Orioles Beat Marlins 7-4 on Alonso's 3-Run Homer

Pete Alonso belted a three-run homer in the first inning and Adley Rutschman drove in two runs with doubles as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday night in Miami.

Alonso, who spent seven seasons with the New York Mets when the Marlins were divisional rivals, crushed an 0-2 fastball from Miami starter Eury Pérez 407 feet to left-center with one out, scoring Taylor Ward and Rutschman to give Baltimore a 3-0 lead. The Marlins answered in the bottom half, tying the score at 3 on Jakob Marsee's two-run double and Owen Caissie's RBI single.

Dylan Beavers put the Orioles back ahead in the fourth with a ground-rule double that scored a run. Rutschman added an RBI double in the fifth, and another in the seventh that made it 6-3. Blaze Alexander's RBI triple in the eighth provided an insurance run. Miami closed the gap to 7-4 in the seventh when pinch-hitter Otto Lopez doubled and scored on Xavier Edwards' groundout.

Ward, entering the game with the fourth-highest on-base percentage in baseball at .429, drew three walks and scored each time, boosting his OBP to .434. Baltimore managed just seven hits but drew seven walks while limiting Miami to six hits.