SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gunnar Henderson hit a go-ahead solo homer within the seventh, Dean Kremer struck out six over six innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night time.

Kremer (6-2) allowed two runs on 5 hits and walked two whereas pitching a few hours from the place he grew up within the Central Valley metropolis of Stockton.

LaMonte Wade Jr. splashed a house run into McCovey Cove main off the underside of the primary. Between innings, streamers flew to commemorate the one centesimal splash hit in Giants historical past. Logan Webb needed to decide up a stray stream earlier than throwing a pitch within the prime of the second.

Ryan O’Hearn and Jorge Mateo every hit RBI singles within the second for Baltimore, which bought a pleasant begin to a six-game journey following a 2-4 homestand.

Félix Bautista, the Orioles’ third reliever, struck out the primary two batters of the ninth then surrendered Casey Schmitt’s double earlier than putting out pinch-hitter Michael Conforto to complete for his fifteenth save.

Webb (4-6), who went 3-0 in May, misplaced for the primary time in six begins since a defeat to St. Louis on April 27. The right-hander gave up three runs on 4 hits, struck out six and walked one in seven sturdy innings.

In a play that mattered in a one-run sport, Orioles proper fielder Anthony Santander threw out Brett Wisely on the plate within the third on a single by J.D. Davis to avoid wasting one run then Mike Yastrzemski adopted with a tying double.

Baltimore took a 10-9 lead within the all-time collection whereas taking part in its first sport in San Francisco since 2016, when the Orioles gained three of 4 right here that August.

WELCOME HOME

The schedule labored out superbly for Baltimore supervisor Brandon Hydeh to spend two nights again residence in Santa Rosa, and he mirrored on there devastation again residence from the Northern California wildfires that affected his metropolis in 2017 and 2020.

He was thrilled mother and father Barry and Lucy would attend all three video games of the collection together with a rotating group of buddies.

Hyde turned a bit nostalgic driving into San Francisco upon arrival, too.

“I have special memories of games, watching Joe Montana with the Niners and watching Will Clark with the Giants back in my younger days with my dad and friends,” he stated. “I have some cool memories here, too, on the coaching staff with the Cubs. To be here in the Bay Area to have a lot of people here, people watching from home, I ran into a lot of people last night that I hadn’t seen in a while, big Orioles fans now out here in the North Bay. Hopefully we can play well in front of them this series.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: CF Cedric Mullins isn’t prepared to start rehabbing his strained proper groin. … RHP reliever Mychal Givens was positioned on the 15-day injured checklist with irritation in his pitching shoulder. Givens felt the discomfort after his final outing Wednesday towards Cleveland and the hope is he'll return within the minimal time.

Giants: Davis was hit on his left wrist by a pitch from Yennier Cano within the eighth however stayed within the sport. … OF Conforto was doing higher recovering from a bruised left heel that compelled him out of Tuesday’s sport towards the Pirates and an MRI examination confirmed no structural harm. Manager Gabe Kapler was hopeful to get him within the sport. … 2B Thairo Estrada (sprained left wrist) hit off a tee and “that’s going to tell us a lot,” Kapler stated.

ROSTER MOVES

Baltimore recalled LHP Bruce Zimmerman from Triple-A Norfolk.

UP NEXT

RHP Kyle Bradish (2-1, 3.89 ERA) makes his first profession begin vs. San Francisco on Saturday night time reverse Giants RHP Alex Cobb (4-2, 3.05).

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