of the season. Taylor Ward, Coby Mayo and Gunnar Henderson each added solo home runs for the Orioles, who finished with six hits.

Kansas City (38-58) managed only two hits. Noah Cameron (5-7) took the loss despite striking out nine over seven innings, allowing five earned runs and five hits. The Royals scored their lone run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Salvador Perez, scoring Jac Caglianone.

Baltimore jumped ahead in the second on a Samuel Basallo single that scored Alonso, then broke the game open with a two-run fourth. The Orioles added single runs in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings. The game lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes.