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Shane Baz Earns First Win as Oriole, Downing Astros
Baz allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings and Baltimore got two-run hits from Pete Alonso and Adley Rutschman.
- On Tuesday, Shane Baz earned his first victory with the Baltimore Orioles, defeating the Houston Astros 5-3 in the series opener at Camden Yards.
- The American League-worst Astros struggled significantly, producing 11 hits but going 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position and striking out 12 times overall.
- Pete Alonso blasted an opposite-field two-run homer in the fifth inning, extending Baltimore's lead to 4-1, while Adley Rutschman drove in two runs with singles.
- Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his seventh save, closing the game after Dustin Harris and Brice Matthews rallied for Houston in the eighth.
- RHP Chris Bassitt starts for Baltimore as the series continues, while RHP Peter Lambert takes the mound for Houston, facing the Orioles for the first time.
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Baz gets 1st win, Alonso homers in Orioles' 5-3 win over Astros
BALTIMORE–What happened? Two of the most prominent acquisitions of last December played key roles in an Orioles win on Tuesday night. Starting pitcher Shane Baz and first baseman Pete Alonso, who joined the Orioles within eight days of each other, had starring roles in a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros before 13,233 at Camden …
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