Henderson ties MLB lead

Gunnar Henderson hit his sixth home run on April 11, moving into a tie for the Major League Baseball lead as Baltimore beat San Francisco 6-2. (apnews.com) The home run came in the bottom of the third inning at Camden Yards and put the Orioles ahead 2-1. Major League Baseball’s video feed listed it as a 361-foot shot to right field off Logan Webb’s 91.4 mile-per-hour cutter. (mlb.com) Jeremiah Jackson also homered, Coby Mayo drove in two runs, and Baltimore evened the series with the Giants. The Associated Press said Henderson and Jackson powered the Orioles’ 6-2 win on Saturday night. (apnews.com) As of April 12, ESPN’s regular-season leaders page showed Henderson tied with Houston’s Yordan Alvarez and St. Louis’ Jordan Walker at six home runs. ESPN said its player statistics are updated nightly. (espn.com) The burst is a sharp early change from Henderson’s 2025 season, when he hit 17 home runs in 154 games for Baltimore. Major League Baseball’s player page lists that line alongside 30 stolen bases and a.274 batting average last year. (mlb.com) Henderson is 24 and already has a central place in Baltimore’s lineup after winning the American League Rookie of the Year award in 2023. Major League Baseball’s player bio lists his debut as August 31, 2022, and his birth date as June 29, 2001. (mlb.com) His power surge had started before Saturday. On April 7, Henderson hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox, and Major League Baseball’s game story called it the swing the Orioles had been waiting for during an uneven first 10 games. (mlb.com) Baltimore finished April 11 with a chance to win the Giants series on April 12, and Henderson entered that game sharing the sport’s home run lead. For an Orioles club that had searched for offense in the season’s first two weeks, his bat had become the clearest early answer. (apnews.com)