BALTIMORE (AP) — Kyle Bradish gave up one run and two hits in 6 2/3 innings, Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Saturday night.
Bradish (6-9) did not give up a hit until had Jac Caglianone hit a leadoff single in the seventh inning to break up the no-hitter bid. He struck out five and walked two to help Baltimore clinch the series.
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Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso catches a popup off the bat of Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Orioles' Pete Alonso runs to score on a single hit by Samuel Basallo off Kansas City Royals pitcher Noah Cameron during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Samuel Basallo is tagged by Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. while attempting to advance to second base after hitting a single which drove in Pete Alonso hit off of pitcher Noah Cameron during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Coby Mayo, Taylor Ward and Gunnar Henderson also hit home runs for Baltimore, which has won three-straight games for the eighth time this season.
Alonso broke the game open with a 420-foot shot in the fourth inning to gave Baltimore a 3-0 lead. He finished the night 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Mayo tacked on one in the fifth, hitting his 12th homer of the season into the left-field seats.
Ward added his first home run at Camden Yards this season in the sixth inning before Henderson capped the scoring with his first long ball since June 19 on the first pitch of his at bat in the eighth.
Samuel Basallo had an RBI double in the second to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.
Noah Cameron (5-7) gave up five runs on five hits and struck out nine for Kansas City.
Salvador Perez plated the Royals' only run in the seventh with a sacrifice fly.
Royals' RHP Seth Lugo (3-6, 4.56 ERA) faces off against Orioles' RHP Shane Baz (4-9, 4.21) in the series finale on Sunday.
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Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso catches a popup off the bat of Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Orioles' Pete Alonso runs to score on a single hit by Samuel Basallo off Kansas City Royals pitcher Noah Cameron during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Samuel Basallo is tagged by Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. while attempting to advance to second base after hitting a single which drove in Pete Alonso hit off of pitcher Noah Cameron during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.
Fourteen hours later, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo would return to the wife he’d met as a teenager in Mexico and the modest house he’d built for his family on the city’s east side.
It’s what he’d done for decades, according to Ronaldo Salgado, his oldest son. He said his father built hundreds of houses over 35 years, creating a life for his family and watching as his three sons headed off to college.
On Tuesday, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Salgado Araujo, 52, after he was pursued by federal agents driving unmarked vehicles while he was taking his crew to their latest job site. The shooting has outraged Houston leaders and renewed public scrutiny over ICE and Trump's immigration crackdown.
Four Democratic members of Congress who represent the Houston area said at a vigil Saturday that they would push for an independent investigation into the shooting.
“We are never going to forget that his blood is on Donald Trump’s hands,” Rep. Christian Menefee said. “We are not at war. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not a casualty. He was a human being who was murdered by our government.”
Federal agents were looking for someone else when they tried to stop Salgado Araujo’s white van, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said, citing a briefing she received from ICE's acting director. The Department of Homeland Security has said an ICE officer fired at the van in self-defense after Salgado Araujo, who officials described as an “illegal alien,” rammed an ICE vehicle. They have provided no evidence.
The three men that Salgado Araujo was driving said he was shot through a passenger window and that the ICE officer who fired was not in front of the van or even in danger, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.
His family has also disputed the account from ICE. They said lawyers, who were helping him apply for a work permit, had explained how he should behave if immigration agents stopped him. Salgado Araujo was close to obtaining legal status when he was killed, they said.
“He knew what to do,” Ronaldo Salgado told reporters this week. “He knew not to sign anything. He knew that the first phone call he should make should be either to myself or to my mom. So that way we can get the process started of getting him out.”
He believes his father may have been scared that he was being followed by unmarked vehicles, worried someone was planning to steal his van or his tools.
The shooting in the heavily Hispanic neighborhood is at least the eighth death during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign.
Salgado Araujo entered the U.S. more than 30 years ago, settling in Houston with his wife where they raised their three children.
Education was a constant focus in the house, said Ronaldo Salgado, who is now a teacher. One of his brothers is an engineer. The other is in college studying engineering.
Several childhood friends of Salgado recalled that his father was kind and soft-spoken, always inquiring about his wife’s day and how his sons’ friends were doing after a long day at work.
“We didn’t really see him until the end of the day when he came home to have dinner, but that just shows how much of a hard worker he was,” said neighbor Jessica Alanis Magdaleno. “Everything they have now is thanks to the dedication to that.”
Josué Flores, a friend of Ronaldo Salgado since their freshman year of high school, said he first saw Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at his son’s football game.
“I think it speaks volumes of the kind of person that he was,” Flores said, recalling how Salgado Araujo showed up for his son even after an arduous day of work.
Salgado Araujo’s wife, a relative said, is “inconsolable.”
“She is very upset ... angry, sad, disoriented,” Jose Torres Ramon, a nephew who lives in Mexico, told The Associated Press in a Facebook message.
Ronaldo Salgado, his oldest son, said at the Saturday vigil that he hoped he was making his father proud.
“I’ll keep fighting for him,” he said.
His brother Lorenzo Salgado Jr. said the shooting of his father was “a hard moment to be an American.”
“Even though my government, my federal government took away my father, we the people will bring justice,” he said. “We the people are America.”
After coming home in the evening, Salgado Araujo liked to listen to music on the porch and pet the family dog. His family has described him as a simple man of routine.
“He did not deserve to die,” Ronaldo Salgado said. “He dedicated his life in the United States to giving his family the American dream.”
Associated Press reporters Jack Brook in New Orleans, Valerie Gonzalez in McAllen, Texas, and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed.
U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee speaks during a community vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, left, and U.S. Rep. Al Green look on in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Ronaldo Salgado, the son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, speaks during a community vigil honoring his father in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A photograph of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is displayed on an altar surrounded by candles during a community vigil in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Ronaldo Salgado, the son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, speaks during a community vigil honoring his father in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Community members hold signs reading "ICE Out" during a community vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A couple spends a moment after placing flowers at the site where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by an ICE officer in Houston, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
A woman who wished to be identified by her last name Faith places a homemade wreath at the site where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by an ICE officer in Houston, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
Ronaldo Salgado, son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, speaks as his brother, Lorenzo Jr., left, holds family photographs during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Jr., sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, hold a photograph of their father during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
