Hanser Alberto led a 14-hit attack with a two-run and three-run homers to lead the Orioles over the Pirates 11-4.
Orioles Lineup vs RHP Trevor Williams
- Andrew Velazquez – CF
- Hanser Alberto – 2B
- Dwight smith Jr. – LF
- Renato Nunez – DH
- Rio Ruiz – 3B
- Pedro Severino – C
- Anthony Santander – RF
- Jose Iglesias – SS
- Chris Davis – 1B
Starting pitcher: Tommy Milone (1-1, 4.09)
The Pirates jumped on Tommy Milone in the first inning when Gregory Polanco hit a two-run home run to center field to give Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead.
Milone settled down but the Pirates extended the lead to 3-0 with a two out RBI double by 2B Kevin Kramer in the top of the 4th.
In the bottom of the 4th, the Orioles finally got on the board when Rio Ruiz doubled only to be driven in by a Pedro Severino double to cut the lead to 3-1. They weren’t done though as Anthony Santander reached on an infield single before Jose Iglesias smacked a double to the right field corner, scoring Severino and moving Santander to 3rd. Chris Davis tied the game 3-3 on a ground out to second base that scored Santander. Andrew Velazquez then hit a sharp single into left field, scoring Iglesias and giving the Orioles a 4-3 lead. The O’s weren’t done as Hanser Alberto came up next and deposited a 391 ft home run over the left field fence to extend the Orioles lead to 6-3 ending Trevor Williams‘ day.
After Milone got the Pirates 1-2-3 in the top of the 5th, the Orioles got back on the board when Severino continued his hot game with an opposite field two-run homer to make it 8-3. Later in the inning, Alberto said whatever you can do, I can do better when he hit his second home run of the game to left, this time a three-run shot making it 11-3.
Josh Bell ended Milone’s night with a solo home run to lead off the 6th to make it 11-4. Milone went five innings, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Brandon Hyde went to his pen and brought in Kohl Stewart to eat some innings. Stewart got the next three batters out to keep it 11-4.
Stewart ended up pitching the last four innings, no hitting the Pirates and picking up a rare four inning save as the Orioles won 11-4. The Orioles improved to 6-8.
Orioles Player of the Game: Hanser Alberto (2-for-4, 2 HRs, 5 RBI)
Minor League Highlights
Norfolk lost 6-11 (1-1)
Dean Kremer struck out seven, but allowed five runs in five innings to take the loss. 1B Taylor Jones homered.
Bowie lost 7-10 (1-1)
Mike Baumann struck out ten in five innings, but the bullpen allowed eight runs over the last five innings for the loss. 1B Preston Palmeiro went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI.
Keys won 6-4 (1-1)
Adley Rutschman hits his first home run of the season and Drew Rom allowed just two earned runs over six innings as the Keys won.
Delmarva lost 0-1 (0-2)
The Shorebirds collected just one hit, but starter Dallas Litscher was sharp, allowing just one while striking out six over six innings.
