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Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle and Rougned Odor hit solo home runs, leading the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals 10-7 on Sunday. Hunter Dozier, Michael A. Taylor and Bobby Witt Jr. homered for the Royals. Baltimore jumped on Brad Keller (1-8) with three homers in the first two innings. Santander hit a 455-foot drive into the right-field fountains in the first. Mountcastle and Odor hit back-to-back home runs to start a four-run second inning. It was the fifth time this season and the third in June that the Orioles hit back-to-back homers. Cedric Mullins had four hits and drove in two runs for Baltimore. Richie Martin and Austin Hays each had three hits and two RBIs. Dean Kremer (1-1) tossed five innings and allowed one earned run and four hits. Cionel Pérez notched his first save of the season. Keller gave up five runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings. The three home runs he allowed tied a career high set in 2019. Taylor and Witt hit solo home runs in the eighth inning. UP NEXT Royals: Begin a nine-game West Coast swing against San Francisco with RHP Brady Singer (3-1, 4.33 ERA) set to start. Game time tonight is set for 8:40 with pregame starting at 8 here on KDWD.