BALTIMORE—For the first two games of their series with the Chicago White Sox, the Orioles outscored the woeful White Sox, 22-3, and extended their losing streak to 12 games.
On Wednesday night, the White Sox won for just the fourth time since July 10th, beating the Orioles 8-1 before 17,843 at Camden Yards.
The Orioles (81-60) had their three-game winning streak broken.
Albert Suárez (7-5) had a difficult night, allowing six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He gave up three home runs, equaling a career high.
Nicky Lopez hit his first home run of the season on Suárez’s second pitch in the first inning, and Gunnar Henderson tied it with a leadoff home run against Jonathan Cannon in the bottom of the first.
It was Henderson’s 35th home run, setting a team record for most home runs by an Orioles shortstop, surpassing Cal Ripken Jr. (1991) and Miguel Tejada (2004).
It was his 10th leadoff home run this season, second only to Brady Anderson, who hit 12 in 1996.
That was the Orioles’ only run.
Chicago (32-109) scored three runs in the fourth on Andrew Vaughn’s 18th home run and Dominic Fletcher’s two-run homer to take a 4-1 lead. Luis Robert Jr.’s RBI double and Lenyn Sosa’s sacrifice fly in the fifth extended the lead to 6-1.
Cionel Pérez allowed two ninth inning runs. The White Sox had 15 hits.
Cannon (3-9) allowed one run on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.
The Orioles won the first six games of the season against Chicago, had just two hits in 3 1/3 innings against Fraser Ellard, Gus Varland and Justin Anderson.