Right-hander Gonzalez Germen, claimed off waivers earlier this week from the Chicago Cubs, was called up by the Colorado Rockies and scheduled to start Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves. With runners on first and second, Adam LaRoche doubled to extend the lead to 3-0. Alexei Ramirez is 10 of 28 in the last nine games, Avisail Garcia is batting. In 60.1 innings of work, he has a 3-2 record, along with a 4.18 ERA, 3.68 FIP, 1.641 WHIP, and a 1.77 SO/W ratio.
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The White Sox, who had just five hits, have won eight of 10. He went seven innings, scattered five hits and struck out four.
He then threw wide to first attempting to double off Russell, and the ball hit the dugout railing. It would be great if the Cubs would be able to win the last series before the All-Star break and a win against a rival is always fun. Saladino was immediately inserted into Friday’s lineup and went 0-for-3 in his major league debut….
Shuck, who was 5 for 17 as a pinch hitter, got the job done by hitting a sacrifice fly to left field, driving in the only run of the game.
The Cardinals did their scoring in the fifth inning on two-run singles by Matt Carpenter – with one out – and Yadier Molina and out later.
He will face a White Sox team slowly figuring out how to hit their stride after being one of the worst teams in the start of the year.
MIAMI | Jose Fernandez pitched seven innings and tied the modern record for most consecutive home victories by a starter to begin a career, helping the Miami Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 Thursday. Unfortunately, the camera angle had the back of Cooper’s head so no way of lip reading of what he was saying but whatever it was it ended up working out for the Sox as Jorge Soler’s liner down the third base line was snatched by Tyler Saladino.
Josh Donaldson hit a pair of doubles and drove in two runs for Toronto.
Plate umpire Dan Bellino’s strike zone gave the kids a taste of the 1960s: shoulders to knees and one batter’s box to the other.
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Monday’s outing marked the seventh time in eight starts Sale allowed two runs or fewer, posting a 1.62 ERA with 93 strikeouts over 61 innings during that span. Kyle Hendricks ran to third thinking it wasn’t a catch.
