Chicago White SoxvsBaltimore Orioles
CHW 9/BAL 3
Things to say
The White Sox beat the Orioles 9-3 on the road at Camden Yards.
01
opener
White Sox took it 9-3 in Baltimore. The bats woke up early and never really let off. Camden Yards was quiet by the sixth.
02
key player
The top of the Chicago order was the whole story. They just kept turning the lineup over, and once the heart of the order got going, the Orioles couldn't get anybody out.
03
hot take
I don't care that they're the Orioles, that's a 39-48 team playing like it. Nine runs at home? The staff's got real problems.
04
deep cut
Chicago's now 45-39 and quietly one of the better road teams. Nobody's talking about them, but that's a getaway-day beatdown on the schedule.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if the Orioles can bounce back before this series gets out of hand.
The recap
The White Sox rolled into Camden Yards and left with a 9-3 laugher, and honestly it wasn't close after the middle innings. Chicago's bats got hot and put up a crooked number that Baltimore just couldn't answer, with the heart of the order doing the heavy lifting all night.
The Orioles couldn't get anything going and their pen didn't help matters once the game started slipping away. At 45-39, the South Siders keep rolling, while Baltimore drops to 39-48 and can't get out of its own way.