The Royals jumped on the Orioles for a four-run seventh inning, on the backs of Christian Colon and Drew Butera, in route to a 2-1 win in Sunday afternoon’s rubber match at Kauffman Stadium.
The Orioles started the scoring in the first inning, on a Mark Trumbo RBI single, driving in Manny Machado who walked and advanced to second on an Adam Jones single.
Ventura needed 28 pitches to get through the first, but responded by throwing just 25 pitches over the next three innings.