BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Pete Alonso homered and Adley Rutschman drove in two runs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Houston Astros 5-3 on Tuesday night. Shane Baz allowed one run on six hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out six, to earn his first victory since being acquired from Tampa Bay in December. Brice Matthews homered and had three hits for Houston, which fell to 11-19 and went 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Kai-Wei Teng (1-2) took the loss. Baltimore jumped ahead with two runs in the first, added two in the fifth on Alonso’s home run and tacked on a run in the seventh. Houston scored in the fifth on Matthews’ homer and added two in the eighth. Ryan Helsley pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save. Attendance was 13,233 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game lasted 2:36.