Zach Eflin pitched seven shutout innings and the Baltimore Orioles pieced collectively a sixth-inning scoring rally to defeat the visiting Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Friday.
Gunnar Henderson and Ryan Mountcastle each had two hits for the Orioles within the opener of a three-game sequence between groups with the 2 worst information within the American League.
Eflin (4-2) allowed 4 hits and a stroll, whereas placing out six. Bryan Baker pitched a scoreless eighth and Felix Bautista survived the ninth for his ninth save. Bautista allowed a run, and the White Sox had two runners on base when Joshua Palacios struck out to finish the sport.
Sean Burke (3-6) took the loss, permitting two runs in six innings on 5 hits, one stroll and 6 strikeouts.
Till Mike Tauchman’s one-out double within the ninth, all of Chicago’s hits have been singles — and Lenyn Sosa had two of them. The White Sox had bother on the bottom paths as Baltimore catcher Adley Rutschman threw out Edgar Quero on a stolen base try and in addition was credited with a pick-off of Quero.
Andrew Benintendi doubled in Tauchman with two outs within the ninth for Chicago’s run.
The Orioles, who’ve gained 4 of their final six video games, received going within the sixth when Rutschman singled and Gunnar Henderson doubled to place runners in scoring place with no outs. Mountcastle reached on an infield single with out the runners advancing, after which Rutschman was thrown out on the plate on Ryan O’Hearn’s fielder’s alternative grounder.
Ramon Urias offered a sacrifice fly for the sport’s first run. The second run got here on a double steal, with Mountcastle scoring from third base. It was Baltimore’s first steal of dwelling since August 2021.
The White Sox went with Jared Shuster within the so-called opener function, working the primary inning from the mound earlier than Burke took over.
Burke made by way of 4 innings unscathed till the Orioles received the 2 runs within the sixth.
The sport was moved up greater than 2 1/2 hours to a late-afternoon begin due to weather-related considerations within the night.
–Discipline Stage Media