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 Six Orioles drove in a run, and the Baltimore relievers threw four
scoreless innings in a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in the
second game of a doubleheader.
The White Sox posted a 3-2 victory in the opener. Baltimore
right-hander Tyler Wilson made his first major league start in that
game, throwing six effective innings, and fellow rookie right-hander
Mike Wright (2-0) battled through five innings to get the win in
Game 2.
"What did we end up getting out of them, 11 innings?" Orioles
manager Buck Showalter said of his two young pitchers. "Pretty
impressive against a team coming off a good series in Toronto,
playing a lot better. Big for us. We're going to probably have to
make some adjustments with our bullpen now because everybody pitched
today."
Wilson was used as the 26th man for a doubleheader, and he is now
headed back to Triple-A Norfolk.
The Orioles needed a strong effort from the bullpen, which did not
allow a hit in the second game.
Right-handers Oliver Drake (sixth), Brad Brach (seventh) and Darren
O'Day (eighth) each threw a hitless inning. Left-hander Zach Britton
closed it out in the ninth, recording his 13th save.
The Baltimore relief pitchers retired the final 10 batters, as the
White Sox didn't get a hit after the fifth and also made two errors
that helped the Orioles.
"Long day to get guys in there and play some positions, but we could
have played better in the second game," White Sox manager Robin
Ventura said.
Center fielder Adam Jones, first baseman Chris Davis, catcher Steve
Clevenger, shortstop J.J. Hardy, right fielder Travis Snider and
left fielder David Lough each contributed an RBI. The Orioles
(22-24) scored the final four runs after the White Sox (21-25) took
a 3-2 lead in the third inning.
The Orioles wanted to bounce back after a frustrating effort in the
first game, during which left-hander Chris Sale silenced them with
12 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings. Baltimore batters struck out 16
times overall in that game.
"(Sale) dominated for pretty much the whole game," Davis said. "We
weren't able to score until late, so it was big for us to go out
there early and put some runs on the board (in the nightcap)."
Wright didn't fare as well as in his first two major league starts
this month that ended without him allowing a run, but he still got
the win. He gave up three runs and six hits and left with a 4-3
lead.
Wright faced Chicago right-hander Chris Beck, who was making his
major league debut. Beck (0-1) gave up two runs in the first and two
in the third and but lasted through six innings, allowing five runs
(four earned) and 10 hits.
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"Just tried to tell myself to throw strikes, throw the ball down in
the zone," Beck said. "I did that for a couple innings today, but
other than that, everything was a little shaky. Command hasn't been
the sharpest it's been the past, but just put my head down and tried
to battle through."
The Orioles took the lead for good with two runs in the third and
added single runs in the sixth and seventh thanks to RBI singles
from Snider and Lough, respectively, to go up 6-3.
The doubleheader was the makeup for the games postponed April 27 and
28 because of rioting and unrest in Baltimore. The third game of the
series was played in a closed Oriole Park without fans on April 29,
and the Orioles posted an 8-2 victory.
The two rookie starters struggled in the early innings of the
nightcap. Center fielder Adam Eaton began the game with home run off
Wright, who had started his major league career with 14 1/3
scoreless innings.
Baltimore welcomed Beck to the majors with two runs in the bottom of
the inning. Third baseman Manny Machado tripled on the
right-hander's first pitch and later scored on Jones' groundout.
Davis gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead with an RBI double later in the
inning.
First baseman Adam LaRoche put the White Sox in front 3-2 with a
two-run homer to right in the third, but the Orioles answered with
two in the bottom of the inning.
Catcher Steve Clevenger tied it with an RBI single to left, and
shortstop J.J. Hardy made it 4-3 one batter later with a single that
third baseman Conor Gillaspie dived to knock down but couldn't stop.
NOTES: C Steve Clevenger made his first start of the season in the
nightcap of the doubleheader. The Orioles called him up earlier this
week from Triple-A Norfolk. ... Baltimore CF Adam Jones threw out a
runner in the first game. ... The White Sox sent RHP Scott Carroll
to Triple-A Charlotte between games to make room for the second-game
starter, RHP Chris Beck, who made his major league debut. ...
Chicago CF Adam Eaton started the nightcap with a home run, the
first game-opening homer of his career.
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