▁prevent ▁him ▁from ▁landing ▁on ▁his ▁head . ▁ ▁Game ▁ 4 ▁ ▁In ▁Game ▁ 4 , ▁the ▁Roy als ▁took ▁a ▁ 2 - 0 ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁off ▁of ▁Miguel ▁Gonz ale z ▁when ▁Alc ides ▁Esc obar ▁hit ▁a ▁le ado ff ▁sing led ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁second ▁on ▁N ori ▁A oki ' s ▁hit - by - p itch . ▁Lorenzo ▁C ain ' s ▁sacrifice ▁b unt ▁( the ▁event ual ▁AL CS ▁M VP ' s ▁first ▁ever ▁sacrifice ▁b unt ) ▁moved ▁both ▁run ners ▁a ▁base ▁before ▁Eric ▁H os mer ▁ground ed ▁to ▁first . ▁Bas eman ▁Steve ▁Pear ce ▁threw ▁the ▁ball ▁to ▁catch er ▁C ale b ▁Joseph , ▁but ▁the ▁ball ▁got ▁away , ▁allowing ▁Esc obar ▁and ▁A oki ▁to ▁score . ▁Though ▁Gonz ale z ▁and ▁the ▁Ori oles ▁b ull pen ▁shut ▁out ▁the ▁Roy als ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁Jason ▁V arg as ▁and ▁the ▁Kansas ▁City ▁b ull pen ▁limited ▁Baltimore ▁to ▁only ▁Ryan ▁F lah ert y ' s ▁home ▁run ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁and ▁four ▁hits . ▁The ▁Roy als ▁extended ▁their ▁post season ▁win ▁stre ak ▁to ▁ 1 1 ▁games , ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁Game ▁ 5 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁World ▁Series . ▁This ▁win ▁gave ▁Kansas ▁City ▁its ▁first ▁American ▁League ▁P enn ant ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁( and ▁third ▁overall , ▁the ▁most ▁of ▁any ▁AL