Kyle Bradish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to three games after beating the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Saturday night.

Bradish (6-9) was done after 6 2/3 innings, charged with one run on two hits with two walks and five strikeouts. The outcome means that the right-hander avoided, at least for now, becoming the first 10-game loser in the major leagues this year.

Jac Caglianone rapped a single as the first batter in the seventh to break up the no-hit bid. He later scored on Salvador Perez’s sacrifice fly.

Grant Wolfram, Yennier Cano and Tyler Wells completed what became a combined two-hitter.

Pete Alonso smashed a two-run home run, and Coby Mayo, Taylor Ward and Gunnar Henderson all belted solo shots for the Orioles, who are assured of snapping a four-series losing streak at Camden Yards. Four of their six hits were homers.

The Royals have lost four consecutive games and eight of their last 11. First baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, coming off a hand injury to play in his first big league game since June 13, went 0-for-3 with a walk.

Royals starter Noah Cameron (5-7) struck out nine batters in seven innings, but he was charged with five runs on five hits and two walks.

Through six innings, the only Kansas City batters to reach base came in back-to-back plate appearances in the third inning. Isaac Collins got aboard on second baseman Jackson Holliday’s fielding error and Carter Jensen followed with a walk before Bradish retired Bobby Witt Jr. on a foul out.

Samuel Basallo, who was Baltimore’s hero Friday night with a game-winning home run, drove in a second-inning run with a single to open the scoring.

Alonso’s 21st homer came in the fourth inning. Mayo led off the fifth with a homer, and Ward’s shot came with one out in the sixth.

The Orioles were efficient with their baserunners, stranding just one runner on base in the seventh. Henderson’s homer led off the eighth.

–Field Level Media

England’s lone regulation goal in its eventual 2-1 extra-time defeat of Norway in a World Cup quarterfinal Saturday in Miami Gardens, Fla., was not without controversy.

Norway argued — and video replay appeared to show — that a goal kick from their goalkeeper Orjan Nyland bounced off a wire supporting an in-stadium camera and redirected to an England player, setting up the sequence which ended with Jude Bellingham’s tying goal in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.

Per FIFA’s rule, a ball bouncing off a wire would lead to a stoppage in play and a drop ball to decide possession. But the association spoke out against this possibility shortly after the match ended.

“Before England’s goal in minute 45+2 against Norway, the sensor in the Connected Ball showed no peak in the ‘heartbeat of the ball’ when in the air, and therefore no evidence that the ball touched the overhead wire and changed the movement of the ball,” a FIFA statement said.

The “heartbeat of the ball” is the same technology used to overturn Croatia’s equalizing goal late in extra time of its 2-1 round of 32 loss to Portugal when technology in the ball sensed a headed touch with the goalscorer in offside position in one of the other main controversies of this year’s tournament.

This time, though, play wasn’t stopped to check the sensor, although it’s possible it was checked by VAR in the brief downtime after Bellingham’s goal.

Norway also had a go-ahead second-half goal overturned after it was ruled that Erling Haaland pushed a defender down in the leadup to the goal being scored by Torbjorn Heggem off a corner kick.

England will face the winner of Saturday night’s match between Argentina and Switzerland in a semifinal in Atlanta on Wednesday.

–Field Level Media

Lars Nootbaar launched a three-run home run and Matthew Liberatore tossed six stellar innings on Saturday to help lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.

Liberatore (5-6) threw six scoreless innings, allowing four hits while striking out six and walking one for the Cardinals, who clinched the final series before the All-Star break.

Reynaldo Lopez (4-2) allowed four runs on five hits across five innings, striking out three and walking one for the Braves, who dropped their fifth game in seven tries. Mauricio Dubon homered for Atlanta, which saw its lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East reduced to two games.

After Lopez issued first-inning singles to Ivan Herrera and Jordan Walker, Nootbaar launched his third home run of the season — a 435-foot blast — to give the Cardinals an early 3-0 edge.

Nootbaar began the fourth with a walk and stole second before scoring on Blaze Jordan’s two-out single, pushing the margin to four.

Atlanta threatened in the sixth, as Michael Harris II led off the inning with a base hit and Matt Olson’s one-out single placed runners on the corners. Liberatore then got Drake Baldwin to ground into an inning-ending double play to end the inning.

Rookie Owen Murphy threw three perfect innings in relief of Lopez.

In the seventh, St. Louis’ Luis Gastelum took over, allowing Dubon’s 10th home run on his first pitch. After allowing Eli White’s one-out double, Gastelum retired Joey Bart and Jim Jarvis.

George Soriano tossed a perfect eighth for St. Louis.

Cardinals closer Riley O’Brien entered in the ninth, walking Baldwin and hitting Dominic Smith with two outs to bring the tying run to the plate. O’Brien then stuck out Bart to secure his 24th save in 28 attempts.

–Field Level Media