Coming into this series in Houston, there was a sizable amount of the baseball-watching public who saw the Astros as the best team in the AL. On Tuesday the Orioles continued to prove those people wrong with a 9-5 win over Houston.
The Orioles proved Tuesday that they were better than the Astros at hitting home runs—as a veritable Home Run Derby breaking out in Texas. Ryan O’Hearn was the first competitor to get on the board, as he continued his scorching start to this series against the Astros. After an Anthony Santander double in the top of the 1st, the Orioles 1B launched a two-run shot into deep left center to give Baltimore a 2-0 lead.