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The Orioles now have their best single-season road winning percentage since 1997, going 37-26 with a .587 winning percentage away from Camden Yards so far this season. They posted a .642 winning percentage in 1997, finishing with a 52-29 record on the road. - Right fielder Nick Markakis took away a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, and the Orioles opened up a close game with five runs in the eighth for an 8-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.
- When Caleb Joseph received a throw as Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez headed toward him in the top of the eighth, the Orioles catcher said he had two things on his mind: tag Ramirez out, and don't break baseball's new home-plate collision rules.
- The Orioles' Matt Wieters is leading all catchers in All-Star voting despite being hurt.
- Down to their final out, the Orioles finally came though with men on, as Matt Wieters hit a two-out, two-run single in the 10th inning to deliver a 4-3 comeback win in front of an announced 23,653 at Camden Yards.
- After making a critical error that fueled the Orioles¿ comeback from a two-run deficit, White Sox first baseman Adam Dunn hit a game-winning solo homer off Orioles right-hander Tommy Hunter in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Orioles to a 3-2 walk-off loss in front of an announced 21,321 at U.S. Cellular Field.
- Jason Hammel unraveled in the late innings as the Orioles dropped a 5-2 decision to the Chicago White Sox to snap their four-game winning streak.
- On Monday, it was left fielder Nate McLouth, who hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off reliever Brett Myers to propel the Orioles to a 4-3 victory over the White Sox.
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- Chicago White Sox's Phil Humber leads the list of players having All-Star seasons who are unlikely to make the team