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White Sox pursue first series win over Orioles in nearly 5 years
Jun 29, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Chicago White Sox outfielder Sam Antonacci (17) scores a run in the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images The Chicago White Sox have made lots of headway this season, so another step in the right direction would be to have success against the Baltimore Orioles.
That hasn’t come frequently during the past several seasons, but the White Sox will try to continue their season of breakthroughs on Tuesday night in Baltimore.
Chicago already won the series opener 8-2 on Monday night.
Yet even with that result, the Orioles are 15-2 vs. the White Sox in the past 17 meetings. Chicago can win a series against Baltimore for the first time since July 9-11, 2021, by winning either Tuesday night or Wednesday afternoon.
Chicago has won five of its past seven games overall.
The White Sox scored six runs across the final two innings on Monday to begin a seven-game road trip. It was just their second victory in the past eight road games.
The White Sox didn’t hit a home run in the series opener, but they are one Miguel Vargas long ball from having three players with 20 or more homers prior to the All-Star break for the first time since 2006. Colson Montgomery and Munetaka Murakami already have reached that mark.
“He just continues to make really good swing decisions,” Chicago manager Will Venable of Vargas, whose homer total already is a career high. “I think some of these at-bats … just really impressive against really good arms.”
The White Sox hope to extend the Orioles’ slump. Baltimore has lost three games in a row and five of its past six.
“It’s more of us just not playing a complete game of baseball,” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. “That’s keeping me up at night.”
The Orioles will go with right-hander Trey Gibson (1-2, 5.64 ERA) for the Tuesday game. The rookie has an 0-2 record and a 7.00 ERA through four June outings. Baltimore is 1-6 in the games he has appeared in.
In his most recent outing, Gibson allowed two runs on three hits in four innings during a no-decision against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. The Orioles lost 7-6 in 10 innings.
Gibson, who has 25 strikeouts and 19 walks in 30 1/3 innings, will face Chicago for the first time.
Right-hander Erick Fedde (2-6, 4.34 ERA) will get the call for the White Sox. He won his first two decisions in June before taking a defeat at Detroit on June 19 and then winding up with a no-decision vs. the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. Fedde limited Cleveland to two runs (one earned) on five hits in four innings in Chicago’s 4-3 loss in 10 innings.
The 33-year-old veteran hasn’t lasted more than five innings in 10 outings since the end of April.
Fedde took the loss in Chicago’s 2-1 home setback to the Orioles on April 6 despite holding Baltimore to two runs and five hits across six innings. In six all-time meetings with the Orioles (four starts), he is 2-2 with a 1.56 ERA covering 34 2/3 innings.
The Orioles tinkered with their lineup on Monday, moving Gunnar Henderson to the leadoff spot and sliding Taylor Ward down one spot to bat second.
Perhaps it worked to some degree because Henderson recorded two of Baltimore’s four hits and drew a walk. Getting him untracked has been a priority, as the 2-for-3 effort improved his batting average to .224.
“Breaks up the rhythm, breaks up the cadence, the routine,” Albernaz said of the switch. “Obviously, both of those guys have hit in those two spots this year and in years past, so not a big change for them. Hopefully, it kind of gets something going for us.”
Ward went 0-for-4, dropping his average to .253.
The Orioles made a roster move on Monday with left-handed reliever Keegan Akin going on the 15-day injured list due to a sore left elbow. Josh Walker was called up from Triple-A Norfolk and pitched two-thirds of an inning in relief, allowing no runs and no hits.
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First-half goals send Mexico to comfortable 2-0 victory over Ecuador
June 30, 2026; Mexico City, Mexico; Mexico’s Raul Jimenez celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates. Mandatory Credit: Eloisa Sanchez-Reuters via Imagn Images Julian Quinones delivered a goal and an assist in the first half for Mexico, who maintained complete control in front of their vocal home fans to earn a 2-0 World Cup victory over Ecuador in a round of 32 match on Tuesday at Mexico City.
Raul Jimenez added a goal as Mexico won a knockout-round match for the first time since 1986 — also on home soil.
Goalkeeper Raul Rangel made one save in Mexico’s fourth consecutive clean sheet.
Mexico advance to a round of 16 matchup against either England or the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday, also in Mexico City.
Ecuador, who rallied to defeat Germany in group play last week and earn a spot in the round of 32, were unable to counter Mexico’s early momentum. Hernan Galindez made one save as Ecuador fell to 0-2-0 all time in knockout-round matches.
Adding to the disappointment was a red card for Ecuador’s Piero Hincapie in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time for covering his mouth in a confrontation with Mexico’s Santiago Gimenez.
Just as he did twice in group play, Quinones found the back of the net to give Mexico a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute. Roberto Alvarado sent a long pass forward from beyond midfield, and Quinones proceeded unmarked before scoring into the upper left corner from just inside the box.
Jimenez started a scoring sequence less than 10 minutes later when he forced a turnover on Ecuador’s side of the field, sent a pass to Quinones, then received the ball back to score from the top of the box in the 31st minute.
Even as Mexico controlled the run of play from the outset, Ecuador had the best early chance when John Yeboah hit the outside of the left post with a shot in the 18th minute. Mexico took over from there and were never threatened again.
Mexico won with 17-year-old midfielder Gilberto Mora in the starting lineup. Mora became the second youngest starter in a knockout-round match after Brazil’s Pele in 1958.
The match was delayed one hour at the start because of lightning.
After they were one of three teams with a perfect 3-0-0 record in group play, Mexico became the second team to win for a fourth time in the tournament, joining France. Argentina will have a chance to join them when they oppose Cape Verde on Friday in Miami Gardens, Fla.
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Dodgers demolish A's as Dave Roberts reaches 1,000 career wins
Jun 30, 2026; West Sacramento, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas (72) celebrates with Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park. Mandatory Credit: Scott Marshall-Imagn Images Tommy Edman had four hits, including a homer, and had four RBIs and manager Dave Roberts recorded his 1,000th career regular-season victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 9-3 on Tuesday at West Sacramento, Calif.
Miguel Rojas also went deep and drove in two runs and Mookie Betts had three hits as the Dodgers won for the seventh time in the past eight games. Los Angeles had 14 hits for a total of 31 over two nights while dominating the A’s both times.
Roberts, who is in his 11th season, became the fourth manager in Dodgers history to reach the 1,000-victory mark. Walter Alston (1954-76) won a franchise-best 2,040 games while managing both in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. The list also includes Tommy Lasorda (1,599 from 1976-96) and Wilbert Robinson (1,375 from 1914-31).
Roberts (1,000-606) has a career winning percentage of .623, counting one game as interim manager for the San Diego Padres in 2015.
Justin Wrobleski (10-2) struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings for Los Angeles. He allowed three runs and seven hits and didn’t walk anyone while winning his fourth consecutive decision.
Colby Thomas had two hits, including a two-run homer, for the Athletics, who have dropped four straight games and eight of their past 10.
Jeffrey Springs (3-8) was roughed up for six runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings while losing his eighth straight decision and seeing his winless stretch reach 14 starts. He walked four, struck out two and served up two homers to raise his season output to 24 blasts, tied for the most allowed in the majors.
Freddie Freeman doubled to lead off the Los Angeles third inning and Kyle Tucker walked with two outs. Edman then unloaded on a first-pitch slider for a three-run shot to center off Springs, giving the Dodgers a 5-1 lead.
Rojas led off the sixth by sending a 1-1 slider over the wall in left-center to make it a five-run margin.
Los Angeles tacked on three more runs in the seventh. Edman singled in the first run, Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to plate the second, and Dalton Rushing singled in the last to make it 9-1.
Joey Meneses singled with one out in the bottom of the seventh for the A’s, and Thomas followed with a two-run blast to left-center.
The Dodgers scored twice in the first, on Betts’ RBI single and Teoscar Hernandez’s sacrifice fly.
The Athletics struck in the bottom of the first when Jonah Heim drilled a long single over the head of Tucker and it one-hopped into the right field wall. Shea Langeliers scored from first on the two-out hit.
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Diamondbacks pound Giants, remain unbeaten vs. San Francisco
Jun 30, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Arizona Diamondbacks ran their season-long winning streak against the San Francisco Giants to eight games Tuesday night, riding home runs from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Ketel Marte to an 8-2 victory in Phoenix.
Recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A and making his first big-league start since April 11, Brandon Pfaadt (1-1) combined with four relievers on a four-hitter, propelling the Diamondbacks to a second consecutive victory in the three-game set.
Gurriel delivered the big blow of the game, a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the first after Giants starter Landen Roupp (5-8) had put Geraldo Perdomo and Gabriel Moreno aboard with walks.
Hurting his own cause with six walks, Roupp was unable to finish the third inning, an inning in which he forced in a run by issuing a free pass to Jorge Barrosa with two outs. Marte followed with a two-run single, making it 6-0 and sending the Giants’ young right-hander to the showers.
The six-run cushion made a return to a starter’s role more comfortable for Pfaadt, who carried a shutout one out into the sixth before serving up Luis Arraez’s fourth home run of the season.
The right-hander limited the Giants to just two other hits in his 5 1/3 innings, walking one and striking out two.
San Francisco’s only other run came on Rafael Devers’ 15th homer in the seventh.
In between the Giants’ big blows, Marte capped a two-hit, three-RBI game with his 17th homer of the season.
The Diamondbacks added the game’s final run in the eighth on an RBI single by Moreno.
Gurriel, Marte, Moreno and Max Kepler had two hits apiece for Arizona, which out-hit San Francisco 10-4 en route to a fifth straight home win over the Giants this season. Moreno scored twice.
After singling in the first and tripling in the third before his home run in the sixth, Arraez took a crack at a cycle in the eighth but flied out to left field. He finished with three of San Francisco’s four hits.
In extending his winless streak to 11 games after a 5-1 start to the season, Roupp was charged with six runs on five hits in his 2 2/3 innings. He struck out four.
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First-half goals send Mexico to comfortable 2-0 victory over Ecuador
Dodgers demolish A's as Dave Roberts reaches 1,000 career wins
