Orioles rout Mariners behind Young, Holliday grand slam
BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Brandon Young pitched seven strong innings and Jackson Holliday hit a grand slam as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 7-2 on Wednesday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Young allowed two hits, no earned runs and struck out five to improve to 5-1. Holliday went 1 for 4 with four RBIs. Pete Alonso added a solo homer and Leody Taveras had two hits and an RBI for Baltimore, which improved to 32-37.
Seattle starter George Kirby struck out 10 but gave up three earned runs on seven hits in six innings, falling to 5-6. Josh Naylor drove in the Mariners’ only runs with a single in the eighth. Seattle fell to 36-33.
Baltimore scored three runs in the sixth on doubles by Taveras and Blaze Alexander, then added four in the seventh on Holliday’s grand slam. Seattle scored twice in the eighth but could not overcome the deficit. Attendance was 13,483, and the game lasted 2 hours, 25 minutes.