Mateo slugs Orioles past White Sox for 4th straight win
CHICAGO (AP) — Jorge Mateo homered and doubled to guide the Orioles over the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Saturday, giving Baltimore its first four-game successful streak this season.
Lance Lynn (1-1) retired eight straight batters earlier than Mateo lifted a solo homer simply over the left-center fence to place Baltimore forward within the third.
Baltimore coughed up its benefit on two errors within the backside of the inning, however Mateo struck again by belting his tenth double off the left area wall. He scored to make it 2-1 on the following at-bat, when Leury García erred on Cedric Mullins’ infield grounder.
Chicago scored after rookie Lenyn Sosa reached on Tyler Nevin’s throwing error, then Luis Robert singled to heart, scoring Sosa on a throwing error by Mateo.
Mateo snagged a line drive to disclaim Sosa his first big-league hit within the fifth.
Spenser Watkins (1-1) gave up 5 hits and no earned runs to get his third win in 19 profession begins. He fanned 4 and walked one in 5 innings.
Bryan Baker, Nick Vespi and Dillon Tate mixed to permit one hit in 4 scoreless innings.
Baltimore has received eight of 10. Chicago has misplaced 4 in a row at house.
Lynn’s day ended within the seventh after he walked Mateo, hit Robinson Chirinos and Trey Mancini with pitches, and Cedric Mullins singled. The 35-year-old allowed six hits and two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings, placing out eight and strolling one.
Reliever José Ruiz fared no higher, surrendering a bases-clearing double to Austin Hays (19) which scored three runs and put Baltimore comfortably forward 6-1.
Boos rang out from the Assured Charge Area stands when Ruiz escaped the body with out extra harm.
Chicago pulled a run again within the ninth as Seby Zavala drove in Gavin Sheets on a groundout.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Baltimore: IF Rylan Bannon and RHP Marcos Diplán have been every optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday. Diplán has allowed 4 hits and one earned run in 5.2 innings this season. IF Jonathan Araúz made his Orioles debut and Watkins made his first begin since Could 22 after the Orioles recalled them from Norfolk.
Chicago: SS Tim Anderson had Saturday off because the White Sox proceed to restrict his workload since his return from a groin harm on Monday. Anderson, 1B José Abreu, OF Luis Robert, DH Andrew Vaughn and OF AJ Pollock at present have directions to “gradual it down” on routine baserunning performs, based on supervisor Tony La Russa. … C Yasmani Grandal (decrease again spasms) is nearing a return from a proper knee sprain. … OF Eloy Jiménez began as Triple-A Charlotte’s designated hitter Saturday as he rehabilitates from a proper hamstring pressure.
UP NEXT
RHP Jordan Lyles (4-6, 4.92 ERA) will get the beginning towards Chicago RHP Dylan Stop (5-3, 2.68 ERA) in Sunday’s sequence finale.
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