Giants Ride Roupp’s Arm, Timely Hitting to Series-Opening Win Over Orioles
BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Landen Roupp pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants used a three-run seventh to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Friday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Roupp allowed one run on five hits, striking out four to earn the win. The Giants broke open a close game in the seventh when Jung Hoo Lee hit a two-run homer. Willy Adames added a two-run double earlier for San Francisco.
Shane Baz took the loss for Baltimore, yielding three runs over five innings. Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Orioles’ final runs before 32,294 fans. The game took 2 hours, 44 minutes.
With the win, San Francisco improved to 6-8, while Baltimore fell to 6-7.