MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Pete Alonso launched a three-run homer in the first inning and the Baltimore Orioles held on for a 7-4 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday at loanDepot Park.

Brandon Young (3-1) allowed three runs on four hits over six innings with five strikeouts to earn the win. Rico Garcia pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.

Baltimore scored three times in the opening frame when Alonso drove a 2-0 pitch to left-center field, scoring Taylor Ward and Adley Rutschman. The Orioles added single runs in the fourth on Dylan Beavers’ run-scoring double, in the fifth on Rutschman’s RBI double, and again in the seventh on another Rutschman double. Blaze Alexander tripled home a run in the eighth.

Miami answered with three runs in the bottom of the first on a two-run double by Jakob Marsee and an RBI single by Owen Caissie. The Marlins cut the deficit to 7-4 in the seventh on a groundout by Xavier Edwards.

Eury Pérez (2-4) took the loss, allowing five runs on four hits in five innings. The Orioles improved to 17-20, while the Marlins fell to 16-21. Attendance was 6,607, and the game lasted 2:42.