Spring training roundup: Pete Alonso hits HR in Orioles' debut to top Yanks
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Pete Alonso, signed as a free agent for his powerful bat, homered in his first game with Baltimore to account for all of the scoring in the Orioles' 2-0 win over the visiting New York Yankees to open spring training on Friday in Sarasota, Fla.
In his third at-bat, Alonso crushed a first-pitch curveball from right-hander Bradley Hanner (0-1) over the left-field fenc