BALTIMORE -- Pitching for the first time in the big leagues since last October, Chris Tillman began his long-awaited appearance by throwing seven straight pitches outside the strike zone.
Once he finally found his groove, the Orioles right-hander powered through the Chicago White Sox lineup over five innings in a 4-0 victory Sunday that provided Baltimore with a three-game sweep.
Sidelined since March with right shoulder bursitis, Tillman came off the disabled list to join an unstable rotation in need of another arm. After walking the first two batters and working out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, Tillman bounced back nicely in his first appearance since the 2016 AL wild-card game.
"It was a real testament to his pitchability," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said, "searching for something he could survive with early where he could get in step a little bit."
Tillman (1-0) gave up three singles, walked three and struck out four. He was lifted after throwing 93 pitches, but not before proving he's still got the stuff that enabled him to go 16-6 last season.
Especially after that wild start.
"I feel like all those first seven pitches were the same mistakes," Tillman said. "It's kind of an easy adjustment because I wasn't all over the place. I was making the same mistake over and over."
It's a start, one he hopes to build upon.
"Every start the rest of the way is going to be a hurdle," he said.
Alec Asher followed Tillman, and Brad Brach got two outs for his seventh save.
Trey Mancini had three hits and drove in a run for the Orioles, who took an early 4-0 lead against Jose Quintana (2-5) and coasted to their fourth straight victory.
Baltimore finished its first three-game home sweep of the White Sox in 18 years and improved to 20-10 for the first time since 2005.
"They were able to put some runs on the board," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "They were able to minimize things on the opposite side with pitching."
Quintana allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings. He issued two walks, two singles and two runs in the first inning, then gave up two runs and four hits in the second.
The lefty was 2-0 with an 0.64 ERA in his previous two starts, both against Kansas City.
"I tried to get quick outs to stay in the game a little longer," Quintana said. "It was a tough day for me."
Yolmer Sanchez had three hits for the White Sox, who were swept for the first time this season. Renteria was thrown from the game in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Paul Emmel.
"He ejected me. That's all I can say," Renteria said.
Chris Davis hit a sacrifice fly and Mancini added a run-scoring single in the first.
Manny Machado and Adam Jones hit opposite-field, bloop RBI singles in the second to complete the scoring.
THIS AND THAT
Mancini has eight hits in his last 12 at-bats. ... Chicago went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position in the first inning and 0 for 7 in the game. ... It was Renteria's first ejection with the White Sox and seventh as a big league manager.
TIME OFF
White Sox SS Tim Anderson was given the day off. "Someone close to him passed. I'm giving him time to deal with it," Renteria said.
HELLO, OLD FRIEND
The Orioles will be see former catcher Matt Wieters during a home-and-home interleague series against Washington that begins Monday. Wieters played eight seasons in Baltimore before signing as a free agent with the Nationals.
"Matt gave a lot of things to us and we gave a lot of things to Matt," Showalter said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: RHP Zach Putnam (right elbow inflammation) is "getting better in the whole rehab process," Renteria said. Putnam has been on the DL since April 23.
Orioles: C Francisco Pena left in the eighth inning with a thumb injury. ... 2B Jonathan Schoop sat out a second straight game with a bruised hand after being hit by a pitch Friday night. "I'm hoping he's back (Monday) but he's still got some soreness there," Showalter said.
UP NEXT
White Sox: After taking Monday off, Chicago opens a three-game series against the visiting Minnesota Twins. The teams have thus far split six games.
Orioles: RHP Kevin Gausman starts Monday night at Camden Yards against the first-place Nationals. The series shifts to Washington on Wednesday.
Chicago White Sox
Once he finally found his groove, the Orioles right-hander powered through the Chicago White Sox lineup over five innings in a 4-0 victory Sunday that provided Baltimore with a three-game sweep.
Sidelined since March with right shoulder bursitis, Tillman came off the disabled list to join an unstable rotation in need of another arm. After walking the first two batters and working out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, Tillman bounced back nicely in his first appearance since the 2016 AL wild-card game.
"It was a real testament to his pitchability," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said, "searching for something he could survive with early where he could get in step a little bit."
Tillman (1-0) gave up three singles, walked three and struck out four. He was lifted after throwing 93 pitches, but not before proving he's still got the stuff that enabled him to go 16-6 last season.
Especially after that wild start.
"I feel like all those first seven pitches were the same mistakes," Tillman said. "It's kind of an easy adjustment because I wasn't all over the place. I was making the same mistake over and over."
It's a start, one he hopes to build upon.
"Every start the rest of the way is going to be a hurdle," he said.
Alec Asher followed Tillman, and Brad Brach got two outs for his seventh save.
Trey Mancini had three hits and drove in a run for the Orioles, who took an early 4-0 lead against Jose Quintana (2-5) and coasted to their fourth straight victory.
Baltimore finished its first three-game home sweep of the White Sox in 18 years and improved to 20-10 for the first time since 2005.
"They were able to put some runs on the board," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "They were able to minimize things on the opposite side with pitching."
Quintana allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings. He issued two walks, two singles and two runs in the first inning, then gave up two runs and four hits in the second.
The lefty was 2-0 with an 0.64 ERA in his previous two starts, both against Kansas City.
"I tried to get quick outs to stay in the game a little longer," Quintana said. "It was a tough day for me."
Yolmer Sanchez had three hits for the White Sox, who were swept for the first time this season. Renteria was thrown from the game in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Paul Emmel.
"He ejected me. That's all I can say," Renteria said.
Chris Davis hit a sacrifice fly and Mancini added a run-scoring single in the first.
Manny Machado and Adam Jones hit opposite-field, bloop RBI singles in the second to complete the scoring.
THIS AND THAT
Mancini has eight hits in his last 12 at-bats. ... Chicago went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position in the first inning and 0 for 7 in the game. ... It was Renteria's first ejection with the White Sox and seventh as a big league manager.
TIME OFF
White Sox SS Tim Anderson was given the day off. "Someone close to him passed. I'm giving him time to deal with it," Renteria said.
HELLO, OLD FRIEND
The Orioles will be see former catcher Matt Wieters during a home-and-home interleague series against Washington that begins Monday. Wieters played eight seasons in Baltimore before signing as a free agent with the Nationals.
"Matt gave a lot of things to us and we gave a lot of things to Matt," Showalter said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: RHP Zach Putnam (right elbow inflammation) is "getting better in the whole rehab process," Renteria said. Putnam has been on the DL since April 23.
Orioles: C Francisco Pena left in the eighth inning with a thumb injury. ... 2B Jonathan Schoop sat out a second straight game with a bruised hand after being hit by a pitch Friday night. "I'm hoping he's back (Monday) but he's still got some soreness there," Showalter said.
UP NEXT
White Sox: After taking Monday off, Chicago opens a three-game series against the visiting Minnesota Twins. The teams have thus far split six games.
Orioles: RHP Kevin Gausman starts Monday night at Camden Yards against the first-place Nationals. The series shifts to Washington on Wednesday.
1:35PM,EDT,May 7,2017
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore,Maryland
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore,Maryland
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Tillman pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Cabrera walked. | 0 | 0 |
| L. García walked, Cabrera to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Abreu popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| A. García grounded into fielder's choice to third, Cabrera to third, L. García to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Frazier lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Asche grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jose Quintana pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Rickard popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Jones walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Machado walked, Jones to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo reached on infield single to shortstop, Jones to third, Machado to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Davis hit sacrifice fly to right, Jones scored, Machado to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Mancini singled to right, Machado scored, Trumbo to second, Trumbo to third on error by right fielder A. García. | 0 | 2 |
| Hardy struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Tillman pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Saladino flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Soto flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Sánchez singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Cabrera grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jose Quintana pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Peña singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Flaherty lined out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Rickard singled to left, Peña to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Jones singled to right, Peña scored, Rickard to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Machado singled to left, Rickard scored, Jones to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Davis walked, Jones to third, Machado to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Mancini grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Davis out at second. | 0 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Tillman pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| L. García struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Abreu walked. | 0 | 4 |
| A. García struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Frazier lined out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jose Quintana pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Hardy grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 4 |
| Peña singled to shallow left. | 0 | 4 |
| Flaherty fouled out to first. | 0 | 4 |
| Rickard doubled to right, Peña to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Jones fouled out to first. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Tillman pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Asche struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Saladino singled to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Soto flied out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Sánchez singled to right, Saladino to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Cabrera grounded out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jose Quintana pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Machado popped out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Trumbo popped out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Davis flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Tillman pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| L. García struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Abreu grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| A. García flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jose Quintana pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Mancini singled to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Hardy struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Peña struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Flaherty flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Alec Asher pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Asher relieved Tillman. | 0 | 4 |
| Frazier singled to right center. | 0 | 4 |
| Asche lined out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Saladino grounded out to third, Frazier to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Soto grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Ynoa pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Ynoa relieved Quintana. | 0 | 4 |
| Rickard grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Jones grounded out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Machado flied out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alec Asher pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Sánchez flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Cabrera grounded out to first. | 0 | 4 |
| L. García singled to shallow right center. | 0 | 4 |
| Abreu flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Michael Ynoa pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Trumbo flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Mancini singled to shallow center. | 0 | 4 |
| Hardy flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Alec Asher pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Rickard in right field. | 0 | 4 |
| Gentry in left field. | 0 | 4 |
| Joseph catching. | 0 | 4 |
| A. García lined out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Frazier singled to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Asche struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Saladino flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| David Robertson pitching for Chicago | CHW | BAL |
| Robertson relieved Ynoa. | 0 | 4 |
| Joseph flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Flaherty grounded out to first. | 0 | 4 |
| Rickard reached on infield single to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Rickard stole second. | 0 | 4 |
| Jones popped out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alec Asher pitching for Baltimore | CHW | BAL |
| Soto struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Sánchez singled to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Cabrera singled to right center, Sánchez to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Brach relieved Asher. | 0 | 4 |
| L. García grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Cabrera out at second. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Chicago White Sox
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrera LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .245 | .305 | .311 |
| L. García CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .286 | .322 | .417 |
| Abreu 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .286 | .339 | .500 |
| A. García RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .349 | .393 | .550 |
| Frazier 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .195 | .300 | .377 |
| Asche DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .107 | .180 | .179 |
| Saladino SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .207 | .316 | .268 |
| Soto C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .190 | .271 | .405 |
| Sánchez 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .288 | .306 | .458 |
| Totals | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 158 | |||
| BATTING GIDP: L. García White Sox RISP: 0-7 (Cabrera 0-1, L. García 0-1, Soto 0-1, Abreu 0-1, Asche 0-1, Frazier 0-1, A. García 0-1) Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: A. García (3, bobble) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD |
| Attendance | 31,806 (69.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:04 |
| Weather | 56 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 16 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Paul Emmel, First Base - Quinn Wolcott, Second Base - Scott Barry, Third Base - Brian O'Nora |
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