Gunnar Henderson’s best night of his brief big league career sent Luis Severino to one of his worst.
Henderson set career highs with two homers, four hits and five RBIs — all in the first four innings — and the Baltimore Orioles routed the New York Yankees 14-1 on Thursday.
“That was amazing,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “He’s got so much power and to be able to go opposite field the way he did in the top of the first — spraying the ball around hard, really exciting young player with a ton of tools.”
The left-handed hitting Henderson homered to left for his first leadoff homer and singled in the second, when the Orioles’ lone scoreless inning against Severino ended with Adley Rutschman fouling off eight straight pitches before flying out to left.