After hitless opening series, Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson breaks out with ‘loud’ opposite-field homer vs. Rangers – The Denver Post

Before the Orioles’ series-opening game against the Texas Rangers on Monday, manager Brandon Hyde said he wasn’t worried about Gunnar Henderson after his hitless weekend against the Boston Red Sox.

After all, Henderson did walk six times in the first three games, tied for the most in the American League in that span.

“The hits haven’t come yet, but they will,” Hyde said. “He’s trying to get that first one. Once he gets that first one, he’ll be able to relax a little bit. His at-bats have been good so far.”

Hyde’s prediction turned out to be right in multiple ways. Not only did Henderson, the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball, record multiple hits in the Orioles’ 2-0 win Monday, but it was also the first knock — a second-inning single — that calmed his…