Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles

· Doubleheader - Game 1

Houston Astros

11-20, 3-12 Away

Final
3 - 10

Baltimore Orioles

15-15, 9-8 Home

Rutschman and Jackson hit grand slams and Orioles cruise to 10-3 win over Astros

Orioles hold off Astros for Game 1 win at Camden Yards

Chris Bassitt (2-2) pitched 6 2/3 innings for his longest outing of the season and allowed one run on seven hits. He struck one seven and walked one.

Rutschman fell behind Steven Okert 0-2 with one out in the fifth, but evened the count and hit a shot to left center. Center fielder Brice Matthews made a leap at the wall and the ball was briefly in his glove but fell out when he made contact.

In the seventh, with a run in on a bases-loaded walk, Jackson homered to left center off Jason Alexander to make it 10-1.

It was Rustchman's third career grand slam and Jackson's second, both coming this season. Jackson also had an RBI double and Rutschman added a single. It was the eighth time in St. Louis Browns/Orioles franchise history the team hit multiple grand slams in one game and the first since Steve Clevenger and Nolan Reimold in 2015.

Isaac Paredes had three hits each for the Astros, who have lost four of five.

The Orioles were hitless against Houston starter Peter Lambert until the fourth when Jackson’s two-out double down the left-field line scored Pete Alonso, who had walked.

Lambert (1-2) gave up two runs on two hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Baltimore's Blaze Alexander started the fifth-inning rally when he challenged a strike-three call with one out. The strike call was overturned by ABS and Alexander doubled, ending Lambert's afternoon.

Baltimore manager Craig Albernaz said before the games Thursday that left-hander Trevor Rogers, who was placed on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday, has the flu.

Up next Houston RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (1-2, 6.75) faces Baltimore RHP Brandon Young (2-0, 2.53) in Game 2.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Whitcomb flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Johnson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Correa out at second, Vázquez to third.
	9th Inning	Correa singled to left, Vázquez to second.
	9th Inning	Vázquez singled to left.
	9th Inning	Espada relieved Nunez
	8th Inning	Henderson struck out swinging.

Statistics

HOU		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	2
16	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	14
39	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
3.5	Runs Created	5.4
.316	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.316	Slugging Percentage	.467
.026	Secondary Average	.500
.333	On Base Percentage	.351
.649	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.818
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
25.0	Batter Rating	56.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.18	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.000	Isolated Power	.267
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.40
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.189
-.289	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.300
6.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
81.0	MLB Rating	93.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0