BALTIMORE (AP) -- Thrust into a starting role just minutes before game time, Pedro Alvarez jumped at the opportunity to play instead of watch.
"Pete was bouncing around like a guy on his first day in Little League," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He embraces it. A lot of people don't."
Alvarez certainly made most of the unexpected start, hitting a pair of home runs and driving in three runs to carry Baltimore past the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Sunday.
Trey Mancini also homered for the Orioles, who took two of three from Detroit to earn their first home series win of the season.