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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Isaac Paredes had three hits each for the Astros, who have lost four of five.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Lambert (1-2) gave up two runs on two hits over 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Houston RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (1-2, 6.75) faces Baltimore RHP Brandon Young (2-0, 2.53) in Game 2.<\/p>\n
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