The Rays have won four of their last six games when scoring more than three runs.
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Evan Longoria had three hits and an RBI for the Rays.
Chicago made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth after a lead-off single by shortstop Alexei Ramirez, who then stole second with no outs. Sale is coming off one of his worst outings of the season when he yielded seven runs and a season-high 12 hits over five innings at Boston. The Sox bullpen gave up three runs in the final three innings to wipe out two-run homers from Jose Abreu and Carlos Sanchez. The first baseman left in the seventh of his first big league game. In fact, since his promotion to Durham, Tampa Bay’s 11th ranked prospect leads the Illinois with 16 home runs.
The White Sox, meanwhile, managed just one hit off starter Nathan Karns through the first five innings, a leadoff double by Abreu in the fourth.
Karns’ mastery ended in the sixth inning – and quickly.
Tampa Bay Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey (48) talks to relief pitcher Steven Geltz during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Monday, August 3, 2015, in Chicago.
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The back-and-forth continued in the top of the eighth.
“It’s not too often we give up leads like that and we take pride in that”, said Duke, who allowed a solo home run to Grady Sizemore in the eighth. About 10 feet before he arrived however, Ramirez saw Rays catcher Curt Casali with the ball in his possession and the White Sox shortstop tried unsuccessfully to avoid the tag with a swim move.
White Sox: OF J.B. Shuck (strained left hamstring) will be eligible to be activated from the disabled list in two weeks and the team is hopeful he’ll be ready. Chris Archer gets the ball, and he’s 9-8 with a 2.54 ERA and 173 strikeouts this season. “He’s walking around, getting treatment”, manager Robin Ventura said, “but we won’t know more until they test it”.
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The Rays are 14-5 in Archers last 19 road starts and 1-5 in Archers last 6 starts overall. He scattered seven hits and a walk while striking out seven, but the White Sox wouldn’t score until he was out of the game.
