Sale allowed five hits in the first three innings, but Hosmer’s RBI single in the first accounted for Kansas City’s only run before Cain hit a leadoff drive in the sixth for his 10th homer.
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Volquez took his first loss since June 5 despite a strong outing.
The Kansas City Royals coughed up three leads, but the fourth stood up as they beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6 in 13 innings Saturday at U.S. Cellular Field. “It was well needed, well needed”, Cain said.
Danny Duffy rescued the bullpen today when he pitched eight innings and only allowed one run, which was a solo home run to lead off the ninth.
3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on.
The teams endured the long game after they split a day-night doubleheader Friday. “It’s a division game that we really knew we had to play well and we did”.
Brandon Finnegan (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings in the four-hour, 56-minute game.
“This is not a good team to leave fastballs over the plate to, ” Sale said. The lefty allowed six hits, struck out four and walked one while improving to 2-0 with a 1.33 ERA in three starts this month. Then with two outs and a chance to keep the deficit from getting worse, Edinson Volquez threw a wild pitch to Garcia and Cabrera came home easily to score a second run for the White Sox.
Shuck’s double came off Royals closer Greg Holland, who blew just his third save in 23 opportunities. Shuck doubled to right, Abreu to third.
“There were several pitches I didn’t execute very well, which is inexcusable”, Holland said. I won’t get into the numbers on this, mostly because I do that in other posts.
Geovany Soto just missed a home run when he doubled off the center-field wall in the White Sox 12th. Manager Robin Ventura again was cryptic in deflecting questions about what the Sox are going to do at the deadline. “We couldn’t find that one to go ahead”. Ramirez had three hits, including a homer in the fifth, and Davis added a pinch-hit blast in the seventh.
Mike Moustakas’ sacrifice fly gave the Royals the lead in the eighth after they loaded the bases with two singles and a walk against Jake Petricka.
They are honoring the 10th anniversary of the 2005 World Series-winning season, with members of that team gathering in Chicago for the celebration.
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“This is just frustrating all the way around”, said Sale. He didn’t pitch in the majors from 2012-14 after undergoing elbow surgery. Thursday, Kansas City has a make-up game in St. Louis, before starting a three-game home series over the weekend against Houston. 308 (8 for 26) over his first seven major league games. The 26-year-old Colombian has twirled nine consecutive quality starts, but he has only two wins over that span. Quintana is 0-6 with a 4.50 ERA in 14 career starts against the Royals, including a pair of no-decisions in April. The rookie, called up a week ago after a long stint in the minor leagues, has been the energizer for a team that has lacked on field chemistry from the beginning of this disappointing season for Chicago. Ventura said a move could happen as early as Saturday night.
