The Chicago White Sox narrowly avoided a four-game sweep today on the South Side, besting the Baltimore Orioles by a final score of 4-3.
The win was only made possible by a Herculean effort on the part of starting pitcher Dylan Cease, who notched a career-high 13 strikeouts en route to his sixth win of the season. Cease’s performance today was nothing short of dominant.
There was only one batter in the Baltimore lineup that was able to get the better of Cease all day. In the third inning, Cease already had six strikeouts under his belt when the newest Oriole, Jonathan Araúz, took one of Cease’s sliders and deposited it into the right-field seats.