With an early set of patient, productive innings to stake a masterful Dylan Bundy to a lead Thursday, the Orioles beat the Chicago Whits Sox, 9-3, at sun-splashed Guaranteed Rate Field, sparing themselves the embarrassment of leaving this four-game series having taken over for the hosts as owners of the game's worst record.
The Orioles (16-34) made quick work of White Sox starter Lucas Giolito by sending nine men to the plate in each of the first two innings. In the first inning, Pedro Álvarez and Craig Gentry walked with the bases loaded to plate a run apiece, then two Orioles scored on a single by rookie catcher Chance Sisco.