Baltimore extends its season-best win streak to five games with a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Taylor Ward provides the decisive offense, hitting a go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth inning. The inning begins with Adley Rutschman, who records a ground-rule double against Bryan King. Ward follows by driving the next pitch out to left field for his seventh homer, putting the Orioles ahead 3-2.
On the pitching and late-inning side, Houston’s Bryan King is charged earlier in the sequence, while Baltimore uses relief pitching to protect the lead. The Orioles also feature Cam Sanders, who is newly acquired from Pittsburgh for cash. Sanders enters with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning, helping keep Houston from taking the lead before the game turns in Baltimore’s favor in the eighth.
Both teams finish with runs on the board through the late innings, but Baltimore holds on to secure the win.
