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BALTIMORE (AP) — Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles are supposed to be the big homer hitters in the AL Championship Series.
Didn’t work out that way in Game 1.
Orioles pitchers allowed the only three long balls in the rain-soaked ALCS opener, including Alex Gordon’s no-doubt-about-it solo shot and Mike Moustakas’ two-run wall-scraper in the 10th inning, and Baltimore lost 8-6 to the Kansas City Royals in a game that finished after 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
Game 2 is Saturday afternoon in Baltimore, with the Royals starting rookie left-hander Yordano Ventura against either lefty Wei-Yin Chen or righty Bud Norris.
