Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles
Final
Recap
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.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteBAL -135 · 55% to win
WonRun LineBAL -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 9 · 8 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits9
1Home runs1
2Walks2
12Strikeouts8
0Stolen bases1
119Pitches thrown156
8Pitching strikeouts12
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice MatthewsCF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dustin HarrisLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam SmithRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Isaac Paredes3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yainer DiazC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos CorreaSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 38 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven OkertP | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kai-Wei TengP | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan WeissP | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bennett SousaP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |