Orioles' Coby Mayo collects first RBI before benches clear

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BALTIMORE -- Coby Mayo cleared the bases -- and the benches -- with his first big league RBI.

With a runner on second and two outs in the fourth inning of Baltimore's 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, the Orioles designated hitter singled to left field to drive in Ryan O'Hearn.

Mayo, called up from the minors earlier in the day, rounded first after his first RBI in his 22nd major league game but got caught in a rundown.

Second baseman Lenyn Sosa tossed to first baseman Miguel Vargas and Mayo collided with Sosa with both arms -- to try to draw an interference call -- and fell as he was heading to second. Vargas tagged Mayo out, but Sosa took exception to Mayo's…