Orioles strike early to back up Jorge López in 8-4 win over Royals, ending five-game losing streak

“It’s nice the way we strung some hits together,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “I love the way we ran the bases — that was our best base-running game by far, going first to third multiple times, putting pressure on the defense, running the bases hard. But really good at-bats off [Royals starter Brady] Singer, top-to-bottom. It was nice to see us keep the line moving and taking competitive at-bat after competitive at-bat, scoring those eight runs early. That was really nice.”