Baltimore Orioles at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Baltimore Orioles

3-4, 0-1 Away

Final
4 - 5

Pittsburgh Pirates

4-3, 1-0 Home

Teenager Konnor Griffin dazzles in debut as Pirates edge Orioles 5-4 for third straight win

Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Griffin, called up on Thursday and the consensus top prospect in baseball, looked every bit the part during an electric afternoon at PNC Park.

He laced a double to center field off Kyle Bradish (0-2) in the bottom of the second, then showcased his speed while racing home on a single to shallow right field by Jared Triolo.

The teenager, the youngest player to make his major league debut at shortstop since Alex Rodriguez did it at 18 for Seattle in 1994, also drew a walk and handled all of his defensive chances without an issue as the Pirates won their third straight. Griffin became the first Pirate under 20 to reach base twice in his debut since Bobby Del Greco in 1952.

The sellout crowd at PNC Park, which opened 25 years ago, or a full half-decade before Griffin was born on April 24, 2006, roared when Griffin was introduced during the pregame ceremony. The roars drew even louder when he took an 85 mph curveball from Bradish and sent it rocketing to the fence in center field.

Triolo, who moved from short to third after Griffin's promotion, had a pair of hits and his first RBI of the season. Ryan O'Hearn, Henry Davis and Oneil Cruz also drove in runs for the Pirates.

Mitch Keller (1-0) allowed two runs and six hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Gregory Soto gave up a solo home run to Gunnar Henderson with two outs in the ninth, but rebounded by striking out former New York Mets teammate Pete Alonso to pick up his first save with Pittsburgh.

Henderson finished with three hits for Baltimore. Dylan Beavers and Blaze Alexander had two hits apiece for the Orioles. Bradish was touched for four runs and six hits with three walks and six strikeouts in four innings.

Up next The series continues Saturday when Baltimore's Shane Baz (0-0, 6.75 ERA) faces Pittsburgh's Carmen Mlodzinski (0-0).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Alonso struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Henderson homered to right center (397 feet).
	9th Inning	Ward struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alexander struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soto relieved Santana
	8th Inning	Griffin grounded out to pitcher.

Statistics

BAL		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
146	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	9
39	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.9	Runs Created	3.2
.265	Batting Average	.222
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.333
.324	Secondary Average	.296
.359	On Base Percentage	.353
.800	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.686
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.6
34.0	Batter Rating	32.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.44
.176	Isolated Power	.111
0.56	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.176
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
83.8	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0