Trevor Rogers pitched shutout ball for his first 6 1/3 innings and Gunnar Henderson hit a home run and an RBI triple to help the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 in the opener of a two-game series on Monday night.

Rogers (6-2) struck out seven and allowed just one run on four hits across seven innings. The lefty never worked with more than one baserunner aboard until his final frame.

The Orioles banged out 12 hits, including three from Ryan Mountcastle. Henderson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored, while rookies Samuel Basallo, Jeremiah Jackson and Dylan Beavers each had multiple hits as well.

Trevor Story (2-for-4) and Jarren Duran (double, three RBIs) led the Red Sox, who suffered back-to-back home losses for the first time since June.

After Rogers and Boston counterpart Dustin May (7-9) pitched two scoreless innings apiece, the Orioles broke the deadlock with single runs in back-to-back frames. Henderson’s solo shot to center field made it a 1-0 game with two outs in the third.

Basallo’s leadoff double opened a stretch of three straight Baltimore hits to extend the lead in the fourth. The rookie backstop scored after Jackson and Beavers followed with back-to-back singles.

May took the tough-luck loss despite finishing his six-inning quality start with back-to-back scoreless frames, striking out five through six innings. However, the visitors made it a 4-0 game with two quick runs off Boston reliever Jovani Moran in the seventh.

After Jackson Holliday drew a leadoff walk, Henderson laced an RBI triple into the right-field corner two batters later. Ryan Mountcastle then came up and drove home the fourth Baltimore run on a single up the middle.

The four-run cushion was more than enough for Rogers, who did not allow more than one baserunner until the Red Sox cracked the scoreboard in the seventh. Alex Bregman’s leadoff walk and a Trevor Story one-out double preceded Duran’s first RBI.

In the ninth, Basallo’s line-drive, two-run single to center plated Luis Vazquez (leadoff double) and Henderson to provide insurance for Baltimore.

In the bottom half, Duran hit a two-out, two-run double off the left-field wall to bring the hosts a bit closer.

Orioles third baseman Jordan Westburg took an awkward stumble coming around second base in the first inning and exited the game with what the team later described as right ankle discomfort. Vazquez replaced him.

–Field Level Media