Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Royals sweep Orioles for the season

Kevin Seitzer hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning Thursdaynight, leading the host Kansas City Royals to a 6-5 victory overBaltimore and a 12-game season sweep of the Orioles.

With one out in the 12th, Bill Pecota singled and Kurt Stillwellsent him to third with another single. Seitzer then hit a fly ballto left, scoring Pecota with the winning run.

Jeff Montgomery (5-2) worked one inning for Kansas City's fifthstraight victory. Tom Niedenfuer (1-3) took the loss.

The Orioles tied the score 5-5 in the ninth. With one out,pinch hitter Ken Gerhart reached second base when his grounder wentthrough third baseman Seitzer's legs and was bobbled by left …

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