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05/17 16:23 CDT Gunnar Henderson hits 10th HR for 1st of 4 hits in Orioles' 7-3
win over Nationals
Gunnar Henderson hits 10th HR for 1st of 4 hits in Orioles' 7-3 win over
Nationals
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Gunnar Henderson hit his 10th homer and was 4 for 5 with
two RBIs to help the Baltimore Orioles avoid a series sweep with a 7-3 victory
over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Henderson homered into the third deck in right field off opener Richard
Lovelady (2-2) for a 1-0 lead two batters into the game. The 24-year-old
shortstop hit his ninth double to drive in an insurance run in the ninth,
capping his fifth career four-hit game.
Coby Mayo greeted Miles Mikolas with his fifth homer --- a two-run shot in the
second for a 3-0 lead, and Pete Alonso's sacrifice fly made it 4-1 in the third.
Colton Cowser homered for the first time in 111 plate appearances dating to
Sept. 23 against the Rays --- a two-run shot in the fourth for a 6-1 advantage.
It was the first hit for Cowser off a breaking ball this season.
Anthony Nunez (2-0) relieved Orioles starter Brandon Young with two outs and
the bases loaded in the fourth inning. He struck out Luis Garca Jr. to keep it
6-2, then struck out two more in the fifth to get the win. Young allowed two
runs on five hits, walking three in 3 2/3 innings.
Yennier Cano pitched a scoreless eighth before Rico Garcia closed it out in the
ninth and surrendered his second hit in 20 innings --- a one-out double by
Garca.
Jacob Young hit his career-high fifth homer for the Nationals to cut it to 3-1
in the second. He started the season with five homers in 303 games.
Keibert Ruiz added a sac fly and CJ Abrams singled in a run off Tyler Wells in
his two innings of work.
Baltimore had not scored a run before the seventh inning in the first two
losses. It was the first time the Orioles scored in four straight innings to
begin a game this season.
Up next
Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers (2-4, 5.77) was set to start Monday night at Tampa
Bay opposite LHP Shane McClanahan (4-2, 2.27). The Nationals haven't announced
a starting pitcher Monday night at home against the Nerw York Mets and RHP
Christian Scott (0-0, 3.45).
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