Henderson homers as Orioles rally to defeat Brewers 6-3 and keep away from sweep

Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer with two outs within the eighth inning to place Baltimore forward for good and the Orioles rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Thursday.

The Brewers took a 3-0 lead within the first inning and have been in management for a lot of the sport till the Orioles attacked Milwaukee’s bullpen by scoring six runs over the ultimate three innings. The comeback enabled the Orioles to keep away from a three-game sweep.

Anthony Santander’s one-out RBI double off Peter Strzelecki lower the Brewers’ result in 3-2 within the eighth and put the tying run in scoring place. Strzelecki (3-5) responded by putting out Austin Hays, however Henderson ripped the primary pitch he noticed over the wall within the left-field nook.

Adam Frazier added insurance coverage with a two-run double off Bryse Wilson within the ninth. Ramón Urías, the older brother of Brewers infielder Luis Urías, began the comeback by hitting a two-out homer off Joel Payamps within the seventh.

Each of the Urías brothers was a beginning third baseman for his group Thursday, with Ramón going 3 for 4 and Luis going 0 for 4.

The Brewers wasted a top quality efficiency from Colin Rea, who struck out eight and allowed simply three hits and one stroll in 5 shutout innings. Rea was in line to win his fourth straight begin till the Brewers’ bullpen faltered.

PHOTOS: Henderson homers as Orioles rally to defeat Brewers 6-3 and keep away from sweep

Rea left after throwing 84 pitches, together with 59 strikes. Although Rea has labored a minimum of 5 innings in 9 of his 10 begins this 12 months, he hasn’t thrown greater than 93 pitches or labored greater than six innings in a sport all season.

The Brewers wasted no time pulling forward as Orioles starter Kyle Bradish retired simply one of many first six batters he confronted.

Christian Yelich led off with a stroll, superior to 3rd on Willy Adames’ single and scored when Rowdy Tellez grounded to first. William Contreras, Owen Miller and Jon Singleton then produced three straight singles, with the latter two hits driving in runs.

Bradish settled down from there and retired the following 12 batters he confronted. He had a season-high 10 strikeouts whereas permitting six hits, one stroll and three runs in 5 innings.

Bryan Baker, Keegan Akin (2-1), Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista then mixed to permit simply two hits in 4 innings of scoreless aid. Bautista labored round a one-out single within the ninth to earn his sixteenth save in 20 alternatives.

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Orioles: Return dwelling to start a three-game collection with the Kansas City Royals. Scheduled starters for Friday’s opener are RHP Tyler Wells (4-2, 3.29 ERA) for the Orioles and LHP Daniel Lynch (0-1, 4.35) for the Royals.