Henderson hammers Yanks in Baltimore’s Bronx blowout

NEW YORK — Gunnar Henderson opened Thursday evening’s sport at Yankee Stadium by sending the seventh pitch from Yankees starter Luis Severino over the left-field wall for his first large league leadoff dwelling run.

The enjoyable was solely starting for Henderson and the Orioles.

Baltimore pounded out a season-high 20 hits in a 14-1 shellacking of New York, incomes a break up of the four-game sequence with considered one of its greatest offensive showings of the yr. The O’s additionally set their season excessive in runs, as their earlier excessive was 13 on May 4 at Kansas City.

The Orioles rallied for seven runs within the third inning and 5 within the fourth, with the previous marking their second-largest body of the yr, behind solely an eight-run seventh on May 24, which additionally occurred within the Bronx.

Henderson’s bat powered the best way, because the 22-year-old rookie collected 4 hits, two homers, 5 RBIs and three runs scored — all by the tip of the fourth inning. Henderson’s three-run blast within the fourth gave him the primary multihomer sport and first four-hit efficiency of his MLB profession.

Ryan O’Hearn had three hits and 4 RBIs, whereas Adam Frazier additionally contributed three hits. They had been among the many 10 Baltimore gamers to report at the very least one hit.

It was solely the ninth time in Orioles historical past (since 1954) that the staff scored 14 or extra runs in a sport in opposition to the Yankees. The most up-to-date incidence had been a 14-5 win on April 8, 2014, at Yankee Stadium.