Reimold Homers Again As Orioles Beat White Sox 3-2
CHICAGO (AP) -- Nolan Reimold homered for the fourth consecutive game and made a terrific diving catch in left field, helping the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Baltimore had just one hit before Robert Andino singled with one out in the sixth. Reimold then hit a drive to left-center off John Danks, giving the Orioles a 2-0 lead. J.J. Hardy followed with a drive to virtually the same spot for his third homer.
Reimold also had a big home run Monday night, helping Baltimore rally for a 10-4 victory over the White Sox in 10 innings. He is batting .394 (13 for 33) in the past eight games.
Wei-Yin Chen earned his first major league win in his second career game, allowing two runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings. The left-hander, a Taiwan native who pitched in Japan for the last four seasons, also was effective in his first start, surrendering two earned runs in 5 2-3 innings against the Yankees.
Chen (1-0) was working on a shutout before the White Sox chased him in the sixth. A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run double into the right-field corner before Alex Rios singled to put runners on the corners with one out.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter then brought in side arming right-hander Darren O'Day, who got Alexei Ramirez to pop up and picked off Rios to end the inning. O'Day also worked the seventh, striking out Brent Morel with a runner on third to preserve the lead.
Troy Patton and Luis Ayala combined to work the eighth before Jim Johnson wriggled out of a jam to record his fifth save in five chances.
The White Sox had runners on the corners with one out when pinch-hitter Kosuke Fukudome lined to third. Alejandro De Aza then walked to load the bases but third baseman Wilson Betemit made a great play on Morel's chopper to end the game.
Pierzynski and Rios had two hits apiece for Chicago, which has lost three straight. Danks (1-2) allowed five hits, struck out five and walked two in seven innings.
The White Sox had a chance for a fast start when De Aza milked a leadoff walk in the first and Morel followed with a sinking liner to left. But Reimold hustled over and made a sprawling grab for the out.
NOTES: Luke Scott was the last player to homer in four consecutive games for Orioles, accomplishing the feat from May 27-30, 2009. ... The Orioles claimed C Luis Exposito off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. "He's a catcher. We're a little thin there, depth-wise," manager Buck Showalter said. "I'm not exactly sure where they're gonna send him or what the plan is." INF Josh Bell was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. ... Andino and Reimold were the last combination to hit consecutive homers for Baltimore, on Sept. 19 at Boston. ... Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations, took a triple away from De Aza, changing his fly ball in the eighth inning of Friday night's game against Detroit to an error on left fielder Delmon Young. That means both runs charged to Tigers reliever Daniel Schlereth are unearned.
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