SARASOTA, Fla. -- Adam Jones and Manny Machado each hit home runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-3, on Sunday at Ed Smith Stadium.
Jones hit a long home run off of Pittsburgh starter Jameson Taillon in the first and had a double in the fifth. Machado homered just after Robert Andino, who came in as a pinch-runner for Jones, was thrown out trying to advance to third.
Wade Miley admired Jones' home run.
"He absolutely nuked that ball," Miley said.
Taillon, set to open the season behind Gerrit Cole in the Pirates' rotation, started and allowed two runs on two hits.