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CHICAGO (AP) -- Their starting rotation is hurting, so the
Chicago White Sox turned to the bullpen.
Reliever Sean Lowe came off the disabled list and made his first
start of the season, lasting 4 1/3 innings. When he faltered,
rookie Lorenzo Barcelo picked him up.
|  | | Frank Thomas drives in Chris Singleton with single in the second inning against the Orioles. |
Barcelo (1-1) allowed just two hits in 3 1/3 strong innings for
his first major league victory as the White Sox beat the Baltimore
Orioles 8-4 Wednesday night.
"I wanted that first major league win, I was looking forward to
that," Barcelo said. "They told me that if Sean left the mound to
be ready and if something happens, you'll be in the game."
Lowe came off the DL, where he'd been since Aug. 1 with an
inflamed right shoulder. When he was activated, Jon Garland went on
the DL, joining fellow starter Cal Eldred.
"I wasn't expecting to start. I just thought I would be
activated," Lowe said. "It was the best news I've had in a long
time. You always want to be out there and our hitters made it
easy."
Lowe made his first start since May 31, 1998 when he was with
the Cardinals and just the sixth of his major league career in 116
appearances, giving up five hits and three runs. His next
appearance will probably be as a reliever again.
"Sean is very versatile and we'll probably put him back in the
bullpen for our series with Seattle," White Sox manager Jerry
Manuel said.
Baltimore hit four solo homers, three off Lowe, but the Orioles
made two big errors and their pitchers walked nine batters.
John Parrish (2-2), who beat Chicago six days ago at Camden
Yards despite walking eight, still couldn't find the plate
Wednesday night.
He walked five and committed a throwing error, giving up five
runs in 1 2/3 innings. He walked Ray Durham and Tony Graffanino to
start the first and after a double steal, Magglio Ordonez hit a
two-run double and Carlos Lee followed with an RBI single to make
it 3-0.
Paul Konerko singled in the second and made it to third when
Parrish picked up Chris Singleton's bunt and threw it into center
field. Charles Johnson walked to load the bases and after Ray
Durham hit into a double play, Parrish walked Graffanino to reload
the bases.
Frank Thomas hit an RBI single and then Ordonez drew a
bases-loaded walk to finish Parrish and make it 5-0.
"We didn't pitch well," Baltimore manager Mike Hargrove said.
"We walked too many hitters. They swing the bats well, but we were
our own worst enemy. John's release point was all over the place
and the harder he tried, the worse it got."
Chris Richard hit his fifth homer for Baltimore's first run in
the fourth. But Chicago loaded the bases again in the fourth off
Jason Johnson and got two gift runs when third baseman Jeff Conine
collided with Richard and dropped Carlos Lee's two-out popup near
the mound.
Jerry Hairston and Brady Anderson hit back-to-back solo shots
and Melvin Mora singled to finish Lowe in the fifth.
Barcelo was tagged for a solo homer by Conine in the sixth to
make it 7-4, but Thomas hit an RBI double off the center field
fence in the bottom of the inning.
Game notes
The White Sox remained seven games ahead of Cleveland in
the AL Central. The Indians beat Oakland. ... Garland went on the
DL with a bruise on his right arm, sustained when he was hit by a
Fred McGriff line drive last Friday ... Parrish threw 49 pitches in
his brief outing and only 19 were for strikes. ... Barcelo, who
allowed just two hits and a run in 3 1/3 innings, has given up just
two earned runs in his last nine relief appearances, spanning 14
2/3 innings. ... Another White Sox starter, James Baldwin, will
return to the rotation Sunday in Seattle. He missed a start with a
tired arm. ... The victory was the White Sox's 75th of the season,
matching their total from 1999. ... Barcelo is the seventh White
Sox pitcher to get his first major league victory this season. ...
The Orioles have committed an error in a club-record 15 straight
games.
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