Kansas City, Mo. ? Tack the Kansas City Royals onto the list of teams that are sick of seeing Adam Jones.

The Orioles’ slugger followed up his eventual winning homer in the 15th inning the previous night with a two-run shot Thursday, helping Baltimore climb back from a three-run deficit to beat the Royals, 5-3, and win their seventh straight road game.

The Orioles also improved to 12-1 when Jones goes deep, something he’s done each of the last three games. He has 13 homers on the year, a mark he didn’t reach until June 25 last season.

“He’s hot right now. He’s really hot,” said J.J. Hardy, whose two-run single in the seventh inning provided the go-ahead runs. “He’s been swinging the bat impressively.”

Jones preferred to deflect the attention from his hot start to his teammates, even though he’s heading to a three-game set against Washington with a nine-game hitting streak.

“We’re just chipping away,” Jones said. “You’re down 3-0, it’s easy to give away at-bats. We’re not giving anything away right now.”

Brian Matusz (3-4) won for the third time in four starts after enduring a career-worst 12-decision losing streak. He allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk in six innings.

Relievers Luis Ayala and Pedro Strop made it through two innings unscathed, and Jim Johnson worked the ninth for his 14th save. He has converted 22 straight since Aug. 14, 2011.