Astros vs. Orioles Game Highlights (8/23/24) | MLB Highlights

That is once again, Billy Joel's piano man, Kate Povich changed his entrance music to that last start. It seemed to work pretty well. So here comes round two of the new and he was really good and a gets hit with a breaking ball one. He did get hit so much for that two pitches in and the Astros have a base runner on a breaking ball that hit jose in the foot, base dealer gets clipped and now Bregman swinging at the first pitch. Nobody does this more than the Astros, the highest first pitch swing rate in baseball. And that's a pop out to Jackson Holiday ball grounded slowly to second. Holiday will put to short and he turns the double play team leading 18th into a double play and he will face one of the hottest pitchers in that's former fifth rounder out of Wayne State division two in 2019 , Hunter Brown, a little tapper to second. So instead of the strikeout Jose Altuve will throw out, there will be one away here in the first. This one popped way up in the air wcom looking into the Baltimore evening stays with it and puts it away on the pop up by Adley Rush for the second out as he skies this one in the left center field, Jake myers near the warning track on the warning track, puts it away right in front of the wall at the 376 mark. Hunter Brown. A 123 start to this one. The 12 pitch swing and a miss for strike sweeper got, it's the first strikeout for 32 pitch swing and a miss strike. And there is your first walk or pitch walk. Shay Wickham, he's a two out page runner for the Astros Dub-n lines it to the gap in right center field on his horse, Cedric Mullin still going after it makes the catch on the road as he goes down to the ground, Cedric Mullins flags one slicing away from him in the right center field alley. The one that's a broken bat flare right center field falling fast sprinting on is Dub-n dives traps the ball, he doesn't catch it. And Santander dunks a single in this one off of Brown. Jeremy will make the play to first good adjustment by Pena would have been a double play, had Brown not touched the ball instead they get the one out and Santander moves into scoring position. Ninth pitch coming to Mullins in the second inning and it's high and tight. Cedric works to walk the first of the game and the Orioles have two on with one out hitting 2 44 3, 17 on base percentage, eight homers, 27 runs batted in high bouncing ball to short. He throws it in the right field a little shot. Put off the mark. Orioles get a get first run. Well, the gold glover, the gold glove gets a little tarnish should have been a double play. Instead it's a run scoring fielder's choice with an error on Pena. Altuve was hit by a pitch on a breaking ball. His last time up his career average at this ballpark in Baltimore is 40 three. Altuve hits it well to right field sending Santan they're back all the way to the wall. That ball. Jose Altuve leads all hitters ever in batting average in this stadium and he hits one out to right Altuve with number 17 on the ear. Well, that's who Jose was talking about. He wanted to give a bat to a young fan. How about that? So he hits a two run home run and that's what he's worried about. And I saw joe Epa and Omar Lopez look back in the crowd like who's he referring to the two days the best? Oh my gosh, home through the left side as the third baseman dove to his left and it stuck in there just underneath his glove for a sharp single for Jan Diaz. Jeremy Pena. The batter you would like to atone for that error. Jeremy hits the ball hard in the left field that's going to go all the way to the wall on the move is jr, he's going to get the wave around for third. Diaz will slide safely at home plate in a 31 Astros jr scoring from first on the double Astros lead 3 to 1 on the RB I double by Pena Myers to 12 Homers on the season. Jay one to left this one on a belt being waved around is Jeremy Pena. Here comes the throw first safe JP put on the after Berner scoring from second on a line drive to Colton Cowser 4 to 1. Houston Colton Ker. Still in the conversation for American League rookie of the year hits a shot to right there is number 19. That's an retakes the major league rookie home run lead and brings the Orioles with it too. The in the House early here, Yerry Rodriguez of the Jays. That is a third strike to has a few words for lance Barrett. Fourth strikeout for Hunter Mullins is talking of Brian Ebel right now, the Orioles trainer, we saw Cedric Mullins after striking out looking, talking to Brian Ebel, the Orioles head athletic trainer and Mullins is out of this game slater in to play left Kauer on to play center. Other than that one inning Povich has been perfect. He hasn't allowed any other hits other than the third, the Astros punching all five hits and four runs in the one inning tapper down the third base line and altuve is going to reach even with the new bat. Altuve continues to hit here at Oriole Park at Camden yards. Much to chris. Chris's delight. Right back to Povich. Waits, sets, fires, double play. Second of the night turned against 116 straight go. Gloves. Be proud of this play ones. This one to altuve, pick it up on the third and makes the play for out. Number 112 swing and a miss got him on a curve down and in and down goes Ker fifth strikeout for hunter Brown two away. We'll talk more about this next inning. I knew it was dangerous with two outs. Line drive ends the inning. A rush lines to Pena good 123 for Hunter. That's eight in a row. Pena an RB I double and a run scored in the third. All this ball drilling. We mentioned how deep it is here in, but that ball is tagged and it's out. Jeremy Pena sends one over the wall and left for home run number 13 on the year and the Astros lead this game 5 to 2. And now Jake myers, Nebraska on Nebraska with his second straight base hit against this cornhusker pitcher and jake rolls into second with a double , good swing by Jake. So Whitcomb draws the walk. That's the second free pass. He's drawn the night ground ball right to first o will come to the plate and myers is out there. 270 is an Oriole of 574 but he gets some big outs here. Well done. Smith Astros get one lead, two part of the Oriole order coming up Astros with a 52 lead in Baltimore bottom of the sixth Hunter Brown. The overall friend here has continued just a lack of hits and a lack of baserunners called third strike Brown retires slater looking, picking up his sixth strikeout of the night and he goes six strong innings for the Astros ground ball towards the hole and it's going to be a tough play for Henderson and he makes it. No, not in time. The ball was dropped at first base by o'hearn. It looked like they had the out at first base gutter. Henderson made an incredible play. It looked like he had Dub-n by less than a step there. It is back to the spin. If you got him, he's got a good breaking ball in this inning. We always talk about it. Brown pitched great but if you go to the bullpen to back to back pitch for the Orioles and they bring the tying run to the plate. Henderson 0 to 3 today and first pitch back to Abreu. Now, what do we have here in there normally with a 5 to 2 lead to take the double play ball. This guy is not used to guys hitting the ball, the tying run at first. Nobody out. Anthony Santander, the go ahead , run at the plate. Fly ball. That is Xo Orioles lead 6 to 5. Tony Taters gives the Orioles fans just what they were looking for home run number 38. And men had the Orioles waited a while and had the, the waited a while for something like that. Austin Slater ground ball off the Braves just having one heck of an inning, isn't he base hit Slater? Slater not going right center field. This could be trouble. This is trouble to the wall in right center. Here comes Slater, he'll get the green is going to triple 22 pitch in here. Center field Cowser with a wave and the Orioles taste sweet victory once more. A five run explosion in the eighth, a 75 comeback over the Astros Anthony S ta with the grandest slam of his baseball life.