The White Sox avoided the embarrassment of getting swept by the lowly Orioles in Wednesday’s doubleheader. And they did it in dramatic fashion.
Yonder Alonso hit a walk-off, two-out, two-run single in the ninth to set off fireworks at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox won 7-6 after losing the opener 5-4.
The Sox took two of three in the series, yielding these five takeaways:
1. The rotation remains a problem.
The Sox entered Wednesday with a team ERA of 5.