BALTIMORE -- Both Nolan Reimold and Chicago White Sox starter Carlos Rodon thought the Baltimore Orioles outfielder might be bunting with no outs and runners on first and second in the seventh inning of a tie game Friday night.

Orioles' manager Buck Showalter had him swing away.

Reimold responded with a tie-breaking three-run homer, Jonathan Schoop had a two-run single, and the Orioles defeated the White Sox 6-3 at chilly Camden Yards.

"I don't really get the bunt sign too much, but I was looking, ready to do it if it was there. As soon as I saw it wasn't, I was ready to hit," said Reimold, who homered over the wall in right on the first pitch he saw after Matt Wieters and J.J. Hardy had singled.

"Honestly I thought he was going to bunt," said Rodon (1-3), who tried to throw a fastball away. "Now that I think about it, I remember going through the scouting report and he's a guy that's got good power the other way, and sure enough he showed it on that pitch."

Manny Machado added two hits for the Orioles, who won three straight and improved to 9-1 at home.

Zach Britton pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save on a night when the game-time temperature was 51 degrees.

Chicago's Brett Lawrie had tied the game with a solo homer off reliever Brad Brach (3-0) leading off the top of the seventh.

In the sixth inning, Jose Abreu's RBI single pulled Chicago to within 3-2, but, with the bases loaded, Melky Cabrera lined out to medium center and Adam Jones' one-hop throw to catcher Wieters just beat Jimmy Rollins to complete the double play.

"He's made that play quite a few times since I've been here," Wieters said of Jones. "So to have that kind of experience to go back on, I kind of saw it happening before it happened."

Rodon was perfect through three innings, but shoddy defense and the disastrous seventh left him with the loss. He allowed six runs -- four earned -- on eight hits, while striking out seven and walking one.

"I thought he threw great," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "That (seventh) inning happened pretty quick for him. Other than that he was spot on."

Baltimore starter Mike Wright left with the lead after allowing two runs on five hits over six innings.

The White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Cabrera doubled down the third-base line and Avisail Garcia hit a two-out triple to left-center.

Abreu singled leading off the Chicago third, but Todd Frazier grounded into the fielder's choice that became a double play when Showalter successfully challenged the safe call on Frazier at first.

Meanwhile, Rodon retired the first 11 Orioles he faced before Chris Davis singled.

Then Rodon's defense failed him in the fifth.

The Orioles had runners on first and third with no outs after Jones walked and second baseman Lawrie booted a potential double-play grounder.

Chicago got Jones at the plate when he left too soon on Hardy's grounder to third, but Reimold's infield hit loaded the bases. Schoop's two-run single to center put the Orioles ahead 2-1.

Joey Rickard then hit another potential double-play ball. The White Sox got the force at second, but shortstop Rollins stumbled and his relay throw sailed high over first baseman Abreu, allowing Reimold to score.

"Off night for us with the glove," Ventura said. "We've been very good defensively and taking care of the ball and tonight, for one reason or another, it wasn't that way."

NOTES: Chicago RHP Daniel Webb, who pitched an inning in Thursday night's loss, was put on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow flexor inflammation. The team called up RHP Tommy Kahnle from Triple-A Charlotte. ... White Sox manager Robin Ventura said LHP John Danks (0-4, 7.25 ERA) will make his next scheduled start on Wednesday. Danks has lost seven straight starts dating to last season and allowed six runs in five innings on Thursday night. ... The Orioles signed LHP Wandy Rodriguez to a minor league contract. Rodriguez, 37, went 6-4 with a 4.90 ERA in 17 games for Texas last season. ... Two Orioles began play among the top five in American League batting average. Mark Trumbo (.354) was No. 1 and Manny Machado (.333) No. 5.