BALTIMORE (AP) 鈥� Gunnar Henderson hit his 100th career home run in a three-hit night, Samuel Basallo also homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Friday for their fifth straight victory.
Henderson’s 386-foot solo shot in the fourth inning moved him into a tie with Cal Ripken Jr. for homers by an Oriole before turning 25. Henderson trails Boog Powell (127), Manny Machado (121) and Eddie Murray (111).
Shane Baz (4-6) went five innings, allowing six hits and three runs (two earned). Anthony Nunez, Keegan Akin, Yennier Cano, and Andrew Kittredge limited the Padres to a hit in four scoreless innings of relief.
The O’s scored three runs in both the first and second innings, with Basallo’s two-run homer making it 3-1 in the first.
Jackson Holliday and Adley Rutschman each hit sacrifice flies, and Pete Alonso had a two-run single. Tyler O’Neill went 2 for 4.
For the Padres, Gavin Sheets had a first-inning two-run double and Fernando Tatis Jr. added an RBI single in the second. They were 4 for 14 with runners in scoring position, and left eight on base.
Griffin Canning (0-5) allowed six hits and seven runs in five innings, striking out six and walking five.
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Orioles RHP Trey Gibson (1-1, 4.24 ERA) was set to start opposite Padres RHP Randy V谩squez (5-4, 3.63) on Saturday.
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