Kansas City scores 10 in the first in rout of Orioles (Bundy quotes added)

Coming home off a second straight winless road trip and with a record 18 games under .500, the Orioles had to hope things would get better on this homestand. Tonight hope went out the window not long after the first pitch.

Right-hander Dylan Bundy gave up four homers and failed to get an out in the first inning as the Kansas City Royals hammered the Orioles at Camden Yards. The Royals scored 10 runs on nine hits in the opening inning on the way to a 15-7 blowout of Baltimore.

Just when it seemed it can't get much worse, it did. The Orioles fall to 8-27 overall and to 5-11 at home. They have lost seven in a row, eight of nine, 13 of 15 and 21 of the last 25 games.

Bundy is the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to allow four or more homers without recording an out. The Royals tied their club record for most homers in one inning. They also hit four in the sixth on May 26, 2000 versus the Angels and in the fourth at Cleveland on June 29, 2001. The Orioles have been outscored 50-11 in the first inning this year.

Bundy has allowed nine home runs over his last nine innings after he gave up one over his first 31 2/3 and five starts. His final line tonight was no innings, five hits and seven runs with two walks, no strikeouts and the four homers. He threw 28 pitches, 13 for strikes and he is now 1-5 with a 5.31 ERA.

Over his past three starts, Bundy has thrown a combined nine innings allowing 23 hits and 22 runs (19 earned) with the nine home runs. Three of the homers tonight were hit 106 or 107 mph.

The Royals started the night against Bundy this way: Jon Jay infield single, Jorge Soler two-run homer, Mike Moustakas solo homer, Salvador Perez solo homer, then Lucas Duda and Whit Merrifield walked and scored on Alex Gordon's three-run homer to right. In all Kansas City scored 10 runs in the inning, going 9-for-11 at-bat.

Moustakas added a two-run homer in the fifth and he had a three-hit, five-RBI night. This was his eighth career multi-homer game.

The Orioles got on the board with a Chris Davis solo homer to right in the second. He hit No. 3 a distance of 421 feet for his first homer since April 19. The Orioles added two in the eighth when Danny Valencia and Caleb Joseph hit solo homers off Burch Smith to make it 15-3. It was No. 4 for Valencia and No. 1 for Joseph. They scored four in the last of the ninth on Jonathan Schoop's two-run single, Valencia's sac fly and Anthony Santander's RBI single.

The Royals improved to 12-23. They began the year at 5-20, but have now won seven of their last 10 games. It they win one of the next two nights here, they'll have their second series victory of 2018.

Bundy on whether he is hurt or not: "Yeah, physically I'm fine. I'm just not executing the pitches I need to right now. I was leaving pitches right down the middle and they were hitting them over the fence. Got us in a 7-0 early hole that we couldn't climb out of."

Bundy on if he had a groin issue during his West Coast start: "Yeah, I had a little groin tightness in California, but it's been fine and I was able to pitch tonight. It really hasn't been an issue."

Bundy on his poor last three starts overall: "I feel the exact same. My mechanics feel the same. It just seems like I'm missing off the plate, down or up, and then missing right down the middle and they hit it over the fence. Just gotta get better and work on it in between starts. Just keep working, every day in between starts. And if I've gotta throw an extra bullpen I will to correct it and try to get that extra life on the ball that I had the first five starts. It's very tough. And you want to be the guy that goes out there and stops it. But that's why there are five of us and we'll see what we can do tomorrow."

Joseph on Bundy's last few starts: "You are looking for the crispness on pitches and it just hasn't been there the past couple starts. He's obviously capable and there may or may not be other things kind of going on or whatever. You never know too. Close play at first in the first and maybe that gets us into a groove, who knows. He wants to get back to that kind of crisp fastball and crisp slider and just seeing a lot of kind of lazy spin and he knows it. Even just the location. The location is kind of abnormal for him. He's usually extremely great with his accuracy. Just hasn't really been there the last two or three starts. Good thing he's got about 20 more right? He can turn it around really quick.

"You are excited about coming back home and you want to have a good first game of the homestand. Guys are still optimistic in here and then we start off 10 runs behind. Another gut blow for sure."