Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles
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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.
Orioles: RHP Dean Kremer (wrist/hand) threw a side session, but his next start is still unclear.
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Matchup Prediction
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
CHW | BAL | |
---|---|---|
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
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 17,843 | Capacity:
2024 American League Central Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland | - | 69 | L2 | 0.5714286 | 92 |
Kansas City | 6.5 | 76 | W1 | 0.5308642 | 86 |
Detroit | 6.5 | 76 | L2 | 0.5308642 | 86 |
Minnesota | 10.5 | 80 | L4 | 0.50617284 | 82 |
Chicago | 51.5 | 121 | W2 | 0.25308642 | 41 |
2024 American League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | - | 68 | W1 | 0.5802469 | 94 |
Baltimore | 3 | 71 | W3 | 0.5617284 | 91 |
Boston | 13 | 81 | W1 | 0.5 | 81 |
Tampa Bay | 14 | 82 | L1 | 0.49382716 | 80 |
Toronto | 20 | 88 | L3 | 0.45679012 | 74 |