ORIOLES POSTCAST: Pete Alonso’s 30th home run POWERS Baltimore Orioles Past Tampa Bay Rays

Pete Alonso launched his 30th home run of the season—a go-ahead two-run blast—to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 series-opening win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Luke Slabaugh reacts to Alonso’s huge night: three RBIs, a career-high 13-game hitting streak, and his sixth consecutive 30-home-run season. The Polar Bear delivered when Baltimore needed him most after Jackson Holliday’s wild fifth-inning sequence tied the game. Holliday checked his swing on a 2-2 pitch, initially headed back to the Orioles dugout, then learned the Rays’ appeal at third was unsuccessful. Kevin Cash was ejected, and Holliday immediately made Tampa Bay pay with a game-tying sacrifice fly. Alonso followed with the knockout swing. Also on this Orioles Postcast: Trevor Rogers battles through a rough second inning and retires 12 straight Rays Dillon Beavers crushes a first-pitch home run Holliday starts the game with a double and scores on Alonso’s RBI single What Alonso’s 30th homer and historic streak mean for Baltimore The controversy, Kevin Cash ejection, and the fifth-inning momentum swing The Orioles found a way, Pete Alonso delivered the thunder, and Baltimore takes Game 1 from Tampa Bay. Subscribe for daily Baltimore Orioles news, game reactions, postgame analysis, highlights, roster updates, and the Orioles Postcast with Luke Slabaugh.