CHICAGO -- Orioles shortstop Manny Machado arrived in Chicago Monday afternoon to plenty of fanfare.
But after repeating multiple times before the Orioles game against the White Sox that he was focused on just playing baseball, Machado did just that. Machado blasted a 411-foot solo home run off of White Sox starter Hector Santiago in the fourth inning that provided the Orioles with a 1-0 lead.
Machado drove a 2-1 Santiago pitch deep into the left-field bleachers, a shot that left White Sox left fielder Leury Garcia flat-footed, as he never budged as soon as the ball left Machado's bat.