▁to ▁rain ▁ ▁Game ▁summar ies ▁ ▁Game ▁ 1 ▁ ▁The ▁Roy als ▁drew ▁first ▁blood ▁in ▁a ▁back - and - for th ▁op ener ▁that ▁featured ▁high ▁off ensive ▁output ▁from ▁both ▁teams . ▁After ▁hitting ▁just ▁three ▁home ▁runs ▁in ▁the ▁regular ▁season , ▁Alc ides ▁Esc obar ▁hit ▁a ▁one - out ▁hom er ▁to ▁left ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁Roy als ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁lead . ▁Later ▁in ▁the ▁in ning , ▁with ▁the ▁bases ▁loaded , ▁Alex ▁Gordon ▁hit ▁a ▁broken ▁bat , ▁looping ▁fly ▁ball ▁that ▁dropped ▁just ▁fair ▁inside ▁the ▁right - field ▁line ▁to ▁plate ▁all ▁three ▁run ners . ▁Sud den ly , ▁it ▁was ▁ 4 – 0 ▁Kansas ▁City . ▁Baltimore ▁got ▁a ▁run ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁in ning ▁on ▁Adam ▁Jones ' ▁R BI - single , ▁but ▁it ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁more ▁had ▁it ▁not ▁been ▁for ▁a ▁great ▁div ing ▁catch ▁by ▁Gordon ▁in ▁the ▁left - center ▁field ▁gap , ▁ro bb ing ▁Steven ▁Pear ce ▁of ▁a ▁hit . ▁In ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁fifth , ▁after ▁the ▁Roy als ▁added ▁a ▁run ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁frame , ▁the ▁Ori oles ▁finally ▁got ▁to ▁James ▁Sh ield s . ▁Nelson ▁Cruz ▁added ▁to ▁his ▁post season ▁legacy ▁with ▁an ▁R BI - double ▁and ▁Ryan ▁F lah ert y ▁delivered ▁a ▁two - run ▁single ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁a ▁one - run ▁game , ▁ 5 – 4 .