Schoop HR in return from disabled list, O’s beat White Sox

He is 0-1 against them in those starts with an 8.25 ERA, and lost to them in Baltimore in April, giving up seven earned runs on 10 hits in just five innings.

Ryan Hanigan, Boston Red Sox: Hanigan had an ideal day, going three-for-three at the plate with a walk. My job is when I get the ball is to go deep in the game and give us a chance to win. “And hopefully this will start a nice little run for me”. He had a no-hitter through five innings against the Orioles.

[MORE WHITE SOX: Extra day of rest sets up Chris Sale vs. Mark Buehrle on Monday]. Samardzija struck out nine in 7 2/3 inning of work before handing it over to the bullpen. Sanchez struck out swinging again in the sixth but flashed his speed by scampering all the way to third when catcher Matt Wieters dropped the third strike and overthrew first for an error. He generated five swings and misses on it, and his success with the curveball allowed his fastball to be more effective. David Lough pinch-hit for Reimold and singled into left field to lead off the inning.

And now all of a sudden, Justin Smoak is fourth in the voting. “90, 91 has a feeling like you’re throwing 95”. Two runs in three games is a sad state of affairs in any situation, unless you’re talking about what your pitching staff has allowed.

The White Sox have scored a Major League Baseball low 112 runs at home this season, good for just 3.2 runs per game.

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3, the Boston Red Sox edged the Houston Astros 5-4, the Philadelphia Phillies scored four times in the 10th to overcome the Atlanta Braves 4-0 and the Kansas City Royals claimed a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. “It made the changeup and the curve that much better”.

CHICAGO (AP) – John Danks pitched his best baseball after a low point in his career. “We’re gonna have to start putting up some crooked numbers in the run column to be able to sustain anything”. “It’s exciting to get him back”. Daniel Webb replaced Rodon on the mound and got both Hardy and Schoop to pop out ineffectively.

Or the curveball, as was the case Friday. Changeup has always been my pitch. An area where the White Sox are particularly strong is striking batters out, where they average 8.3 K’s per game.

The Baltimore Orioles are coming off of a very disappointing home series which saw them lose of three of four games to the Texas Rangers.

“I know there’s a lot of stuff surrounding (us) that might be negative, but these guys are still pushing the right buttons and grinding and getting through it and not quitting”, Ventura said. I haven’t played as well as I would have liked. And as I said, he put the team and the fans at ease right away in terms of how his bat would play back in the lineup. Steve Pearce did hit a grounder, but one that would’ve been fielded had the defense been playing at normal depth.