Baltimore Orioles at Houston Astros

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Baltimore Orioles

47-51, 19-26 Away

Final
3 - 2

Houston Astros

47-52, 23-25 Home

Taylor Ward's 2-run homer in 8th lifts Orioles to 5th straight win, 3-2 over Astros

Baltimore Orioles vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Adley Rutschman had a ground-rule double to begin the inning against Bryan King (2-3) before Ward hit the next pitch out to left for his seventh homer.

Cam Sanders (1-0), acquired from Pittsburgh for cash on Monday, came in with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh. The right-hander struck out Isaac Paredes looking and got Christian Walker to pop out foul behind home plate to pick up his first major league win.

Tyler Wells allowed Jeremy Peña's infield hit in the ninth before retiring Yordan Alvarez on a shallow fly to center field for the second out. After Paredes walked, Wells struck out Walker for his third save.

Houston starter Peter Lambert allowed three hits, struck out a career-high 10 over six innings and left with a 2-1 lead. He issued three straight two-out walks in the third, including a free pass to Pete Alonso that made it 1-1.

Alvarez had an RBI double in the first for Houston and finished 2 for 3 with two walks. He leads the AL with a .321 batting average, 71 RBI and 31 home runs as he pursues the Triple Crown.

Paredes’ sacrifice fly in the third made it 2-1. Orioles starter Dean Kremer allowed two runs in four innings.

Astros center fielder Lucas Spence made his big league debut and singled in the seventh.

Up next Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers (6-7, 4.48 ERA) starts Saturday opposite Astros RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-5, 4.50).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Allen ran for Paredes
	9th Inning	Paredes walked, Peña to second.
	9th Inning	Alvarez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Peña reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Trammell flied out to shortstop.

Statistics

BAL		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	7
13	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	9
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	193
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	7
36	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.9	Runs Created	4.2
.161	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.250
.290	Secondary Average	.357
.278	On Base Percentage	.410
.568	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.660
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
23.0	Batter Rating	16.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.83
.129	Isolated Power	.036
0.31	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.13
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.225
.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.8	MLB Rating	71.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0