Josh Tomlin pitched five effective innings in his return to the Indians rotation.
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“I feel like I didn’t deserve to have that happen”, Bauer said. He wasn’t so lucky in the sixth, when Ramirez and Guyer got to him again, this time on back-to-back singles. Only two of them were in the strike zone. “Baseball is a (messed-up) game”. But Francona said neither he nor his team are feeling pressure as they try to wrap up the division. The White Sox used a seven-run sixth inning to break open the contest and register their fifth victory in seven games. Rodon can not afford to relax against the first-place Indians (83-61), who hold a six-game lead in the American League Central and are on track to claim their first division title since 2007.
– Manager Joe Maddon returns to Tampa Bay for the team’s two-game series against the Rays on September 19-20. “But we’re OK. I guarantee you we’ll be OK”.
After Ramirez doubled to start the inning, Chisenhall and Rajai Davis followed with a single and double respectively. Morneau isn’t expected to be out long, but his absence has Jose Abreu in the DH spot, with Todd Frazier moving over to first base, and Carlos Sanchez at third.
Adam Eaton tripled in a run in the third inning to put the White Sox ahead 1-0. Joe Colon came in and gave up a walk before Melky Cabrera grounded out to end a half-inning that took more than 30 minutes.
Quintana struck out six and walked one to continue his career-best season.
“I was trying to stay loose”, Quintana said of the 10 to 12 extra throws.
Tomlin won for the first time since July 30, when he was 11-3 with a 3.43 ERA.
Bump in the Rodon: After putting together a stretch of seven strong starts (during which he posted a 1.85 ERA) since the beginning of August, Rodon didn’t have it Wednesday night.
“The one thing we want to do is get him healthy, make sure he knows he’s healthy, because that’s important”, Francona said, “and then if it fits somewhere, good”.
The White Sox grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning. He saw more than a thousand dogs in the outfield stands as the White Sox set a record for most dogs to attend a sporting event.
Following up a world record is tough stuff, and the White Sox just weren’t up to the challenge on Wednesday night at the Cell, losing 6-1 to the Cleveland Indians.
Morn-ow: Justin Morneau missed his second straight game with a sore neck, which he’d tweaked during Monday’s game.
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“When he first started out, it was coming out of his hand great”, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said.
