The Baltimore Orioles swept the Chicago White Sox by beating them 4-3 behind Nelson Cruz's 33rd home run of the season, which leads the league. Wei-Yin Chen pitched 7 1/3 innings for the Orioles, allowing 3 runs, while Zach Britton recorded his 27th save. The White Sox have lost 9 games in a row and are now 9 games under .500.

1. Orioles Sweep White Sox Behind
Cruz HR

2. Wednesday night the Baltimore
Orioles finished off a clean sweep,
beating the Chicago White Sox 4-3.

3. A lot of credit can be attributed to
Nelson Cruz - the man who blasted
his 33rd home run of the season.

4. Cruz, who matched his career high
for homers, currently leads the
league in that category.

5. He is one homer ahead of Jose
Abreu and Giancarlo Stanton.

6. After the game, however, Cruz said
that he could care less about the
home run numbers - he's just happy
that the Orioles are cruising (pun
intended).

7. And it wasn't just Cruz that was
on top of his game.

8. The Orioles also got homers out
of Adam Jones and Steve Pearce.

9. To date, the Orioles have launched
161 baseballs over the outfield
fence.

10. But the Orioles also got some quality
pitching from starter Wei-Yin Chen;
he went 7 and 1/3 innings, allowing
three runs on six hits.

11. Zach Britton came in for the
save, his 27th save of the season.

12. Chen started off sloppy, allowing a
two-run home run in the first inning
to Avisail Garcia.

13. He ran into trouble again in the 8th
inning, allowing two singles - one to
Alexei Ramirez and one to Alejandro
De Aza.

14. That's when Darren O'Day entered
the game and struck out Jose Abreu
and Garcia to end the inning.

15. The White Sox have been slipping
lately and are now nine games
under .500.

16. The Orioles also gave some updates
on Manny Machado, saying that his
sprained right ankle has been
recovering slowly.

17. It has not responded favorably to
treatments and exercises.

18. As for the White Sox, outfielder
Adam Eaton could be coming off the
disabled list next week.

19. He'll be starting his rehab
assignment in AAA very soon.

20. Eaton has been struggling to recover
from a strained right oblique and
can supply some offense to a White
Sox team that needs it desperately.

21. The Orioles have the day off today
before traveling to visit the Chicago
Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday.

22. Kevin Gausman will be matching
up with Jake Arrieta.

23. Arrieta has been having a good year,
posting an ERA of 2.6 for the season.

24. The White Sox also have the day
off today before traveling to New
York to go up against the
Yankees.

25. John Danks will be facing off with
Shane Greene.

26. Danks has struggled since the
start of July, posting a 6.2 ERA
over the last seven weeks.

27. Good news for the White Sox,
though: Carlos Rodon, the third
overall pick in this year's draft,
could be making an appearance
in the majors before the season
ends.