Kansas City Royals third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert gestures after hitting an RBI double in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Herrera was trying to run a fastball in on Frazier’s hands and if he got the pitch in, thought he’d get weak contact or a swing-and-miss.
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Colon opened the inning with a single and Paulo Orlando sacrificed him to second. That was the White Sox only extra-base hit along with 12 singles.
Dan Jennings struck out Eric Hosmer to end the game, logging his first career save.
“You can tell he has a little bounce in his step (now)”, Ventura said. The reigning World Series champions won the final two games against Toronto over the weekend, allowing a combined three runs in the two victories.”It’s all predicated around our starting pitching”, said Royals manager Ned Yost, who watched his club spiral from contention after a disastrous 7-19 record in the month of July.
Royals starter Ian Kennedy, who is winless since June 26, left after 6 1/3 innings and 104 pitches, having allowed a run on six hits.
Hosmer’s single in the third scored Cuthbert and Lorenzo Cain, giving the Royals a 3-1 advantage. Sale retired the next 13 batters before walking Raul Mondesi in the seventh.
Kennedy gave up his major-league-leading 27th home run when No. 9 hitter Shuck turned on a 2-0 pitch and deposited it over the right field fence with one out in the third. “And he just settled in from that point”.
White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana limited the Royals to four hits and one run over 7 1/3 innings. “So it’s my fault”. On his first pitch, a 97 miles per hour two-seamer, Jones surrendered a game-tying RBI double to Cheslor Cuthbert, securing Quintana’s third no-decision in his last four starts. “I couldn’t say anything”. “At home, when I woke up, it started hurting a lot”. So Abreu’s reunion with his 5-year-old son Dariel for just the second time since he defected from Cuba gave the Sox something to feel happy about. No White Sox player ever led the AL in homers.
Outfielder Jason Coats was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte to replace Garcia, who sustained the injury while stretching in the on-deck circle Saturday during a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Garcia was placed on the disabled list retroactive to August 7.
Though the Royals offense failed to produce more than three runs on Wednesday, they did managed to scratch out late-inning single runs to tie the game in the eighth and 11th innings. Royals general manager Dayton Moore attended Minor’s start. “It’s a good feeling”.
The Royals have scored a total of nine runs while Kennedy was on the mound in his past eight starts.
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The Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees were four of many teams that showed interested in Chicago White Sox ace lefty Chris Sale and excellent No. 2 man Jose Quintana.
