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BAL 3 — 2 HOU

Final — 2026-07-17

MVP: Peter Lambert 6.0 IP, 10 K, 1 ER

Baltimore Orioles defeated Houston Astros 3-2. Peter Lambert led the way with 6.0 IP, 10 K, 1 ER. Cam Sanders earned the win and Bryan King took the loss. Tyler Wells recorded the save.

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

WP Cam Sanders (1-0)

LP Bryan King (2-3, B, 4)

SV Tyler Wells (3)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Alvarez doubled to left, Peña scored. (0-1)

Top 3: Alonso walked, Mayo scored, Ward to second, Rutschman to third. Houston Astros challenged: call on the field was upheld. (1-1)

Bot 3: Paredes hit sacrifice fly to right, Peña scored. (1-2)

Top 8: Ward homered to left center (399 feet), Rutschman scored. (3-2)

BAL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Henderson	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.291	.399	.690
Rutschman	C	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.333	.440	.773
Ward	LF	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	.256	.388	.367	.755
Alonso	1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	.250	.345	.470	.815
Basallo	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.245	.305	.457	.762
Beavers	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.227	.313	.341	.654
Cowser	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.303	.346	.649
Mayo	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.194	.264	.392	.656
Holliday	2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.215	.326	.380	.706
Jackson	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.252	.271	.403	.674
Taveras	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.313	.362	.675

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Pena	SS	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	.293	.357	.429	.786
Alvarez	DH	3	0	2	1	1	2	0	.321	.431	.636	1.067
Paredes	3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.254	.350	.416	.766
Walker	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.234	.311	.457	.768
Altuve	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.232	.303	.398	.701
Wade	LF	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.242	.342	.485	.827
Smith	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.215	.288	.372	.660
Spence	CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
Vazquez	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.274	.337	.611
Trammell	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.290	.368	.658
Allen	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.292	.310	.602

BAL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Kremer	4.0	4	2	2	3	5	83-51	4.15	1.12
Nunez	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	36-18	4.81	1.30
Wolfram	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	15-6	4.71	1.36
Sanders	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	14-10	8.10	1.73	W, 1-0
Kittredge	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	16-8	4.15	1.30
Wells	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	29-19	2.96	1.03	S, 3

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lambert	6.0	3	1	1	3	10	0	104-68	3.03	1.11
Okert	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-9	2.27	0.82
King	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	17-11	3.27	1.32	L, 2-3, B, 4
De Los Santos	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12-6	4.23	1.23

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas (31,867)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Erich Bacchus, First Base Umpire: Brian O'Nora, Second Base Umpire: Chris Segal, Third Base Umpire: Laz Diaz

Broadcast: MASN | SCHN

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