CHICAGO _ The Chicago White Sox avoided the embarrassment of getting swept by the Baltimore Orioles in Wednesday's doubleheader. And they did it in dramatic fashion.
Yonder Alonso hit a walk-off two-run single in the ninth to set off the fireworks at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox won 7-6 after losing the opener 5-4.
Alonso slashed a Miguel Castro fastball the opposite way, ending the game and a weird ninth inning. Leury Garcia started the inning with a walk, and Adam Engel reached after the Orioles defense botched his sacrifice bunt. Pinch hitter Jose Rondon struck out one pitch after trying to bunt on a 1-1 pitch with one out and runners on second and third.
After Jose Abreu was intentionally walked, Alonso bailed out Rondon with his winning hit and got mobbed between first and second base.
Abreu's bases-clearing single in the fourth put the Sox up 5-4, but the Orioles got an Anthony Santander home run off starter Ivan Nova in the sixth and an unearned run against Aaron Bummer in the seventh _ thanks to two Tim Anderson errors in the inning _ to retake the lead before the late heroics.
