KANSAS CITY — Aubrey Huff and Melvin Mora homered, Steve Trachsel earned his first victory since April 4 and the Baltimore Orioles beat Kansas City 7-4 Friday night for their 11th straight victory over the Royals.
Huff, who has hit safely in 18 of his past 20 games, hit a three-run homer with two out in the fifth to snap a 2-2 tie. Huff's sixth homer came after the Royals intentionally walked Nick Markakis. Freddie Bynum led off the inning with a single.
Mora hit a two-out homer in the third with Bynum aboard after a double.
Trachsel (2-4), who was winless in his last five starts, gave up two runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. He lasted just three innings in each of his previous two starts, allowing 11 runs and 12 hits with seven walks in six innings.
Alex Gordon hit a two-run drive off Trachsel in the first for his team-best fifth homer of the season. He also had a run-scoring single in the seventh for a season-best three RBIs.
Trachsel pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the second by retiring Alberto Callaspo and David DeJesus on grounders.
The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the sixth on walks to Gordon, Mark Grudzielanek and Jose Guillen, but Matt Albers got Ross Gload to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Gil Meche (2-5) went five innings for the Royals, allowing five runs and six hits. Meche, who has only one victory in his past four starts, had his ERA balloon to 6.31.
The Orioles tacked on two runs in the seventh. Markakis scored on Ramon Ramirez's wild pitch and Kevin Millar singled in Huff.
George Sherrill worked the ninth for his 12th save in 14 opportunities.
John Buck also had an RBI single for Kansas City.
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