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Baltimore won for the ninth time in 11 games.
The American League East-leading Orioles maintained a 2 1/2-game
division lead over the Tampa Bay Rays, who won at Miami on
Tuesday.
Santander broke things open in the seventh, lining a
bases-clearing double down the right field line on a 2-2 pitch
from Chicago reliever Aaron Bummer to snap a 1-all tie.
Bummer (4-3) struck out the first batter he faced before
yielding a single to Ryan McKenna and walking Adley Rutschman
and Gunnar Henderson -- the first free passes issued by either
team in the game.
Santander finished with four RBIs, while McKenna had two hits
and two RBIs. Ryan Mountcastle, Austin Hays, Ramon Urias and
Rutschman added two hits apiece. Baltimore led 9-1 before
Chicago's Andrew Vaughn (single) and Oscar Colas (groundout)
drove in runs in the ninth.
Both offenses needed time to come untracked. Baltimore starter
Dean Kremer retired the first seven White Sox he faced, while
Chicago counterpart Jesse Scholtens set down the first nine
Orioles in order.
Chicago opened the scoring with one out in the third, as Lenyn
Sosa blasted a solo home run to center field. It was Sosa's
fifth home run of the season and fourth since Aug. 20.
Adam Frazier grounded a run-scoring single to right to tie the
game in the fifth.
Scholtens allowed one run and six hits in 5 1/3 innings, with
one strikeout.
Kremer allowed one run and six hits in six-plus innings while
striking out five. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde removed Kremer
after he allowed back-to-back singles to start the seventh, but
Danny Coulombe escaped trouble by retiring the next three
hitters.
After Colas popped out on a sacrifice bunt attempt, Sosa tried
to bunt for a hit, but failed, and Korey Lee grounded out.
Sosa had three hits for Chicago, while Luis Robert Jr., Yoan
Moncada and Vaughn each had two.
Coulombe (4-1) was the winner, delivering 1 2/3 innings of
perfect relief.
--Field Level Media
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