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Baltimore Orioles @ Houston Astros

2026-07-17 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 31867 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 3:13

Baltimore Orioles defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Yordan Alvarez doubles (18) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Taylor Ward. Jeremy Peña scores. Baltimore Orioles took the lead in the 8th — Taylor Ward homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Adley Rutschman scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Taylor Ward homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Adley Rutschman scores — worth 34% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5
HOU	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gunnar Henderson SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Adley Rutschman C	2	1	1	0	1	0
Taylor Ward LF	3	1	1	2	1	1
Pete Alonso 1B	3	0	0	1	1	2
Samuel Basallo DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
Leody Taveras RF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Beavers RF	3	0	0	0	0	3
Colton Cowser CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Coby Mayo 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jeremiah Jackson 2B	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jackson Holliday 2B	2	0	1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	3	2	2	0	2	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	3	0	2	1	2	0
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	0	1	1	1	1
Nick Allen PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
LaMonte Wade LF	1	0	0	0	3	0
Cam Smith RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Lucas Spence CF	3	0	1	0	1	0
Taylor Trammell PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Vazquez C	2	0	0	0	0	1