SAN FRANCISCO -- On a night when LaMonte Wade Jr. launched the Giants¡¯ 100th Splash Hit into McCovey Cove, it was Gunnar Henderson who had the biggest swing of the game.

Henderson didn¡¯t quite find the water, but his solo home run in the seventh inning off San Francisco ace Logan Webb broke a tie and sent the Orioles to a 3-2 win Friday night at Oracle Park.

¡°Best swing of the year,¡± Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. ¡°An enormous hit for us against a tough starter. I know he felt great after that swing.¡±

Henderson agreed, calling it the biggest hit of his career.

¡°I would say so. Yeah, I think so,¡± the rookie said.

With an exit velocity of 110.7 mph, it was Henderson¡¯s hardest-hit ball of the season. It was also the hardest hit allowed by Webb this year, and the first homer the right-hander had surrendered since May 3.

¡°I¡¯m starting to feel really good in the box and that was probably one of my best ones I¡¯ve had,¡± Henderson said. ¡°I feel like that was a big step in the right direction.¡±

After striking out on a changeup in his previous at-bat, Henderson patiently took two changeups outside to jump ahead 2-0.

Webb came back with a sinker, which Henderson fouled off. Then came yet another changeup, this one over the plate, and he crushed it 410 feet to right field for his sixth homer of the year.

¡°In my first at-bat, I went up there and saw one pitch, and then I figured he was going to come out with his best stuff,¡± Henderson explained. ¡°He did and he threw it really well. After that, I saw everything that he had and was able to get my approach off of that.¡±

Dean Kremer limited the Giants to just two runs in six innings, marking his sixth straight start allowing three runs or fewer. The right-hander struck out six and improved to 6-2.

Kremer, a native of nearby Stockton, had friends and family cheering him on from the stands.

¡°It¡¯s different, being that I¡¯m always on the East Coast and I don¡¯t get too many opportunities to come to the West Coast and see people that I used to,¡± Kremer said. ¡°It¡¯s really nice.¡±

From there, the bullpen did what it¡¯s done all season long. Danny Coulombe struck out the side in the seventh, Yennier Cano handled the eighth and F¨¦lix Bautista recorded his 15th save, striking out Michael Conforto on a 98 mph fastball with the tying run on second to end the game.

¡°Every one of our wins is like this,¡± Hyde said with a laugh. ¡°We don¡¯t make it easy on ourselves and we like to hold on tight, and we did again tonight.¡±

It had been a long time since the Orioles had visited San Francisco -- 2016 to be exact. Baltimore took two of three from the Giants that year. San Francisco responded in 2019, winning two of three at Camden Yards.

With Friday¡¯s win, the Orioles own MLB¡¯s best road record at 19-9, having won six of their last seven away from home. Their 36-21 overall record is good for third in the Majors, behind only the Tampa Bay Rays (40-18) and Texas Rangers (36-20).

¡°It was an awesome win,¡± Henderson said. ¡°To be able to come out all the way across the country and get the first one of the series is huge.¡±