As the Orioles now lead the White Sox by the score of 10-0, Machado has notched three of Baltimore’s 10 hits while Chicago has managed just a single base hit to rival the offensive explosion.
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“Yesterday, I couldn’t grip it, but today was the day where I could grip it real good”, Anderson said.
A foul ball turned into a tiebreaking RBI single and the decisive run, leaving the Chicago White Sox thanking Omar Narvaez and instant replay. “There’s no excuse – no excuse whatsoever for that today”. After giving up a combined 10 earned runs in his last two starts, Saturday was an encouraging sign for Rodon.
After further review, the Chicago White Sox evened a series against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
After a one-out single by Hyun Soo Kim, Machado blasted a 90-mph fastball out to center from Shields to put the Orioles ahead by two runs. He also hit two batters, walked two and struck out one. Meanwhile, Sox fans are left to wonder what could have been if general manager Rick Hahn had been able to make a deal to flip Shields. “He’s got to locate”. Fifty-something games is still a long time. “We’ll put it behind us”. That trend didn’t continue, as Abreu led off the second inning with a double.Ubaldo Jimenez struck out three in three innings for his first save.Machado homered on the first pitch for a 2-0 Orioles lead in the first.Baltimore scored six runs in the second inning to chase Shields.
Davis followed with a homer and a Steve Pearce double knocked Shields out of the contest. He walked two and hit two as he dropped to 5-14.
“It’s been a insane season for me”, Shields said.
“He’s a mentor to me”, Machado said of Rodriguez.
In a game where Chris Tillman pitched to the best of his abilities, he was just simply not helped out by his offense.
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Machado connected again for a two-run homer in the third off Matt Albers to become the second player in baseball history, per STATS, to homer in each of the first three innings and the first to hit all three over the fence. Now a flawless 3-for-3 with seven RBI and three runs scored, Machado has homered in each of his three plate appearances thus far into Sunday’s outing at U.S. Cellular Field. It sure looks promising as he went 6-for-12 over the weekend and homered in both Friday and Sunday’s losses, his second and third home run in four days after going 32 games without one. After homering in his first three at-bats, Machado grounded into a double play in the fifth, lined out in the seventh and groundedout in the ninth.The White Sox ended the shutout with Todd Frazier’s sacrifice fly in the fourth.
