Orioles rookie Coby Mayo gets his first big league RBI and then clears benches vs. White Sox

BALTIMORE (AP) — Coby Mayo cleared the bases — and the benches — with his first big league RBI.

With a runner on second and two outs in the fourth inning of Baltimore’s 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, the Orioles designated hitter singled to left field to drive in Ryan O’Hearn.

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Baltimore Orioles’ Coby Mayo (16) is caught in a rundown by Chicago White Sox first baseman Miguel Vargas (20) and second baseman Lenyn Sosa (50) during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Baltimore Orioles’ Coby Mayo (16) is caught in a rundown by Chicago White Sox first baseman Miguel Vargas (20) and second baseman Lenyn Sosa (50) during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Baltimore Orioles Jorge Mateo (3) separates Coby Mayo, center left, and members of the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Chicago White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa (50) gestures to Baltimore Orioles’ Coby Mayo, second from upper left, after Mayo was caught in a rundown during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Baltimore Orioles’ Coby Mayo, front left, pushes Chicago White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa (50) after he was tagged out in a rundown during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Mayo, called up from the minors earlier in the day, rounded first after his first RBI in his 22nd major league game but got caught in a rundown.

Second baseman Lenyn Sosa tossed to first baseman Miguel Vargas and Mayo collided with Sosa with both arms — to try to draw an interference call — and fell as he was heading to second. Vargas tagged Mayo out, but Sosa took exception to Mayo’s shove.

The two were talking when Mayo picked up his helmet from the ground and then pushed Sosa in the left shoulder as he was walking away. That sent players from both teams onto the field, where there was a little pushing and shoving before order was quickly restored without incident.

“Obviously, I was just trying to get to second base,” Mayo said after the game. “I was trying to get into scoring position for Heston (Kjerstad) and (Chicago) cuts it off and I got into a rundown. I was being told in the minor leagues to try to stay in a rundown.

“I thought he was in the baseline and just tried to get some contact and didn’t mean for it to escalate. I wasn’t trying to do that. It just, it did.”

Sosa said through an interpreter that he didn’t like how Mayo handled things.

“I think he tried to make a dirty play and after that, I just went to him and tried to ask him, ‘Why did you do that?’” Sosa told reporters. “His reaction was to push me.”

White Sox manager Will Venable downplayed the situation.

“I don’t think it was that big a deal,” he said. “Probably just Mayo trying to make a play and get an interference call and (I’m) sure Sosa just didn’t appreciate getting run into intentionally. But yeah, not a big deal.”

The 23-year-old Mayo, considered one of the Orioles’ top prospects, entered with a career .094 batting average. He went 1 for 12 in four games earlier this season with Baltimore after going 4 for 41 in 17 games last season. Mayo, who went 1 for 3 on Saturday, is now batting .133 this season in the majors.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA, saying he reached the decision after a “thorough review” of Isaacman’s “prior associations.”

It was unclear what Trump meant and the White House did not immediately respond to an emailed request for an explanation.

“After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space.”

Trump announced in December during the presidential transition that he had chosen Isaacman to be the space agency’s next administrator. Isaacman, 42, has been a close collaborator with Musk ever since buying his first chartered flight on Musk’s SpaceX company in 2021.

He is the CEO and founder of Shift4, a credit card processing company. He also bought a series of spaceflights from SpaceX and conducted the first private spacewalk. SpaceX has extensive contracts with NASA.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved Isaacman’s nomination in late April and a vote by the full Senate was expected soon.

Musk appeared to lament Trump’s decision after the news broke earlier Saturday, posting on the X site that, “It is rare to find someone so competent and good-hearted.”

SpaceX is owned by Musk, a Trump campaign contributor and adviser who announced this week that he is leaving the government after several months at the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Trump created the agency to slash the size of government and put Musk in charge.

Semafor was first to report that the White House had decided to pull Isaacman’s nomination.