CHICAGO — It took eight innings, but the Orioles’ offense woke up in a hurry Thursday with three home runs against the Chicago White Sox bullpen to spark a 5-3 comeback win. Ryan O’Hearn and Anthony Santander each hit two-run homers to erase a 3-0 deficit and Jordan Westburg added a solo shot, shaking off a quiet afternoon for the Orioles’ bats. After plating 14 runs over the first two games of the series, the Orioles’ top six hitters in their lineup combined to go 0-for-16 with four walks before O’Hearn got the home run parade started.
Baltimore (31-18) had no answers for White Sox starter Erick Fedde early. The reigning Most Valuable Player of the Korean Baseball Organization and former Washington Nationals starter pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings to lower his career ERA against the Orioles to 0.39 in 23 2/3 innings.
He held the Orioles to three hits with three walks and six strikeouts on 103 pitches, never allowing a runner to advance past second base. Albert Suárez got the start for the Orioles in place of Dean Kremer, who was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with a triceps strain. The veteran right-hander wasn’t fully built up for a starter’s workload after making his past seven appearances out of the bullpen, but he still pitched four scoreless innings, serving up only two hits and two walks with three strikeouts on 80 pitches.
Without any runs on the board for most of the game, it only took one bad inning for the Orioles to surrender a lead. Th.