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- Updated: August 6, 2016
CHICAGO — The primary highlights from the first 7 1/2 innings of Baltimore’s 7-5 victory over the White Sox on Friday at U.S. Cellular Field came from starter Miguel Gonzalez facing his friends and former Orioles teammates and a pair of mammoth Pedro Alvarez home runs.
By the time the opener of this three-game series and abbreviated White Sox homestand came to a close, though, there was a key baserunning blunder to talk about and a couple umpire rulings contributing to the end of the South Siders’ four-game home winning streak.
That blunder came from Carlos Sanchez in the eighth, when the White Sox had cut a 7-2 deficit to 7-5 and had runners on second and third with one out. Adam Eaton hit a hard ground ball to first baseman Chris Davis, who stepped on first before firing to third baseman Manny Machado to nail Dioner Navarro, who was retreating back to the base after taking a couple of steps toward home.
Navarro was forced to move home because Sanchez had moved toward third on contact, which was not supposed to happen, according to White Sox manager Robin Ventura.
“They had the infield back in the middle, and …
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