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04/30 15:29 CDT Rutschman and Jackson hit grand slams and Orioles cruise to
10-3 win over Astros
Rutschman and Jackson hit grand slams and Orioles cruise to 10-3 win over Astros
By HARVEY VALENTINE
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson had grand slams to help
the Baltimore Orioles cruise to a 10-3 win over the Houston Astros in the first
game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
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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