MLB

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball
Chicago White Sox
32-109, 14-55 Away
Final
8 - 1
Baltimore Orioles
81-60, 41-31 Home

White Sox snap their 12-game skid with an 8-1 win over Baltimore

Nicky Lopez, Andrew Vaughn and Dominic Fletcher went deep for the White Sox, who improved to 32-109 this season. They need to go 11-10 the rest of the way to avoid matching the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 New York Mets.

This was their third losing streak of at least 12 games this season — no team had ever done that since 1900 — but Lopez led off the game with a homer and the White Sox looked a lot sharper than they did while losing the first two games of this series by a combined 22-3.

Cannon (3-9) allowed a run and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

“Good offensive game, great pitching,” Chicago interim manager Grady Sizemore said. “It was a fun one.”

Albert Suárez (7-5) permitted six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Orioles, who remained a half-game ahead of the New York Yankees atop the AL East.

Gunnar Henderson led off the bottom of the first with a homer that tied the game at 1, but the Orioles didn't score again.

“We punched out way too many times," Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. “I thought they forced the action offensively way better than we did. So, not a real good night offensively.”

It was the second time this season both teams led off a game with homers, according to Sportradar. The previous instance was last weekend, when the Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani went deep in the top of the first and Arizona's Corbin Carroll hit an inside-the-park homer starting the bottom of the inning.

Chicago took the lead for good when Vaughn hit a solo shot in the fourth and Fletcher added a two-run shot later in the inning.

Luis Robert Jr. hit an RBI double and Lenyn Sosa contributed a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Sosa hit an RBI single in the ninth and Fletcher brought home a run on a groundout.

Henderson's 35th homer set an Orioles single-season record for a shortstop. Cal Ripken Jr. in 1991 and Miguel Tejada in 2004 both hit 34.

Trainer's room White Sox: Robert exited in the sixth with right hamstring tightness. ... Chicago put INF Brooks Baldwin on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist sprain and recalled INF Bryan Ramos from Triple-A Charlotte. ... Vaughn was struck in the right leg by a foul ball while waiting on deck in the ninth but appeared to be fine.

Orioles: RHP Dean Kremer (wrist/hand) threw a side session, but his next start is still unclear.

Up next Both teams are off Thursday. The White Sox play at Boston on Friday night, with Davis Martin (0-3) starting for Chicago. The Orioles host Tampa Bay on Friday night and have not announced a starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 78.5%
White Sox: 21.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Mayo struck out looking.
9th Inning Mullins walked.
9th Inning Cowser to second on fielder's indifference.
9th Inning Cowser grounded into fielder's choice to third, Santander out at second.
9th Inning Santander singled to center.
9th Inning Maton struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 12
4 Strikeouts 10
8 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
15 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 1
4 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
8 Runs 1
2 Ground Into Double Play 1
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
39 At Bats 31
3 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
16 Runners Left On Base 11
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 0
20 Fly Balls 9
0 Caught Stealing 1
157 Pitches 163
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
27 Total Bases 10
44 Plate Appearances 34
486.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
6 Extra Base Hits 1
10.1 Runs Created 2.5
.385 Batting Average .226
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.692 Slugging Percentage .323
.410 Secondary Average .194
.432 On Base Percentage .294
1.124 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .617
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.3
10.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.6
62.0 Batter Rating 15.0
13.0 At Bats Per Home Run 31.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.50
3.57 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.79
.308 Isolated Power .097
1.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.30
.091 Walks Per Plate Appearance .088
.026 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.032
16.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.7 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.3
111.3 MLB Rating 70.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 17,843 | Capacity:

2024 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland - 66 L1 0.5769231 90
Kansas City 7.5 73 L6 0.52903223 82
Minnesota 8 73 W1 0.52597404 81
Detroit 8.5 74 W1 0.5225806 81
Chicago 53.5 119 L4 0.23225807 36

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 64 W2 0.58709675 91
Baltimore 5 69 L1 0.5548387 86
Tampa Bay 14 78 W3 0.4967742 77
Boston 14.5 78 L2 0.4935065 76
Toronto 18 82 L2 0.47096774 73
Full Standings