The Orioles built an insurmountable lead in the first two innings and never looked back, defeating the Padres 7-3 behind a dominant offensive start at Camden Yards.
Gunnar Henderson went 3-for-3 with a home run and reached 100 career home runs in this game, carrying a .226 average with 14 homers and 33 RBI this season. Samuel Basallo provided the early power with a two-run homer in the first inning, going 1-for-4 with 2 RBI.
Baltimore scored three runs in the first inning after San Diego took an early lead. Sheets doubled to right, bringing Tatis Jr. home to put the Padres ahead 1-0. The Orioles answered immediately when Rutschman hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Ward to tie the game 1-1. Basallo then homered to right center, scoring Alonso to give Baltimore a 3-1 lead. The Orioles added three more runs in the second inning. Tatis Jr. singled to center, scoring France to cut the deficit to 3-2. Holliday hit a sacrifice fly to center, bringing Cowser home to extend the lead to 4-2. Alonso singled to left, scoring Henderson and O'Neill to make it 6-2. Henderson homered to right in the fourth inning to complete the scoring for Baltimore.
Griffin Canning struggled for San Diego, allowing 7 runs over 5.0 innings with 6 hits, 5 walks and 6 strikeouts, falling to 0-5 with a 7.17 ERA. Shane Baz earned the win for Baltimore, allowing 3 runs over 5.0 innings with 6 hits, 2 walks and 1 strikeout to improve to 4-6 with a 3.95 ERA.
Baltimore extended its winning streak to two games and improved to 33-37. San Diego snapped a losing streak and fell to 35-32.