Game 24-
Chicago White Sox 6- Baltimore Orioles 5
The White Sox rode the advantage of their starting pitching matchup and some timely hitting to gain a double header split vs the Orioles Saturday Night at US Cellular Field in Chicago, 6-5.
Chicago Ace LH Mark Buehrle took the mound and was strong thru his 6 innings of work, allowing only 3 hits and 3 runs while striking out 5 and walking 2. The Orioles jumped out to a 2-0 lead when C Ramon Hernandez drove in 2 with double in the 1st. Chicago quickly answered with 2 runs of their own after an rbi ground out and run scoring double vs Orioles veteran RH SP Steve Trachsel. Tracs struggled all night with his control, over 3 innings plus he walked 5, gave up 5 hits,5 runs(4 earned) and struck out 2.
In the 3rd, White Sox LF Carlos Quentin drove in another run with a double and Orioles error on the play to make it 3-2. Trachsel was done for the night after RF Nick Swisher’s 2 run homer in the 4th. Promising Orioles RH Jim Johnson(.45 era) entered the game and pitched 2 hit ball over 2 1/3 innings with 2 Ks. 1b Kevin Millar homered off of Buehrle in the 6th to make it, 5-3 Chicago.
LH RP Boone Logan entered the game and the Orioles rallied with 2 more runs on a run scoring triple by 2b Brian Roberts followed 3b Melvin Mora’s double to tie the game at 5. Unfortunately, RH Randor Bierd allowed 2 walks and a single in the 9th bring OF Brian Anderson to the plate with the bases loaded. He quickly hit a shallow single for the winning margin,6-5.
Orioles Notes-
SS Eider Torres’ single in the 7th was his 1st ML hit
