ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Gunnar Henderson homered on the first pitch, Ryan O’Hearn drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Monday night to cap a four-game sweep.
Corbin Burnes (7-2) allowed two unearned runs and five hits in seven innings as Baltimore improved to 22-10 on the road and swept a four-game series at Tropicana Field for the first time. Craig Kimbrel worked ninth for his 15th save in 18 chances.
James McCann also homered for Baltimore, which leads the majors with 104. It’s the most home runs in the first 65 games of a season in Orioles history.
Alex Jackson went deep for the Rays, who have lost 13 of 17 at home and are 31-35 overall.
O’Hearn put Baltimore up 4-2 on a two-run double in the fifth off Ryan Pepiot (4-3). He made it 5-2 with a seventh-inning RBI single by Kevin Kelly to complete a nine-pitch at-bat. Both hits came with two outs.
Henderson’s seventh-best major league home run this year was 430 feet to center field. Last season’s AL Rookie of the Year has 21 home runs, ranking second in the majors behind New York Yankees star Aaron Judge (24).
O’Hearn and Henderson had three hits. Henderson scored three times for the second game in a row.
Tampa Bay got two unearned runs at second base when second baseman Jordan Westburg knocked down José Caballero’s routine pop-up with two outs, and the lightweight Jackson hit his first big league home run in nearly three years.
It was Jackson’s third hit in 47 at-bats this season, and his first long ball since going straight at the Chicago Cubs’ Dan Winkler in August 2021.
McCann tied the score at 2 in his third inning.
Pepiot allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings. He got nine right.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles RHP Dean Kremer (right triceps strain) threw a bullpen and could be ready to begin a short minor league rehab assignment this week.
NEXT
Orioles: RHP Albert Suárez (2-0, 1.83 ERA) and Atlanta LHP Max Fried (6-2, 2.93) are Tuesday night’s starters.
Rays: RHP Zach Eflin (3-4, 4.14 ERA) will face Chicago Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (3-2, 3.47) on Tuesday night.
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