Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles Match Player Stats On May 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 5, 2017

BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis homered and Gabriel Ynoa made his Orioles' debut in style by blanking Chicago for six innings in long relief as Baltimore scored a 4-2 victory over the White Sox on Friday night.

Ynoa (1-0) came on in place of starter Wade Miley, who lasted just four batters, leaving after being hit by two consecutive White Sox hitters with two outs in the top of the first inning. The Orioles said Miley suffered a left wrist contusion.

Ynoa then scattered six hits. He struck out five without a walk and threw 69 strikes of 101 pitches, leaving with two outs in the seventh and a runner on first.

His biggest problem came when Chicago (15-13) put runners on first and third with two outs in the fifth, but the right-hander then struck out Jose Abreu.

Ynoa had been called up from Triple-A Norfolk earlier in the day and was well-rest since he last pitched Saturday.

Stefan Crichton got the final out of the seventh before walking Melky Cabrera to start the eighth. Cabrera later scored on an Avisail Garcia groundout off of Darren O'Day, cutting the Baltimore lead to 2-1.

O'Day then escaped further trouble. Brad Brach took care of the ninth, despite allowing a run on two hits, and earned his sixth save when Abreu flied out to center field as the Orioles (18-10) won their second straight game.

Chicago starter Miguel Gonzalez (3-2) kept his former team quiet for most of his 6 2/3-inning effort. He allowed a run in the first and the Davis homer two innings later.

Davis finished the night 3-for-3 and scored a key insurance run in the eighth on a Joey Rickard double.

The Orioles added another run in that inning thanks to an error from shortstop Tim Anderson.

Chicago started quickly getting the three hits in the first and ending Miley's night after just 12 pitches.

Abreu lined a ball off Miley's left arm for an infield single, and Avisail Garcia followed by sending a shot off the pitcher's left thigh. Miley exited and Ynoa came on with two outs in the first and got out of the inning.

The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Gonzalez hit Jonathan Schoop with the bases loaded. Gonzalez needed 31 pitches to get through that inning.

Baltimore made it 2-0 when Davis hit a solo homer with two outs in the third.

NOTES: The home run that Orioles 1B Chris Davis hit in the third inning broke a three-week dry spell; he last homered on April 14. ... White Sox 3B Todd Frazier remains day-to-day with tightness in his back. He took some swings before this game, and manager Rick Renteria said Frazier felt better. They are hoping he can return Saturday after he missed his second straight game.