Orioles 13, Royals 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Newly promoted Chad Mottola hit his first major league home run since 1996 and Miguel Tejada and David Newhan also connected in the Baltimore Orioles’ 13-4 romp over Kansas City.

Every Orioles starter scored as they matched a season high for runs.

Javy Lopez was 4-for-4, scored three times and drove in a run. Melvin Mora, who had missed 10 games with a foot injury, was 2-for-4 and raised his average to .357 and Jerry Hairston had three hits.

Daniel Cabrera (5-3), who pitched a four-hit shutout against Atlanta his previous start, gave up three hits and three runs in seven innings.

Cabrera held the Royals hitless until Ken Harvey singled leading off the fifth. Another single and a hit batsman then loaded the bases and two runs scored when Cabrera walked David DeJesus and Tony Graffanino.

Mottola, called up from Triple-A Ottawa earlier in the day, hit a towering, three-run homer to make it 8-0 in the second against Brian Anderson (1-8). Mottola’s last homer came eight seasons ago for Cincinnati.

Three of the eight runs against Anderson (1-8) were unearned because of two errors in the five-run first. The left-hander was making his first start since May 22 when he was banished to the bullpen, where he’d been effective in 16 innings with a 2.81 ERA.

But his ERA as a starter ballooned from 6.75 to 8.31 with his career-worst eighth straight loss.

Brian Roberts reached leading off the first on shortstop Angel Berroa’s throwing error and Mora singled him home. Tejada then hit Anderson’s fastball 394 feet over the fence in left field.

With two out, Larry Bigbie hit a line drive into dead center that bounced out of DeJesus’ glove for a two-base, two-run error.

Newhan hit a two-run homer off reliever John Huisman in the fifth to make it 11-0. The Orioles added two in the eighth on RBI doubles by Lopez and Luis Matos off Nate Field.

The Royals’ third error was a throwing miscue by second baseman Graffanino which allowed Bigbie to score the ninth run in the third inning.

The Royals, who have lost six of seven, got a run in the seventh on DeJesus’ RBI single and one in the eighth on Desi Relaford’s RBI single.

Notes: Royals pitching coach John Cumberland was fired. Since 1998, Kansas City has had six pitching coaches. … The Royals lead the league with 50 unearned runs. … DeJesus was credited with an outstanding diving catch of Newhan’s sinking liner in the seventh. But replays showed he trapped the ball. … Baltimore LHP Eric Dubose will undergo arthroscopic surgery on Thursday to remove bone chips from his left elbow. He’s been on the DL since June 20. … Royals C Kelly Stinnett underwent successful Tommy John surgery Wednesday and is out for the season. … The Orioles won for just the third time in 13 road games.

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