White Sox vs Orioles Recap: Antonacci, O for Gold

The Chicago White Sox rolled into Camden Yards on July 1st looking to bounce back. They'd lost 3–0 the night before. The Orioles were also hungry after dropping two straight games. Dean Kremer took the mound for Baltimore. Sam Antonacci came up in the first inning with one thing on his mind. Kremer threw a 92-mile-per-hour fastball right down the middle. Antonacci crushed it. The ball rocketed over the right-center wall and landed 388 feet away. The White Sox jumped out front 1–0 in the first inning. It was the kind of power start that gets a team fired up. But Baltimore would answer back quickly in this battle.

The Orioles wasted no time answering back. In the fifth inning, Noah Schultz was pitching for Chicago. Tyler O'Neill stepped up and immediately connected on an 82-mile-per-hour sweeper. The ball sailed 430 feet over the left field wall. Just like that, the score was 1–1. But Baltimore kept rolling. Hudson came in to pitch and gave up a single to Adley Rutschman. Jackson Holliday scored easily. The Orioles pushed ahead 2–1. Then Taylor Ward lifted a sacrifice fly to right field. Alexander scored to make it 3–1. The big moment came next. A wild pitch by Trevor Richards let Gunnar Henderson race home. Baltimore led 4–1. The Orioles' bats were on fire and their pitching was sharp.

By the sixth inning, the Orioles had complete control. Blaze Alexander smacked a triple to right field. Leody Taveras sprinted home to score. It was 5–1 and Chicago couldn't keep up. The White Sox got one run back on Sam Antonacci's solo homer early. But that was it for their offense. They managed just one run the entire game. In the eighth inning, things got worse for the White Sox. Brandon Eisert was on the mound pitching. Leody Taveras crushed an 84-mile-per-hour slider into left field. The ball cleared the wall for a home run 412 feet away. Taveras' blast made it 6–1 and sealed the game. Chicago's pitching staff couldn't find their rhythm. The Orioles' lineup simply did too much damage.