Instead, both player and team must be wondering where their respective seasons go from here after Shields was booed off the field and the White Sox lost again, this time 11-4 to the Nationals. Few were suitable for print.
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On a night when the White Sox absolutely needed a victory, the role of slump-buster was filled by perhaps the most unlikely of characters. Most shrugged off his final start with the Padres when he gave up 10 runs in 2 2/3 innings, calling it a fluke. And he made it clear just how unhappy he was afterward. The team fell under the.500 mark with a blowout loss on Wednesday to the Nationals while Latos may be on his way to the minors. Latos posted a 4-0 record to go along with a pristine 1.84 ERA in the month of April, with opponents hitting just.218 against him over that span. May/June were almost the exact opposite for the 28-year-old right-hander, as he split four decisions in that time, while his ERA and opponents batting average soared to 6.41 and.318 in May, and 12.46 and.313 in June.
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (9-0, 2.85 ERA) seeks to win his 13th straight decision Friday night to kick off a six-game homestand against Philadelphia and RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-3, 3.80).
“Maty’s got to do better”, he said. He missed almost four months last season with a concussion and a neck injury. The 2015 NL MVP came through with a go-ahead two-run double in the fifth and a sacrifice fly in a four-run sixth.
Right? Well, the Sox made this move of dropping Latos with confidence that Shields will return to his career numbers – not a guy that’s given up 17 ER in his last 4.2 innings – and with the hopes that Miguel Gonzalez continues pitching consistently as he has been. It could happen. We (started) really good. Daniel Murphy has been unreal this year on 82 hits, 36 runs, 10 homers and 38 RBI.
“Big time. Bad”, catcher Dioner Navarro said.
Werth finished 3-for-5 with a walk, a home run and four RBIs to match a season high.
Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer for Detroit, which had its five-game winning streak snapped. Jose Abreu had two hits and drove in two runs.
“Justin provides us with a quality veteran threat from the left side who fits into the middle of the batting order”, said Rick Hahn, White Sox senior vice president/general manager in a release.
The White Sox opened the scoring with a three-run first inning. “I think the situation worked out well”.
Rendon’s two-run drive in the fourth cut the lead to one. He scattered five hits, walked one and struck out six.
Guerrero began this season on the disabled list with a knee injury and played in 16 injury rehabilitation games in the Dodgers’ minor league system. Nationals RHP Blake Treinen was not available to pitch Wednesday after throwing three scoreless innings one day earlier, manager Dusty Baker said. Danish will work out of the bullpen. Rodon was scheduled to pitch Thursday against the Nationals.
Miguel Gonzalez waited nearly 11 months between victories.
Robin Ventura likes how the addition could potentially affect his lineup.
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“(Gonzalez) was fantastic”, Ventura said.
