Chris Sale took a shutout into the sixth inning, Brett Lawrie homered for the third straight day and the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Sunday for a split of the four-game series.
Jerry Sands had two RBIs for the White Sox, who took a control with a five-run fifth inning against Ubaldo Jimenez (1-3).
Off to the best start of his career, Sale (6-0) allowed one run, five hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings. The left-hander is the first White Sox pitcher to win his first six starts in a season since Jon Garland went 8-0 in 2005.
Sale did not have a perfect inning, and the four walks were only one less than he totaled in his first five starts. But the Orioles didn't get a runner to third base until after he left.
Lawrie went 3 for 3 with two walks and his fourth home run. He went 6 for 14 in the series, along with assembling the first three-game homer streak of his career.
Nolan Reimold drove in the lone run for the Orioles, who fell to 9-3 at home with their second straight defeat at Camden Yards.
After Lawrie put the White Sox ahead with a solo shot in the fourth inning, Chicago sent 10 batters to the plate in the pivotal fifth. Jimenez gave up four hits, walked one and hit two batters before Sands ended his outing with a two-run single that made it 6-0.
Jimenez gave up six runs, seven hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings. He's 0-3 with 6.53 ERA in his last four starts.
Baltimore got its lone run in the sixth. Chris Davis singled and advanced on a groundout before Reimold greeted Jake Petricka with an RBI single.
