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I was leaving the ball over the plate, and they were capitalizing on it.

That might be putting it mildly, as Rodon was terrific in the second game of a three-game weekend set with the Baltimore Orioles, holding the first-place team to just a pair of runs – only one earned – in his six innings of work.

With the number sitting at 9, will the Orioles and White Sox play over the total or fall under tonight at 8:10PM ET?

With the bases loaded and nobody out, Narvaez hit a popup to shallow left field off Mychal Givens. Manny Machado, he’s been hitting the ball really good.

“He’s a mentor to me”, Machado said of Rodriguez. He’s been hitting a lot of balls right on the nose, which is a good sign for him.

Baltimore: LHP Wade Miley, who took a line drive off his left calf and limped off the mound to conclude a lackluster first start with the Orioles on Thursday night, “should be OK” and not miss a turn in the rotation, according to manager Buck Showalter.

“Whatever they called it, I was fine”, Narvaez said of the overturned call. “Doesn’t matter who it is.’ So the whole time I had to go full bore at them, especially when it’s a close game like that”. Maybe it should until he gets himself going again.

It was ruled fair and pinch-runner J.B. Shuck was awarded home.

“He’s come up here out of necessity, but he’s jumped up pretty quick through our system”, Ventura said.

Not only did Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia hurl eight scoreless innings, scattering three hits with 11 strikeouts, but the pitcher plated the only St. Louis run in a win over the Braves.

Tillman (14-4) allowed two singles to lead off the seventh before he was lifted, failing in his third try to get his 15th win. Jonathan Schoop has 118 hits with 59 runs, 17 homers and 59 RBI. “A lot of hard contact, a lot of hard outs, both in the air and on the ground”.

Tyler Saldino also homered and Melky Cabrera added an RBI double for the White Sox, who won for the third time in 10 games.

The Orioles, who sat home run leader Mark Trumbo (31) for the first time this season, showed the depth of their power as they opened a one-game lead over Toronto in the AL East.

The White Sox went up 1-0 on consecutive doubles by Tim Anderson and Cabrera leading off the first. Saladino’s liner to left on an 0-1 changeup in the third made it 2-0 as Tillman struggled with his command.

Even in a loss, Tillman yielded just three runs in six innings and took only his fourth loss of the season because of a contentious replay ruling.

Rodon struck out the next three hitters he faced to end the inning and sat the next 10 down in order. He extended his winless streak to nine starts but drew praise.

“You see those guys step in the box – one through nine – any of those guys can hurt you”, said Rodon, who hit 100 miles per hour with one his pitches in the first inning. OF Joey Rickard, on the DL since July 22 (right thumb), has reported to the Orioles’ spring training facility in Sarasota, Florida to begin rehab.

White Sox: A day after he couldn’t hold a bat or squeeze his glove, Anderson led off wearing a wrap on his left hand and went 1 for 3.

Chris Davis is dropped to sixth in the lineup for the game.