BALTIMORE -- Gunnar Henderson hit his eighth leadoff home run of the season, and three more Orioles also went deep off Zack Wheeler to help Baltimore beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Sunday. The pitching matchup between Wheeler (8-4) and Corbin Burnes (8-2) didn't live up to expectations, but it was still an eventful series finale before a third consecutive sellout crowd at Camden Yards. Phillies Manager Rob Thomson was ejected in the top of the sixth, and soon after that, play paused for a few seconds on multiple occasions because of loud plane flyovers related to Baltimore's Fleet Week celebration.
Wheeler had never allowed more than three home runs in a game, but the Orioles hit one in four of his five innings on the mound. In the bottom of the first, Henderson broke a tie with Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber -- who went deep to start Friday night's game -- for the major league lead in leadoff home runs. Then Colton Cowser hit a 443-foot shot with a man on in the second to make it 3-0.
"I think that Gunnar's (nine-pitch) leadoff AB honestly kind of gave everyone else the blueprint," Cowser said. "He was in zone. Gunnar was fouling off pitches and then got one in the heart and hit it out.
" Adley Rutschman added a home run in the third, and after the Phillies scored twice in the fifth to make it 4-2, Jordan Westburg's three-run shot capped a four-run rally for Baltimore in the bottom of the inning. Two errors by Baltimore's infield allowed the Phillies to load the bases w.
