The Orioles took four leads Saturday but couldn’t hold any of them.

After taking a one-run lead in the 10th, the Orioles surrendered two runs in the bottom half of the inning in a 7-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Oscar Colás’ single to right field gave the White Sox the walk-off win.

The Orioles (8-7) scored in the top of the 10th thanks to the automatic runner placed at second base at the start of the inning. Jorge Mateo laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Gunnar Henderson to third, and after Cedric Mullins drew a walk, Adley Rutschman beat out a potential double play on a groundball to short, allowing Henderson to score the go-ahead run.

But in the bottom half of the inning, reliever Logan Gillaspie allowed an RBI double to White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal to tie the game. Jake Burger then singled to send pinch-runner Seby Zavala to third before Colás’ walk-off over the head of Anthony Santander in right field. Gillaspie (0-1) didn’t record an out in the inning.

The Orioles finished 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base.

Last June, Mateo took a 99 mph fastball from Chicago White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech off his back, causing the benches and bullpens to clear. Per usual, the scuffle was just verbal, and no players were ejected.

But Mateo got his comeuppance Saturday.

The shortstop hit a solo home run off Kopech and finished 3-for-4 with two scorching singles.

Mateo, known for his speed and defensive prowess instead of his bat, has been one of the Orioles’ best hitters through the first 15 games of the season. The 27-year-old is hitting .359 with a 1.063 OPS — far better than the .221 average and .646 OPS he put up in 2022.

His solo shot to lead off the third inning traveled 424 feet to left-center field. He stayed on a 2-2 slider from Kopech, a former top prospect with the Boston Red Sox, for his third long ball of the season. He also hit an RBI double after coming off the bench in Friday’s comeback victory.

Two innings later, Mateo roped a single off Kopech but was thrown out attempting to steal second. The speedster entered the game tied with Mullins for the MLB lead in swipes with seven, but was caught stealing for the first time this season. Mullins stole a base in the first to take the league lead with eight. Baltimore entered the game tied with the Cleveland Guardians for the most steals in baseball.

The 111.0 mph exit velocity on Mateo’s single was tied with Ryan Mountcastle for the hardest batted ball by an Oriole this season, but Mateo topped it in the sixth with a 112.4 mph RBI single off reliever Keynan Middleton to give Baltimore a 3-2 lead.

Earlier in the inning, Santander hit a solo home run to right field off Kopech. The blast was the first of the season for Santander, who led the Orioles with 33 home runs in 2022. The switch-hitter entered the game batting just .167 with three hits in his previous nine games.

The Orioles made several impressive defensive plays Friday and Saturday, but they spoiled them with three errors.

Starting pitcher Kyle Gibson threw wide of first after fielding a swinging bunt by the first batter of the game for a two-base error. Mateo then made a fielding error in the fifth and Henderson committed a throwing error in the seventh. However, the errors didn’t cause any more runs to come home.

Gibson was solid in his fourth start of the season, but he hung a sweeper to Burger, who crushed a two-run homer for his second blast of the series. The veteran allowed seven hits and four runs in 5 1/3 innings with two walks and just one strikeout.

Gibson and Tyler Wells, who started Friday, are the only two Orioles starters to record more than 15 outs in a start this season.

In the seventh, Orioles third baseman Ramón Urías was hit by a pitch and left the game.

Urías took a 96.2 mph sinker from reliever Kendall Graveman off his helmet and fell to the ground grabbing his head.

Manager Brandon Hyde and head athletic trainer Brian Ebel ran out to check on Urías, who laid on the ground for a minute before walking off the field without assistance. He was replaced by Henderson.

Hyde said after the game that Urías is in concussion protocol.

This story will be updated.

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