Martin then hung a cutter to No. 9 hitter Jorge Mateo for Mateo’s first homer of the year, giving the Orioles a 4-1 lead. Vinny Capra raised his average to .081 leading off the seventh with a double and Tauchman singled him home, but three straight fly outs ended the inning.

It’s easy to forget that, sometimes, baseball is a contact sport. On Saturday afternoon in Baltimore, it was contact on the basepaths that led to the benches clearing in the bottom of the fourth inning of the Orioles’ 4-2 win vs.

Notes: First basemen Andrew Vaughn and Tim Elko have each hit one homer, but have otherwise struggled so far since being sent down to Triple-A Charlotte one week ago.

The White Sox battled down to the final pitch during a 2-1 loss to the Orioles on Friday at Camden Yards, in a game where the first pitch was moved up 2 1/2 hours due to a forecast for inclement weather.

Coby Mayo cleared the bases and the benches with his first big league RBI. With a runner on second and two outs in the fourth inning of Baltimore’s 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, the Orioles designated hitter singled.

Josh Harrison, a key contributor to the 2022 Chicago White Sox, announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Saturday. Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of his MLB debut. He made his retirement announcement in a lengthy announcement on social media site X.