Baltimore 13, at St. Louis 1

ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Pete Alonso went 4 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles scored eight runs in the fifth inning to roll past the St. Louis Cardinals 13-1 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Alonso’s third-inning three-run homer opened the scoring, and Christian Encarnacion-Strand followed with a solo shot to give Baltimore a 4-0 lead. The Cardinals answered with Nathan Church’s solo homer in the bottom half, but the Orioles broke the game open with an eight-run fifth inning that sent 13 batters to the plate. Baltimore’s victory improved its record to… Read more...