“I walked in during the middle of the game – it was a day game – and Tony Gwynn was in the middle of a five-hit game, and Andy Benes had a shutout going”, Ausmus said.
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Morneau’s first home run in a Sox uniform landed 373 feet from home plate over the right-field fence.
FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reported that it would take a king’s ransom to land Sale, but also said that the White Sox are opened minded when it comes to a potential blockbuster trade.
The odds looked to be doing just that in the fifth inning, which played out like the start of the Gettysburg Address. But they are ruling out adding short-term rental players who could only help the team this year. ESPN’s Keith Law, in his midseason report, recently ranked those three players as the 3rd, 5th and 7th ranked prospects in all of baseball. Ian Kinsler was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on an errant throw instead of being tagged out in a rundown. For Cabrera, it was his first home run since June 29.
But the Tigers would take advantage of rookie reliever Carson Fulmer in the seventh inning, who put together an out-of-control inning, surrendering the lead.
Detroit really made Turner work in the 4th.
Kinsler tied it with one out on a drive to center for his second homer in as many games. Get ready Chicago because hell just might be freezing over in Chicago!
In the top half of the 6th, Jennings was relieved by Tommy Kanhle. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter. However, Jose Abreu’s throw to second sailed on Tim Anderson, and it glanced off his glove and into left field. He was backed by a pair of solo home runs in the fifth inning, a short while before the rains came. There were three walks and two wild pitches. Jones would then get Martinez looking at strike three to end the threat and limit the damage. The Tigers are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings. He got the first two outs before allowing an infield hit to Abreu on a ball hit to Iglesias. Dioner Narvarro, Alex Avila and Justin Morneau are free agents following the current season. Both have relatively team-friendly contracts. It’s three innings. What’s three innings?
James Shields is pitching considerably better for the Chicago White Sox – but he’s been unable to pick up a victory in his last two starts due to zero run support.
Friday was “Christmas in July” at U.S. Cellular Field.
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Turner has just one start to his credit for the Sox this year and it was a four-inning outing where he gave up 8 runs. Of course, many teams likely are salivating at the thought of potentially acquiring Chris Sale or Jose Quintana. He started 19 of his 47 games.
