BALTIMORE (AP) 鈥� Adam Engel hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Chicago White Sox rolled into the All-Star break Sunday with a 7-5 victory over Baltimore to complete a season sweep of the Orioles.
Andrew Vaughn homered twice for the White Sox, who have won five in a row and 10 of 13 overall. Chicago leads the AL Central by eight games over Cleveland.
鈥淚 think we鈥檝e won games in a bunch of different ways this year with a bunch of different guys,鈥� Engel said. 鈥淕uys are figuring out what it takes to win. Being the better team isn鈥檛 going to guarantee any wins and being the lesser team doesn鈥檛 mean you鈥檙e going to lose.鈥�
The White Sox went 7-0 against Baltimore this season. It is the first time in franchise history Chicago has swept a season series of at least seven games against any team, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Pinch-hitter Trey Mancini鈥檚 two-out, two-run homer in the Orioles ninth made it 4-all. He鈥檒l take part in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night at Coors Field in Denver.
Baltimore has lost four in a row and is 1-7 in July. The Orioles have dropped eight consecutive games to the White Sox dating back to 2019, their longest skid in the series since another eight-game slide in 1989-90.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just a tough loss because you like to see guys battle back and win those type of games,鈥� Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said.
Chicago swept a series at Camden Yards for the first time since 2005.
Yo谩n Moncada led off the Chicago 10th with a walk to join automatic runner Tim Anderson on base. Tyler Wells (2-1) retired the next two batters, but Engel went deep to left-center to make it 7-4.
鈥淚 kind of called it — I鈥檓 not going to lie,鈥� Vaughn said. 鈥淚f you ask (bench coach) Miguel Cairo, I said, 鈥楬ere comes a three-run homer,鈥� and it happened. It was pretty cool. I just felt it. I don鈥檛 know why. I felt it the bones. He鈥檚 been super clutch for us this year and that was a big swing.鈥�
Matt Foster recorded two outs for his first career save.
Chicago was poised to close it out in the ninth after closer Liam Hendriks (4-2) struck out his first two hitters before Ram贸n Ur铆as鈥� single. Mancini, perhaps warming up for his Derby appearance, connected for his second career pinch-hit homer and first since 2017.
Vaughn put the White Sox ahead 4-2 in the sixth. After reliever Paul Fry hit Engel and walked Leury Garc铆a, Vaughn greeted Cole Sulser with a three-run drive.
Austin Hays鈥� two-run homer in the first was Baltimore鈥檚 only damage against Chicago starter Dylan Cease, who struck out six in five innings.
Baltimore starter Spenser Watkins allowed one run — Vaughn鈥檚 homer in the fourth — in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four before being lifted after completing two turns through the White Sox order.
Anderson extended his hitting streak to 12 with a fifth-inning single.
TRAINER鈥橲 ROOM
White Sox: OF Eloy Jim茅nez (torn left pectoral tendon) went 1 for 3 with a walk and a run and played seven innings in left field Sunday for Class A Winston-Salem in the second game of his rehabilitation assignment. He served as the DH in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday.
Orioles: 1B Ryan Mountcastle left the game with a bruised left forearm after being hit by a pitch from Cease in the first. X-rays were negative. Hyde said he is optimistic Mountcastle will be ready after the All-Star break. 鈥� SS Freddy Galvis (right quadriceps strain) and RHP Hunter Harvey (right lat strain) could both return by the end of July. Galvis will begin rehab work in Florida this week.
O鈥橲 PITCHING WOES
Orioles starting pitchers have logged at least six innings in just seven of 58 games since lefty John Means鈥� no-hitter on May 5. Means, who has been on the injured list since June 6, has three of those outings. Baltimore starters have gone 16 games in a row without a six-inning stint, and made it through five just twice in that span.
The Orioles are 13-45 since Means鈥� no-hitter.
鈥淲e threw the ball well the first month and kind of hung around .500ish, and since the Means no-hitter we haven鈥檛 been able to stay in games on the mound,鈥� Hyde said. 鈥淥ur rotation is beat up. We don鈥檛 have good numbers. Our bullpen is taxed because of it, so a lot of concern there. We somehow have to get our starting pitchers to go a little bit longer.鈥�
UP NEXT
White Sox: Chicago returns home after the All-Star break on Friday for a three-game series against the Astros. The White Sox suffered a four-game sweep at Houston last month.
Orioles: Baltimore begins a six-game road trip Friday at Kansas City. The Orioles have not faced the Royals since 2019.
___
More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
Copyright © 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
