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Houston Astros 3 Baltimore Orioles 5
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 11 0
Orioles 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 9 0
Pete Alonso homers, Shane Baz earns first win as Orioles defeat Astros 5-3
BALTIMORE -- Pete Alonso homered, Adley Rutschman drove in two runs, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Houston Astros 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Shane Baz allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings to earn his first victory since Baltimore acquired him from Tampa Bay in December as the Orioles won the opener of a three-game series.
Brice Matthews hit his first home run since March 30 as part of a three-hit night for Houston, which fell to 11-19 and is tied for a season-high eight games under .500. The Astros were was 2 for 14 with runners in scoring position.
Alonso blasted an opposite-field two-run homer off Ryan Weiss in the fifth inning to extend Baltimores lead to 4-1. It was Alonsos fourth homer since signing a five-year, $155 million deal with the Orioles in December.
Baz (1-2) surrendered Matthews solo homer in the fifth but didnt allow another Astro past second. The right-hander yielded six hits and struck out six.
Houstons Dustin Harris had an RBI triple and later scored on Matthews single against Anthony Nunez in the eighth.
Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his seventh save in as many opportunities.
Rutschman drove in Henderson with a one-out single in the first inning, then came around two batters later on Samuel Basallos double to right. Rutschman also had an RBI single in the seventh.
Kai-Wei Teng (1-2) made his first start for Houston and allowed two runs and five hits in three innings. He struck out two.
Houston RHP Peter Lambert (1-1, 3.27 ERA) faces Baltimore for the first time while the Orioles counter with RHP Chris Bassitt (1-2, 6.75) as the series continues.
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