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06/08 17:13 CDT Henderson homers as Orioles rally to defeat Brewers 6-3 and
avoid sweep
Henderson homers as Orioles rally to defeat Brewers 6-3 and avoid sweep
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Gunnar Henderson is showing a flair for the dramatic in his
rookie season.
Henderson hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to put
Baltimore ahead for good and the Orioles rallied from a three-run deficit to
beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Thursday.
Henderson's opposite-field drive came six days after he hit a tiebreaking home
run in the seventh inning of a 3-2 victory at San Francisco.
"That's what you dream of as a kid, is being in those situations and coming
through," Henderson said.
The Brewers took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and were in control for much of
the game until the Orioles attacked Milwaukee's bullpen by scoring six runs
over the final three innings.
Baltimore's comeback enabled the Orioles to avoid a three-game sweep. The
Orioles haven't been swept in a series all season.
Anthony Santander's one-out RBI double off Peter Strzelecki cut the Brewers'
lead to 3-2 in the eighth and put the tying run in scoring position. Strzelecki
(3-5) responded by striking out Austin Hays, but Henderson ripped the first
pitch he saw over the wall in the left-field corner.
"Just trying not to do too much," Henderson said. "In some situations, when you
try to do too much, especially in the high-leverage situations, it usually
doesn't go your way. Just trying to take a deep breath and just be in the
moment and try not to do too much and try to get the job done."
Adam Frazier added insurance with a two-run double off Bryse Wilson in the
ninth. Ramn Uras, the older brother of Brewers infielder Luis Uras, started
the comeback by hitting a two-out homer off Joel Payamps in the seventh.
Each of the Uras brothers was a starting third baseman for his team Thursday,
with Ramn going 3 for 4 and Luis going 0 for 4.
The Brewers wasted a quality performance from Colin Rea, who struck out eight
and allowed just three hits and one walk in five shutout innings. Rea was in
line to win his fourth straight start until the Brewers' bullpen faltered.
Rea left after throwing 84 pitches, including 59 strikes. Although Rea has
worked at least five innings in nine of his 10 starts this year, he hasn't
thrown more than 93 pitches or worked more than six innings in a game all
season.
"His fastball was very good today," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "He
did a nice job, threw his five innings. They made him work those last couple
innings, but overall, great job."
The Brewers wasted no time pulling ahead as Orioles starter Kyle Bradish
retired just one of the first six batters he faced.
Christian Yelich led off with a walk, advanced to third 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 next 12 batters he faced. He
had a season-high 10 strikeouts while allowing six hits, one walk and three
runs in five innings.
"We never talk about his stuff as an issue," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said.
"It's all about being able to command it and not walking guys --- not leadoff
walks, not two-out walks, but to be able to pitch to their knees and below and
to be able to punch guys out and not have 3-2 counts every hitter. He did a
much better job after that first inning."
Bryan Baker, Keegan Akin (2-1), Yennier Cano and Flix Bautista then combined
to allow just two hits in four innings of scoreless relief. Bautista worked
around a one-out single in the ninth to earn his 16th save in 20 opportunities.
UP NEXT
Orioles: Return home to begin a three-game series 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.
Brewers: Begin a three-game home series with the Oakland Athletics. RHP Adrian
Houser (2-1, 3.45) will start for the Brewers and RHP Luis Medina (0-5, 8.19)
pitches for the Athletics on Friday.
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