Santander’s go-ahead three-run double sends Orioles to victory over White Sox
BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander hit a go-ahead three-run double within the seventh inning, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-3 on Tuesday evening to match their victory whole from final season.
Baltimore (83-49), which has gained 9 of 11, remained 2 1/2 video games forward of Tampa Bay within the AL East. The Orioles went 83-79 in 2022, their first successful season since 2016.
Lenyn Sosa hit his third homer in 5 video games for Chicago (52-81), which has misplaced 12 of 17.
The Orioles took the lead with a two-out rally within the seventh in opposition to Aaron Bummer (4-3). Pinch-hitter Ryan McKenna singled and stole second, and Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson adopted with walks.
Santander then poked an opposite-field shot previous first and that rattled into the right-field nook. By the time Oscar Colas collected it and threw it into the infield, three runners had scored and the Orioles had been up 4-1.
Austin Hays helped protect that lead when he crashed into the large wall in left discipline and caught a deep drive by Luis Robert Jr. to finish the eighth.
Then, within the backside half, Baltimore scored 5 runs in opposition to Bryan Shaw to show it right into a rout. The Orioles additionally scored 5 within the eighth of the sequence opener to win 9-0.
Baltimore starter Dean Kremer encountered little problem over the primary six innings in addition to Sosa’s one-out homer to middle within the third. He was lifted after yielding back-to-back singles to start the seventh, however Danny Coulombe (4-1) retired the subsequent three White Sox to finish the menace.
Kremer allowed six hits and a run and struck out 5 in six-plus innings.
Chicago rookie Jesse Scholtens retired the primary 9 Orioles, then stranded two males within the fourth inning. Baltimore stitched collectively three singles in a four-batter span within the fifth, with Adam Frazier’s base hit to proper scoring Hays.
Scholtens allowed a run and 6 hits in 5 1/3 innings whereas hanging out one.
Chicago scored twice within the ninth in opposition to Shintaro Fujinami and had two on with one out. But Korey Lee flied out to middle, and Sosa was caught far off first and doubled as much as finish the sport.
UP NEXT
White Sox: RHP Dylan Cease (5-7, 4.87 ERA), who’s 1-3 with an 8.22 ERA in 5 August begins, takes the mound because the three-game sequence concludes Wednesday.
Orioles: RHP Kyle Gibson (13-7, 4.89) is 9-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 19 lifetime begins in opposition to the White Sox.
