Gunnar Henderson homered again and Jeremiah Jackson also homered as the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Saturday night to even their series.
Henderson has six home runs, including four in the last five games, to share the MLB lead with St. Louis outfielder Jordan Walker.
Colton Cowser had two hits and Coby Mayo drove in two runs for the Orioles.
Heliot Ramos, who knocked in two runs, and Jung Hoo Lee each had two hits for the Giants, whose three-game winning streak came to an end. They allowed just three runs during their streak.
Baltimore starter Chris Bassitt was within one out of recording his first victory with the Orioles. He worked 4 2/3 innings and gave up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and one walk.
Grant Wolfram (1-0) was the winning pitcher with one inning of scoreless relief. He was the first of five guys to come out of the Baltimore bullpen.
Giants ace Logan Webb (1-2) worked six innings and was charged with four runs on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts.
San Francisco reliever Caleb Kilian gave up Jackson’s homer in the seventh on the first batter he faced.
The Giants opened the scoring with Ramos’ second-inning single. The Orioles tied it in the bottom of the inning on Cowser’s groundout.
Henderson’s solo blast came with one out in the third.
San Francisco pulled even in the fourth on a Ramos groundout. The Orioles regained the lead in the bottom of the frame. Mayo’s fielder’s choice grounder brought in Leody Taveras, then Jackson doubled to right to make it 4-2.
Jackson’s homer padded the lead and Mayo added an eighth-inning RBI single.
The Giants won 6-3 in Friday night’s series opener.
–Field Level Media
