Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson celebrates his grand slam against the Boston Red Sox as he runs the bases during the second inning Wednesday night in Baltimore. Nick Wass/Associated Press
BALTIMORE — Gunnar Henderson’s grand slam in the second put Baltimore ahead to stay, and Corbin Burnes pitched seven sharp innings to help the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Wednesday night.
The Orioles, winners of six of their last seven, have not lost any of their last 18 series against AL East foes, going 13-0-5. The defending division champs took 2 of 3 from Boston, scoring five runs in the second inning of the finale.
Burnes (5-2) allowed an unearned run and three hits. He struck out five and walked three.
Kutter Crawford (2-4) gave up five runs in six innings, five days after yielding a season-high six runs against Milwaukee.
Ramón Urías also homered for Baltimore, hitting a solo shot in the seventh.
With Adley Rutschman and Jordan Westburg getting the day off, the last five spots in the Baltimore batting order included just one player batting over .203 at the start of the game. Those hitters played a role in the Orioles’ big inning, though. Anthony Santander singled, giving Baltimore runners at first and second, and Urías hit an RBI single with two outs to tie the game at 1.
Then No. 9 hitter James McCann drew his first walk of the season to load the bases. Henderson followed with a drive to right. It was his 18th home run of the year, tying Houston’s Kyle Tucker for the major league lead.
Boston’s only run came with plenty of assistance from the Orioles in the second. A single to left and a throwing error put Connor Wong on second with one out.
Henderson was charged with an error when he couldn’t hold onto Burnes’ pickoff throw, allowing Wong to advance to third. Dominic Smith hit a groundball to drive in the game’s first run.
NOTES: The Red Sox put outfielder Tyler O’Neill on the 10-day injured list with right knee inflammation before the game.
The move was retroactive to Sunday, the day after O’Neill left a game against Milwaukee with knee soreness.
O’Neill is hitting .236 with a team-high 11 home runs and 17 RBI. The Red Sox acquired him in an offseason trade with St. Louis.
To fill O’Neill’s spot on the active roster, Boston recalled infielder Enmanuel Valdez from Triple-A Worcester. Valdez has hit .156 in 28 games for the Red Sox this season.
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