BALTIMORE — Coming off the very best week of his massive league profession, rookie Gunnar Henderson got here up with the proper encore.
Henderson stored up his torrid hitting spree along with his first profession grand slam, one among 4 residence runs launched by the Baltimore Orioles in an 11-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday evening.
It was the fifth straight win for the shocking Orioles, who climbed 18 video games over .500 (42-24) for the primary time since 2016, once they final reached the playoffs. Tampa Bay (48-21), which leads second-place Baltimore within the AL East, is the one crew within the majors with a greater file.
Henderson hit .526 final week with three homers and 6 RBIs in 5 video games. After a time without work Monday, the 21-year-old went 3 for five, together with a bases-loaded drive off Chris Bassitt that capped a six-run third inning.
“That was my first grand slam ever, throughout my whole baseball career, so that was pretty cool,” Henderson mentioned.
He couldn’t deny that he was fascinated by carrying out the feat when he stepped to the plate.
PHOTOS: Henderson slam highlights 17-hit outburst, Orioles beat Blue Jays 11-6
“Kind of passively a little bit, but at the same time I was trying to get the job done and push across a few runs,” Henderson mentioned. “I was able to get it up in the air and push across a little more.”
Henderson has homered in three straight video games, has 11 hits in his final 4 begins and is batting .246 after getting into June at .201.
“I just feel like I’m very aware of what I want to do when I get in the box,” he mentioned. “I’m just going up there and executing my plan.”
The Orioles banged out a season-high 17 hits, together with two-run homers by Adam Frazier and Ryan O’Hearn, together with a solo shot by Aaron Hicks. Three of these drives got here off Bassitt (7-5), who allowed eight runs and 11 hits in three innings.
“It was an uncharacteristic outing from Chris,” supervisor John Schneider mentioned. “He had some pitches in the middle of the plate, couldn’t get the ball inside to lefties. They took advantage.”
Frazier’s second-inning residence run put Baltimore up 2-1. O’Hearn related within the third earlier than Henderson drove a 1-0 pitch over the center-field wall and into the Baltimore bullpen. The shot traveled an estimated 387 toes, spectacular besides when in comparison with the 462-foot blast he launched towards Kansas City on Sunday.
“I felt that that one (the slam) kind of put the game away a little bit,” Henderson mentioned. “It was a really good feeling.”
Baltimore’s Dean Kremer (7-3) gave up two runs and eight hits over six innings.
Cavan Biggio homered for the Blue Jays, who fell to 0-4 towards Baltimore this season. Down 11-2, Toronto charged again to make it respectable, which served as no comfort to Schneider.
“You just want those at-bats a little earlier in the game,” the supervisor mentioned. “Tonight wasn’t our night.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: INF Brandon Belt was positioned on the 10-day injured record with left hamstring irritation, retroactive to Saturday. INF Ernie Clement was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo…. C Danny Jansen (groin) was activated from the IL and within the beginning lineup. C Tyler Heineman was optioned to Buffalo … RH Adam Cimber was positioned on the paternity record to be along with his new child daughter, so Toronto recalled RH Bowden Francis from Buffalo. … RH Zach Pop (hamstring) threw batting follow on the crew’s coaching complicated in Florida.
Orioles: 1B Ryan Mountcastle was positioned on the 10-day injured record with vertigo, retroactive to June 10. The 26-year-old leads the Orioles with 11 HRs however is batting .162 in his final 18 video games. … Baltimore crammed out the roster by choosing the contract of C Mark Kolozsvary from Triple-A Norfolk and designating RH Noah Denoyer for project.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: RH José Berríos (6-4, 3.61 ERA) begins Wednesday evening within the second recreation of the sequence. Berríos is 9-0 lifetime towards the Orioles.
Orioles: Kyle Bradish (6-4, 4.25) pitches for the primary time since a 10-strikeout efficiency final week in Milwaukee.
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