BALTIMORE — Grayson Rodriguez allowed one hit over six innings, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles clinched their second consecutive profitable season with a 9-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday evening.
Anthony Santander hit his twenty fifth homer for Baltimore (82-49), which has gained eight of its final 10 and elevated its AL East lead over idle Tampa Bay to 2 1/2 video games. The Orioles went 83-79 final yr, their first profitable season since 2016.
The White Sox (52-80) have misplaced 11 of 16 and have been shut out for the tenth time this season. Baltimore‘s shutout was its ninth.
Rodriguez (4-3) retired the primary 11 batters earlier than Luis Robert Jr. doubled to left. Robert was stranded when Eloy Jiménez grounded out two pitches later, and Chicago wouldn’t get a runner into scoring place the remainder of the evening.
Korey Lee was the one different White Sox baserunner in opposition to Rodriguez, drawing a one-out stroll within the sixth.
The 23-year-old rookie right-hander struck out six. Rodriguez is 2-1 with a 2.19 ERA in his final six begins.
Ryan O’Hearn’s two-run single within the third inning opened the scoring. Ryan McKenna walked, stole second, moved as much as third on a fly ball and scored on Chicago starter Michael Kopech’s wild pitch within the fourth. Ryan Mountcastle added an RBI single later within the inning to make it 4-0.
Kopech (5-12) allowed 4 runs in 4 innings, hanging out 5. The right-hander is 2-5 with a 7.34 ERA in 9 begins for the reason that All-Star break.
McKenna added a two-run single off Edgar Navarro within the eighth for the Orioles. Santander capped the inning with a three-run shot to proper.
Baltimore prolonged its streak of collection with out being swept to 82. It is the fifth-longest streak in MLB historical past and the longest for the reason that St. Louis Cardinals’ document 124 in a row from 1942-44.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: Manager Brandon Hyde stated OF Aaron Hicks (again) has run the final couple days and is scheduled to renew baseball actions “pretty soon.” … OF Austin Hays had a routine day without work.
DOUBLE STEAL
Baltimore SS Gunnar Henderson stole second in each the primary and the fourth innings. It was Henderson’s second multi-steal sport of the season and first since June 9 in opposition to Kansas City. Seven of Henderson’s 9 stolen bases have come at house.
UP NEXT
White Sox: Rookie RHP Jesse Scholtens (1-6, 4.15 ERA) faces Baltimore for the primary time because the collection continues Tuesday.
Orioles: RHP Dean Kremer (12-5, 4.31) is 2-0 with a 1.96 ERA in three begins at Camden Yards in August.
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