This afternoon started with a genuine pitching duel through four innings, and I wished it could have stayed that way. Instead, the White Sox bullpen squandered a 3-0 lead and the club succumbed to a big eighth inning for the Orioles.
Sox starter Erick Fedde again looked great. He had a higher pitch count, with a walk and a hit in the second but got out unscathed and stayed strong until he started losing command in the seventh. He still had 6 1⁄3 shutout innings. Meanwhile, opposing starting pitcher Albert Suárez’s day ended after four innings.