Orioles overcome Tigers and torrential rain with 7-4 win

May 22, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles infielder Pete Alonso (25) bats in the eighth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images | Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images Tonight’s matchup at Oriole Park was not exactly the platonic ideal of what a baseball game should be. The weather was absolutely miserable.

The teams were two of the worst in baseball. Let’s just say it’s not the kind of game you’d write wistful histories about. But the Baltimore Orioles versus the Detroit Tigers was on the schedule for May 22, darn it, and so a baseball game was indeed played at Camden Yards tonight.

And the O’s emerged victorious, 7-4, to begin their 10-game homestand, thanks to a 14-hit attack by the offense, home runs from Pete Alonso and Jackson Holliday, and a quality effort from a slew of bullpen arms. The first two innings of this game were a microcosm of everything that’s gone wrong for the Orioles in 2026. Did the O’s give up a home run on the very first pitch of the game?

Yes, of course they did, with rookie prodigy Kevin McGonigle crushing opener Keegan Akin for a dinger to right. Did the Orioles struggle to score runs against a terrible pitcher, with a bunch of RISP failures thrown in? Yes, naturally, as former O’s dud Jack Flaherty (5.