The Chicago White Sox offense is coming around. White Sox CF Adam Eaton is riding a 10-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 20 of his last 23 contests.2. 500 with Thursday?s loss and sit 3 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Twins for the second AL wild card spot. Brian McCann went deep for the Yankees, who are 5-4 on their 10-game road trip and have lost three of their last four contests. “He epitomized class, not just as a ballplayer on those great Go-Go White Sox teams of the 1950s, but as a gentleman and as a human being who devoted so much of his life to helping others”.
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“When you score runs, period, it’s better”, Ventura said.
“The first time I looked up and saw 93 (mph for fastball velocity), I wanted to throw confetti out there”, Danks said. “We’ve always thought of ourselves as contenders”, he said.
The White Sox (50-52) also got a solid effort from their bullpen, which allowed just one run by three relievers in 3 1/3 combined innings.
New York put runners in scoring position with two outs in the fourth and fifth but failed to tie it before the White Sox extended their lead with four more runs in the fifth. New York is 4-1 in game one of a series, 7-2 against the AL Central, and 6-1 in Eovaldi’s last seven starts. “It’s tough to pitch like that”.
The Yankees responded with a run in the top of the third after a leadoff double by catcher John Ryan Murphy and a sacrifice fly by shortstop Didi Gregorious that was almost a home run – right fielder Avisail Garcia’s leaping grab near the top of the wall in right field preserved Chicago’s lead.
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White Sox: OF J.B. Shuck (hamstring) went on the 15-day disabled list and RHP Scott Carroll was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. Danks then struck out Brett Gardner for his eighth K. He had been 2-3 with a 5.64 ERA in nine career starts against New York. The Yankees optioned RHP Nick Goody to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled RHP Nick Rumbelow…. OF Trayce Thompson might be a possibility. Klay later deleted the tweet.
