CHICAGO (Interstat) — Brandon Young delivered five scoreless innings and Gunnar Henderson provided a crucial solo home run as the Baltimore Orioles snapped a three-game skid with a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.

In a game dominated by pitching and defensive execution, the Orioles (4-6) managed just enough offense to edge the White Sox (4-6), who saw their own three-game winning streak come to an end. The contest, played in a brisk 2 hours, 24 minutes before an announced crowd of 17,221, defied pregame projections of a higher-scoring affair.

The most important sequence of the game came in the top of the sixth inning, breaking a stretch of pitching dominance. With Baltimore leading 1-0, Henderson led off the frame against White Sox starter Erick Fedde. On a 1-1 pitch, the Orioles’ shortstop launched a fly ball to right field that cleared the wall for his third home run of the season. The solo shot provided a critical insurance run, doubling Baltimore’s lead. That extra margin proved decisive, as Chicago pushed across a run in the ninth to tighten the final score.

Young (1-0), making his first start of the year, was the catalyst for Baltimore’s win. The right-hander expertly navigated the White Sox lineup, allowing only two singles and one walk while striking out two over five innings. He faced minimal trouble, with his most significant work coming in the third after a two-out single by Chase Meidroth. Young promptly retired Munetaka Murakami on a sharp flyout to right to end the threat.

Fedde (0-2) was the hard-luck loser for Chicago, pitching effectively but outdueled. Over six innings, he surrendered two runs on five hits, walking one and striking out four. His lone mistakes were a two-out RBI single to Tyler O’Neill in the fourth and the homer to Henderson in the sixth.

Baltimore opened the scoring in the fourth. After two quick outs, Adley Rutschman worked a walk. O’Neill followed by lofting a fly ball into shallow left field that dropped for a single, allowing Rutschman to score from first when the ball eluded left fielder Austin Hays. Ryan Mountcastle followed with another single, but Fedde struck out Colton Cowser to limit the damage.

The Orioles’ bullpen preserved the slim lead with scoreless work from Tyler Wells and Rico Garcia. Wells tossed two innings, allowing one hit and striking out two, while Garcia pitched a perfect eighth.

Closer Ryan Helsley entered for the ninth, seeking his third save, but immediately encountered trouble. He walked Murakami and Miguel Vargas to put the tying runs on base with no outs. Colson Montgomery then grounded to first baseman Pete Alonso, who made a heads-up play, checking the runner before tossing to Helsley covering for the first out, advancing both runners into scoring position.

Pinch-hitter Lenyn Sosa then grounded sharply to shortstop Henderson, who made a clean play to first. Murakami scored on the play, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Andrew Benintendi followed with an infield single to third, moving Vargas to third and putting the winning run on first. With the tying run 90 feet away, Helsley regrouped and struck out Edgar Quero swinging to end the game.

Baltimore’s offense was held to seven hits and grounded into two double plays, but timely hitting and strong pitching proved sufficient. Henderson’s homer was his only hit in four at-bats. O’Neill and Mountcastle each had a hit and an RBI.

Chicago’s offense was stifled all evening, managing only four hits. They also ran into two outs on the bases, with Austin Hays and Derek Hill both being caught stealing second in separate innings, the latter via a successful Baltimore challenge that overturned an initial safe call.

The White Sox finally broke through in the ninth but left the potential tying run at third. Quero’s game-ending strikeout was his third of the night.

With the win, both teams even their records at 4-6. The Orioles and White Sox continue their three-game series on Tuesday night in Chicago.

NOTES: The combined three runs fell well under the pregame over/under line of 8.5. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 4-2 White Sox victory, though its ELO rating system gave Baltimore a 55.9% probability to win. … Baltimore was a pregame favorite of 1.5 runs. … The Orioles’ bullpen combined for four innings, allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts. … Chicago’s relievers, Lucas Sims and Grant Taylor, each threw a scoreless inning.